# Can't start Julia from folder with Russian characters

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-start-julia-from-folder-with-russian-characters/31792>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [December 3, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-start-julia-from-folder-with-russian-characters/31792 "2019-12-03T11:14:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![junxz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@junxz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/junxz)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-start-julia-from-folder-with-russian-characters/31792/1 "2019-12-03T11:14:24Z")

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I’m having problem starting Julia kernel from the folder with Russian characters in it.  
I get the following error:  
 ![%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/d/5d799ea4aec71794de625d19bf1f9585441dc472.png)

Please advise how to fix this.