# User Settings prevents me from launching the game

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 30, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441 "2018-06-30T13:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Alby\_Eon\_Skylar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/alby_eon_skylar/32/71481_2.png) [@Alby\_Eon\_Skylar](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Alby_Eon_Skylar)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/1 "2018-06-30T13:05:00Z")

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For some Reason, Everytime I try to launch the game now I get this

“Invalid JSON character detected (lo)”  
I don’t have any mods on, can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Averest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/averest/32/47783_2.png) [@Averest](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Averest)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/2 "2018-06-30T13:09:26Z")

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Just delete the user\_settings.json and at the next start it’ll rebuild if there’s a problem there.

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**Author:** ![Alby\_Eon\_Skylar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/alby_eon_skylar/32/71481_2.png) [@Alby\_Eon\_Skylar](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Alby_Eon_Skylar)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/3 "2018-06-30T13:22:46Z")

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I did but now it says that same file doesn’t exist.

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**Author:** ![Wouter\_Sikkema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/wouter_sikkema/32/61482_2.png) [@Wouter\_Sikkema](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Wouter_Sikkema)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/4 "2018-06-30T15:11:21Z")

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Do you have it on steam? If so right click stonehearth, properties, and I think it was under local files: verify integrity of cash

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**Author:** ![Relyss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/relyss/32/41785_2.png) [@Relyss](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Relyss)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/5 "2018-07-02T19:49:07Z")

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Did you delete the user\_settings.json file or a different file? The game should recreate it once you restart it, not complain that it can’t find it. 🤔

Could you verify the integrity of the cache, like @Wouter_Sikkema suggests? Or are you playing with the Humble Bundle version?

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**Author:** ![Wouter\_Sikkema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/wouter_sikkema/32/61482_2.png) [@Wouter\_Sikkema](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Wouter_Sikkema)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/6 "2018-07-02T20:28:27Z")

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@Relyss since my own stonehearth refueses to do ANYTHING at the moment: i noticed verrifying integrity of cash does not restore a user\_settings.json  
only after trying to start the gama does it make one again.  
hoe should a fully intact one look?

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**Author:** ![Relyss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/relyss/32/41785_2.png) [@Relyss](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Relyss)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/user-settings-prevents-me-from-launching-the-game/36441/7 "2018-07-02T20:33:57Z")

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It can be as short as only having the user\_id, I think… But again, it’s better to let the game create it. 😕

Also, if you tried reinstalling, did you manually delete the Stonehearth folder? I wonder if it’s something related to Steam 🤔