# How to stop space?

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**Created:** [March 6, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-stop-space%2F144527 "2025-03-06T22:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rulga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/rulga/32/42689_2.png) [@Rulga](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FRulga)%5C
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I made a mistake in the code and I need to stop the space to fix it, but it keeps trying to start. I have a free space.

===== Application Startup at 2025-03-06 22:06:33 =====

2025-03-06 22:08:26,686 - INFO - Cache directories initialized: /app/.cache, /app/.cache/huggingface  
2025-03-06 22:08:32,699 - INFO - Use pytorch device\_name: cpu  
2025-03-06 22:08:32,699 - INFO - Load pretrained SentenceTransformer: sentence-transformers/paraphrase-multilingual-mpnet-base-v2  
2025-03-06 22:08:56,089 - INFO - Models initialized successfully. Using embedding model: sentence-transformers/paraphrase-multilingual-mpnet-base-v2  
INFO: Started server process [1]  
INFO: Waiting for application startup.  
2025-03-06 22:08:56,097 - WARNING - No existing knowledge base found, please use /rebuild-kb endpoint to create one  
INFO: Application startup complete.  
INFO: Uvicorn running on [http://0.0.0.0:8000](http://0.0.0.0:8000) (Press CTRL+C to quit)

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**Author:** ![meganariley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/meganariley/32/56966_2.png) [@meganariley](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fmeganariley)%5C
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhow-to-stop-space%2F144527%2F2 "2025-03-06T23:25:27Z")

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Hi! You can pause it in your Space’s settings. You’ll see this:

 ![pause space](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/3X/9/4/94e0b03f1f0824333a97b58621d7116bf89ed98d.png)