# Empty app - white screen - main.js missing

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/empty-app-white-screen-main-js-missing/77203>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/empty-app-white-screen-main-js-missing/77203 "2017-01-24T15:09:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![htec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@htec](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/htec)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/empty-app-white-screen-main-js-missing/77203/1 "2017-01-24T15:09:00Z")

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I have an empty sidemenu app.  
On ionic serve everything goes as expected but then white screen appears.  
There is no error but build.js is missing.  
Any thoughts ?

> ionic info

Your system information:

ordova CLI: 6.5.0  
Ionic Framework Version: 2.0.0-rc.5  
Ionic CLI Version: 2.2.1  
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.2.0  
Ionic App Scripts Version: 1.0.0  
ios-deploy version: Not installed  
ios-sim version: Not installed  
OS: Windows 10  
Node Version: v6.9.4  
Xcode version: Not installed

```
    >ionic serve

> ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve P:\!IONIC\testapp
> ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"

[14:57:54] ionic-app-scripts 1.0.0
[14:57:55] watch started ...
[14:57:55] build dev started ...
[14:57:55] clean started ...
[14:57:55] clean finished in 1 ms
[14:57:55] copy started ...
[14:57:55] transpile started ...
[14:57:58] transpile finished in 2.60 s
[14:57:58] webpack started ...
[14:57:58] webpack finished in 148 ms
[14:57:58] sass started ...
[14:57:58] copy finished in 2.77 s
[14:57:58] sass finished in 616 ms
[14:57:58] build dev finished in 3.39 s
[14:57:58] watch ready in 3.51 s
[14:57:58] dev server running: http://localhost:8100/

```

package.json

```
{
  "name": "ionic-hello-world",
  "author": "Ionic Framework",
  "homepage": "http://ionicframework.com/",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "clean": "ionic-app-scripts clean",
    "build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
    "ionic:build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
    "ionic:serve": "ionic-app-scripts serve"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/compiler": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/core": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/forms": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/http": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.2.1",
    "@angular/platform-server": "2.2.1",
    "@ionic/storage": "1.1.7",
    "ionic-angular": "2.0.0-rc.5",
    "ionic-native": "2.2.11",
    "ionicons": "3.0.0",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.12",
    "zone.js": "0.6.26",
    "sw-toolbox": "3.4.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@ionic/app-scripts": "1.0.0",
    "typescript": "2.0.9"
  },
  "cordovaPlugins": [
    "cordova-plugin-whitelist",
    "cordova-plugin-console",
    "cordova-plugin-statusbar",
    "cordova-plugin-device",
    "cordova-plugin-splashscreen",
    "ionic-plugin-keyboard"
  ],
  "cordovaPlatforms": [],
  "description": "testapp: An Ionic project"
}

```

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/original/3X/5/8/5881d57767a546f29974afe5cf9c96a36f793eae.PNG)

Thanks