# Not able to connect to Bitcoin Network at startup

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/not-able-to-connect-to-bitcoin-network-at-startup/9069>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/not-able-to-connect-to-bitcoin-network-at-startup/9069 "2020-03-06T21:38:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/not-able-to-connect-to-bitcoin-network-at-startup/9069/2 "2020-03-07T12:13:43Z")

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Hi. Do you have a [backup](https://docs.bisq.network/backup-recovery.html) you can use? Always make a backup.

And may I ask why you deleted your spvwallet file?

Please also check [this thread](https://bisq.community/t/error-starting-bisq-java-lang-illegalstateexception-solved/7934) to see if it helps.

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