# aria2 not working
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [2 August 2021 09:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558 "2021-08-02T09:14:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@marik](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/marik)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 09:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/1 "2021-08-02T09:14:18Z")
hi
I installed aria2 and in the web interface after entering my global pwd in the rpc secret token (and leaving the rpc user & pwd empty) - i get:
Oh Snap! Could not connect to the aria2 RPC server. Will retry in 10 secs. You might want to check the connection settings by going to Settings \> Connection Settings
I read an old post here about this, but its for stretch and we are on buster now.
I did tried the suggested steps:
```nohighlight
root@DietPi:~# cat /etc/systemd/system/aria2.service
[Unit]
Description=Aria2 (DietPi)
[Service]
User=aria2
UMask=002
ExecStart=/usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path=/mnt/dietpi_userdata/aria2/aria2.conf
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
root@DietPi:~# grep Global_Password /DietPi/dietpi.txt
grep: /DietPi/dietpi.txt: No such file or directory
```
from android app - also error.
what can I do now?
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 09:29 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/2 "2021-08-02T09:29:40Z")
Hi,
I recomment to revert all changes you have done and have a look to this forum post [https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2/4941/2](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2/4941/2) as well as our online docs [https://dietpi.com/docs/software/bittorrent/#aria2](https://dietpi.com/docs/software/bittorrent/#aria2)
btw /DietPi/ did not exist anymore. All DietPi scripts have been moved to /boot/
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### Author:  [@marik](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/marik)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 10:04 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/3 "2021-08-02T10:04:38Z")
I havent made any changes.
since i just installed dietpi and its the first try to run it.
the pwd in /mnt/dietpi\_userdata/aria2/aria2.conf is the same exact what im typing inside the web interface.
also after i refresh the page - the pwd is not stored there.
and grep Global\_Password /boot/dietpi.txt gives nothing in return.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 10:15 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/4 "2021-08-02T10:15:31Z")
After first boot password has been removed from /boot/dietpi.txt and it doesn’t matter. You would need to use the password from aria2 configuration file. Did you pushed the save button on the bottom of the configuration page? I did a test an all working fine for me.
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### Author:  [@marik](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/marik)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 18:26 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/5 "2021-08-02T18:26:37Z")
offcourse i did.
and i checked the pwd in the file and it is the same what i type in the field.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 18:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/6 "2021-08-02T18:30:40Z")
Do you use any special characters in the password?
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### Author:  [@marik](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/marik)
#### Post date: [2 August 2021 19:07 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/7 "2021-08-02T19:07:30Z")
no. only numbers (6 nums)
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 09:34 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/8 "2021-08-03T09:34:37Z")
Hi,
maybe RPC server is not running. Let’s check it
```nohighlight
ss -tulpn | grep LISTEN
journalctl -u aria2.service
```
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### Author:  [@marik](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/marik)
#### Post date: [6 August 2021 06:45 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/aria2-not-working/5558/9 "2021-08-06T06:45:54Z")
sorry for the delay in reply.
i just re-installed aria and its working great now.
thanks for the help.