# Node-RED Safe mode

In this situation, you can use the safe mode of Node-RED where Node-RED will not start right after initializing the server. This allows you to edit the faulty nodes and deploy them again. This will save you hours of troubleshooting. 

Just open the command prompt and type **node-red --safe**

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