# Ionic setup sass: The setup task has been deprecated

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-setup-sass-the-setup-task-has-been-deprecated/52892>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-setup-sass-the-setup-task-has-been-deprecated/52892 "2016-05-24T18:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![mahnuh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mahnuh/32/115523_2.png) [@mahnuh](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mahnuh)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-setup-sass-the-setup-task-has-been-deprecated/52892/1 "2016-05-24T18:02:19Z")

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Hi,

I am using the latest version of the new Ionic v2 CLI and I am trying to set up sass in a Ionic v1 project. All I am getting is this:

`$ ionic setup sass The setup task has been deprecated.`

In the docs for the CLI v2 I found that you can setup sass using `ionic start myApp -sass` for a new project, but how can I setup sass for an existing one?

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**Author:** ![dgproductions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@dgproductions](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/dgproductions)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-setup-sass-the-setup-task-has-been-deprecated/52892/2 "2016-05-31T16:03:52Z")

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I have the same issue…

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**Author:** ![Omolade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/omolade/32/100848_2.png) [@Omolade](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Omolade)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-setup-sass-the-setup-task-has-been-deprecated/52892/3 "2016-06-03T16:55:10Z")

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same problem what do we do

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**Author:** ![mdmad7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mdmad7](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mdmad7)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-setup-sass-the-setup-task-has-been-deprecated/52892/4 "2016-06-04T14:02:48Z")

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Open index.html in www/ of your ionic app.  
The instructions are on the 11th line…  
What you have to do is;

1. run ‘gulp sass’ in the terminal whilst in your ionic app directory
2. then uncomment link to **href=“css/ionic.app.css”** in your index.html file
3. comment out or delete link to **href="css/style.css"**  
NB: the ionic.app.scss file can be found in the scss folder in the root directory of your ionic app. Happy coding!!!