# metastats keeps failing

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/metastats-keeps-failing/2040>\
**Category:** mothur bugs\
**Created:** [September 20, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/metastats-keeps-failing/2040 "2014-09-20T22:43:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jontarn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@jontarn](https://forum.mothur.org/u/jontarn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/metastats-keeps-failing/2040/1 "2014-09-20T22:43:19Z")

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mothur keeps crashing when i run metastats. it lists the two sets correctly in my design file, but then eventually it just stops working. is this a memory issue?

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**Author:** ![westcott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/westcott/32/18_2.png) [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/metastats-keeps-failing/2040/2 "2014-09-23T14:10:54Z")

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Could you send your files to [mothur.bugs@gmail.com](mailto:mothur.bugs@gmail.com)?