# Web ui - {"error\_code":-1009}

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/web-ui-error-code-1009/7258>\
**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/web-ui-error-code-1009/7258 "2023-01-27T11:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigBobba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/bigbobba/32/3990_2.png) [@BigBobba](https://wled.discourse.group/u/BigBobba)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/web-ui-error-code-1009/7258/1 "2023-01-27T11:56:50Z")

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im getting {“error\_code”:-1009} when i try and access wled from a browser on esp32 - the error is displayed on the ‘web page’ the rest of the page is blank. restarted and power cycled numerous times. This is on a ws8211b strip. however it is functioning absolutely fine via Homeassistant. running WLED 0.14.0-b1 . is there a way to OTA flash another way other than via web UI ? otherwise its a trip up the ladders and its too cold for all that TIA

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/web-ui-error-code-1009/7258/2 "2023-01-28T01:22:17Z")

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OTA should be possible as long as your ESP has \>2M flash.

If not, or if it doesn’t work, you need to serially flash it.

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**Author:** ![BigBobba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/bigbobba/32/3990_2.png) [@BigBobba](https://wled.discourse.group/u/BigBobba)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/web-ui-error-code-1009/7258/3 "2023-01-28T01:36:50Z")

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Hi , thankyou for replying 👍 i cant access the web ui to flash via OTA unless there is an alternative to the WLED UI to do it OTA, I will just have to get up the ladders and do it physically. or is there a way to do it through homeassistant ?

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/web-ui-error-code-1009/7258/4 "2023-01-28T02:04:53Z")

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If you can’t get to the UI, you need to pull it down for serial flashing.