# Is there a way to suppress Julia from loading the \`startup.jl\` file, using a command line flag?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suppress-julia-from-loading-the-startup-jl-file-using-a-command-line-flag/123530
**Category:** New to Julia
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**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suppress-julia-from-loading-the-startup-jl-file-using-a-command-line-flag/123530 "2024-12-06T10:20:01Z")
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### Author:  [@world-peace](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/world-peace)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suppress-julia-from-loading-the-startup-jl-file-using-a-command-line-flag/123530/1 "2024-12-06T10:20:01Z")
I’m doing some testing, and I need a way to do two things:
1. Load a temporary, customized `startup.jl` file
2. Stop Julia from automatically loading `startup.jl`, which in this particular case is the one from the users home directory. (`~/.julia/config/startup.jl`)
I found a way to do 1, using a command line flag `-L`, which causes Julia to load a file when it starts up. I _assuming_ but don’t exactly know if this has the same effect as the automatic loading the regular `startup.jl` file.
```julia
$ julia -L startup.jl myTarget.jl
```
However, when I tested this, I found that Julia still loads the `startup.jl` file.
I need a way to disable this temporarily. I am hoping there is a command line flag for this?
The obvious solution if there isn’t to temporarily rename it - but I need to keep switching between the two behaviors so this is a bit of a pain.
I guess I could also change the value of `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`, but again this will have other side effects beyond the one I am targeting.
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### Author:  [@DanielVandH](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DanielVandH)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suppress-julia-from-loading-the-startup-jl-file-using-a-command-line-flag/123530/2 "2024-12-06T10:20:57Z")
`julia --startup-file=no`
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### Author:  [@sgaure](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sgaure)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suppress-julia-from-loading-the-startup-jl-file-using-a-command-line-flag/123530/3 "2024-12-06T10:20:58Z")
```julia
$ julia --startup=no ...
```
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### Author:  [@world-peace](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/world-peace)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suppress-julia-from-loading-the-startup-jl-file-using-a-command-line-flag/123530/4 "2024-12-06T11:33:33Z")
Thanks both that’s great