# Error Viewing Recommended

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-viewing-recommended/718268>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-viewing-recommended/718268 "2021-05-26T16:01:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-viewing-recommended/718268/2 "2021-05-26T16:36:31Z")

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You might want to check your main database for damage:

1. [activate debug](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/ "activate debug") logging ( **not** ‘verbose’!)
2. quit Plex Server
3. wait 1 minute
4. start Plex Server
5. wait 5 minutes
6. [fetch log files](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417 "fetch log files") and attach them here

Or inspect them yourself. Take a look at the `Plex Media Server.log` file and seek for messages about database `corrupt` or `malformed`.  
If you find these, you may have to repair your database. [Hoping for help with DB corruption](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hoping-for-help-with-db-corruption/701344/1)

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