# Can not connect to Umbrel server **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203 "2023-04-24T02:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smidge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smidge/32/3929_2.png) [@Smidge](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Smidge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203/1 "2023-04-24T02:28:52Z")
hello everyone/anyone. I have late 2021 raspberry pi4 with ssb 1tb and 8 gb ram … had been running over a year no problems with the PI4 - just umbrel occassionally. one day after not trying to logon for weeks i tried and could not connect. This is the error message i get: “We can’t connect to the server at umbrel.local.” I notice the pi4 is not blinking that bright blue light it used to. I’m pretty sure i have to reload umbrel and do the whole process over again. I have my recovery phrase. Is there something to do with the pi4 first? Any suggestions before i try? I’m not real technical but I can follow directions. ---
**Author:** ![Ferry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ferry](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ferry)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203/2 "2023-04-26T19:11:30Z")
I got problems with getting the login screen but when I use the local ip address 192.168.etc…. in the browser I could login. Also I could use a tor browser to login. You need the onion address for doing that. I hope this will help at least to login and reboot your Umbrel. Otherwise I think you have to do a hard reset. After that I usually reinstall Umbrel on the sd-card. Al the crypto data is stored on the SSD drive so no worries about that. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Smidge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smidge/32/3929_2.png) [@Smidge](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Smidge)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203/3 "2023-04-26T19:25:17Z")
yes it helps! TY! I ended up getting new microsd card and flashed it and did reboot … everything is fine - came right back up … bitcoin synched up overnight 100% … all my sats still in my LND wallet/node … did not need to use recovery seed phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Ferry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ferry](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ferry)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203/4 "2023-04-27T08:31:50Z")
Can you tell what you did? ---
**Author:** ![Smidge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smidge/32/3929_2.png) [@Smidge](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Smidge)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203/5 "2023-04-27T15:02:43Z")
Hello again - I fixed my problem. I decided to get a new 32 GB SanDisk microsd card with a card reader. I followed instructions on Umbrel website for the Raspberry Pi4 - downloaded latest Umbrel OS, - 0.5.3 - flashed microsd using balena etcher and did reboot … everything is fine - came right back up. My bitcoin node synched up overnight 100% … all my sats still in my LND wallet/node … I did not need to use recovery seed phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Ferry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ferry](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ferry)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-not-connect-to-umbrel-server/12203/6 "2023-04-27T15:34:07Z")
Yes, that is what I did too. I am not sure that not able to get a login screen is a problem of a corrupt micro sd-card though but a new micro sd-card with a fresh install of Umbrel is always good I think. Did you try to login with the IP-address in the browser? That worked here. I am not a technician also but I have played with Linux for a while. I remember that you had to fill in the hostname of the machine in a file called HOSTNAME and then restart init.d or hostd, something like that. I don’t know anymore. I played with Redhat at that time and it was a long time ago. On Umbrel I can’t find hostd. Anyway, glad to read that you are up and running again.