# Startup.jl not loading

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-jl-not-loading/29798
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** gettingstarted
**Created:** [October 11, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-jl-not-loading/29798 "2019-10-11T21:36:44Z")
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### Author: ![mpf01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mpf01/32/8221_2.png) [@mpf01](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mpf01)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-jl-not-loading/29798/1 "2019-10-11T21:36:44Z")

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Running `julia` from the terminal (Mac), doesn’t seem to read `startup.jl`. Below I confirm that the startup file exists in the correct place, I think. Can someone spot what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks!

```nohighlight
[~]$ cat .julia/config/startup.jl
if isinteractive()
    try
        using OhMyREPL
        @info "using OhMyREPL"
    catch
        @warn "OhMyREPL not installed"
    end
    try
        using Revise
        @info "using Revise"
    catch
        @warn "Revise not installed"
    end
end
[~]$ which julia
/usr/local/bin/julia
[~]$ julia
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.2.0 (2019-08-20)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

julia> isinteractive()
true

```

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### Author: ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-jl-not-loading/29798/2 "2019-10-11T21:52:51Z")

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`isinteractive()` is `false` when loading `startup.jl` (by default)

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### Author: ![digital\_carver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/digital_carver/32/33818_2.png) [@digital\_carver](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/digital_carver)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-jl-not-loading/29798/3 "2023-09-06T20:56:48Z")

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For current and future reference, this seems to have been silently (as in [without a NEWS mention](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/45652)) changed with Julia 1.8. Related [issue](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/45630), [PR](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/42507). So `isinteractive()` returns `true` in startup.jl now.