# Logo generation fails

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/logo-generation-fails/3791>\
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\
**Created:** [September 19, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/logo-generation-fails/3791 "2021-09-19T10:13:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![vbakc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/vbakc/32/1605_2.png) [@vbakc](https://forum.gitea.com/u/vbakc)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/logo-generation-fails/3791/1 "2021-09-19T10:13:17Z")

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```auto
$ make generate-images
npm install --no-save

up to date in 1s
npm install --no-save --no-package-lock fabric@4 imagemin-zopfli@7

added 49 packages, removed 74 packages, and changed 153 packages in 1m
node build/generate-images.js 
internal/process/esm_loader.js:74
    internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(
                              ^

Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/canvas.node'
Require stack:
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/lib/bindings.js
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/lib/canvas.js
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/index.js
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/utils.js
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/Window.js
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/jsdom/lib/api.js
- /home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/fabric/dist/fabric.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:667:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/lib/bindings.js:3:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/lib/bindings.js',
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/lib/canvas.js',
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/canvas/index.js',
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/utils.js',
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/Window.js',
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/jsdom/lib/api.js',
    '/home/hero/openSource/golang/gitea/node_modules/fabric/dist/fabric.js'
  ]
}
make: *** [Makefile:753: generate-images] Error 1

```

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**Author:** ![techknowlogick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/techknowlogick/32/4706_2.png) [@techknowlogick](https://forum.gitea.com/u/techknowlogick)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/logo-generation-fails/3791/2 "2021-09-20T01:34:20Z")

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Hi, thanks for this post.

What are you attempting to do with that task? The images are pre-built and saved, and this task isn’t really run much (I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve had to use it myself).

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**Author:** ![vbakc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/vbakc/32/1605_2.png) [@vbakc](https://forum.gitea.com/u/vbakc)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/logo-generation-fails/3791/3 "2021-09-20T06:22:53Z")

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I am trying customize the logo for my instance

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**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/logo-generation-fails/3791/4 "2021-09-21T21:36:33Z")

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I’ve managed to generate assets with `rsvg-convert` and placed them in the directory as mentioned here: [Customizing Gitea - Docs](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/customizing-gitea/#changing-the-logo) and restarted the `gitea.service` but the logo did not change