# Unable to launch ionic lab

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-launch-ionic-lab/78489>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [February 5, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-launch-ionic-lab/78489 "2017-02-05T23:10:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![fedesardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@fedesardo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/fedesardo)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-launch-ionic-lab/78489/1 "2017-02-05T23:10:57Z")

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Hi friends, how are you? Quick question, I created a new ionic2 project after that I run : ionic lab (also tried with ionic serve --lab) but the browser did not open automatically, is that normal ? I have to open the browser and type localhost:8100 each time. the the device options in the right corner is not displayed.

My info:  
Cordova CLI: 6.5.0  
Ionic Framework Version: 2.0.0  
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: Linux 4.7  
Node Version: v6.9.5  
Xcode version: Not installed

My node version is 6.9.7 I installed that version based on the ionic2 crash course in the official youtube channel, my npm version is 4.1.2 and I am using ubuntu 16.04

Any idea?