# Ionic serve error: cannot find module

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-serve-error-cannot-find-module/111851>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [November 12, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-serve-error-cannot-find-module/111851 "2017-11-12T08:32:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sondauta2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sondauta2](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/sondauta2)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-serve-error-cannot-find-module/111851/1 "2017-11-12T08:32:18Z")

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Hi, when I tried to run ionic serve, not working.  
show me this error:

* * *

ionic serve

Error: Cannot find module 'json-stable-stringify’  
at Function.Module.\_resolveFilename (module.js:536:15)  
at Function.Module.\_load (module.js:466:25)  
at Module.require (module.js:579:17)  
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)  
at Object. (/Users/mcastillo/Desktop/ionic/wagner-app-cliente/node\_modules/webpack/node\_modules/ajv/lib/compile/index.js:6:23)  
at Module.\_compile (module.js:635:30)  
at Object.Module.\_extensions…js (module.js:646:10)  
at Module.load (module.js:554:32)  
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)  
at Function.Module.\_load (module.js:489:3)

My info is:  
cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules)

```
@ionic/cli-utils : 1.18.0
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.18.0

```

global packages:

```
cordova (Cordova CLI) : 7.1.0 

```

local packages:

```
@ionic/app-scripts : 2.1.3
Cordova Platforms : ios 4.5.3
Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.6.0

```

System:

```
Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1
ios-deploy : 1.9.2 
Node : v8.9.1
npm : 5.5.1 
OS : macOS Sierra
Xcode : Xcode 9.1 Build version 9B55 

```

Environment Variables:

```
ANDROID_HOME : /Users/mcastillo/Library/Android/sdk

```

Misc:

```
backend : legacy
```

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**Author:** ![yashwanth493](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a183cd/32.png) [@yashwanth493](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/yashwanth493)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-serve-error-cannot-find-module/111851/2 "2017-11-13T11:46:26Z")

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can you share your **app.module.ts**

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**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-serve-error-cannot-find-module/111851/3 "2021-07-19T22:04:06Z")

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