# Black Creen from hell!

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-creen-from-hell/40787>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-creen-from-hell/40787 "2020-03-25T20:34:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/black-creen-from-hell/40787/12 "2020-03-28T02:13:26Z")

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According to this thread, someone with a similar issue managed to fix it by switching the game to 32-bit mode:

> [@Need Some Help Please](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/need-some-help-please/38013/10):
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> Could you upload your stonehearth.log? It should be inside C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stonehearth Black screen usually means some other application is messing with the game (or with the UI process), but if you checked the list from [Crashing on start? Read this! UPDATED October 18, 2016](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/crashing-on-start-read-this-updated-october-18-2016/13297/3) I’m not sure what else could be causing it. If you change "force\_32\_bit" : false to "force\_32\_bit" : true in your user\_settings.json does it help?

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