# Pluto and startup.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-and-startup-jl/60307>\
**Category:** Pluto\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-and-startup-jl/60307 "2021-04-30T12:06:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pg261](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pg261/32/24270_2.png) [@pg261](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pg261)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-and-startup-jl/60307/1 "2021-04-30T12:06:49Z")

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Hi !

I have a file config/startup.jl which is loaded when working with the REPL, but not when I run Pluto. Is this a bug?

and if not startup.jl, is there a way to have a file that’s always included when I open a pluto notebook?

thanks!  
Pierre

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**Author:** ![Balinus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/balinus/32/243_2.png) [@Balinus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Balinus)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-and-startup-jl/60307/2 "2021-04-30T12:56:20Z")

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~~You need a specific file for Jupyter (I imagine Pluto uses the same “backend”).~~

 

~~[Using IJulia · IJulia](https://julialang.github.io/IJulia.jl/stable/manual/usage/#Customizing-your-IJulia-environment)~~

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**Author:** ![ederag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ederag/32/4106_2.png) [@ederag](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ederag)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-and-startup-jl/60307/3 "2021-04-30T13:12:52Z")

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> I imagine Pluto uses the same “backend”

Pluto is very different.

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**Author:** ![ederag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ederag/32/4106_2.png) [@ederag](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ederag)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-and-startup-jl/60307/4 "2021-04-30T13:12:59Z")

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The solution is to open one’s own template notebook, for now  
[https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/issues/550](https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl/issues/550)  
The advantage is that your final notebook shows everything, explicitly.