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title: Sitefinity Crashes Without Search Module Enabled
description: Maybe you thought disabling Search Module during development might accelerate Sitefinity. Sounds like a good idea, but it will crash your project.
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# Sitefinity Crashes Without Search Module Enabled

by [Gregg Crystal](https://www.inalign.com/sitefinity/author/gregg-crystal) Nov 22, 2016

So maybe you thought turning off the Search Module during development might accelerate Sitefinity's startup process.

It sounds like a great idea in theory, but in reality it will crash your project when it runs.

![sf-search-module-off-01.png](https://www.inalign.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-search-module-off-01.png?width=739&height=590&name=sf-search-module-off-01.png)

What's worse, you can't even log back into Sitefinity to turn Search Module back on.

But don't worry--you can just jump into the **SystemConfig.config** file and enable it there.

It is a good idea to disable any modules that you're not using. In theory this will speed up your website, especially during a restart.

![sf-search-module-off-02.png](https://www.inalign.com/hubfs/BlogSitefinity/sf-search-module-off-02.png)

Now just rerun the site and away you go!

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><systemConfig xmlns:config="urn:telerik:sitefinity:configuration" xmlns:type="urn:telerik:sitefinity:configuration:type" config:version="8.2.5900.0" build="5900"> <applicationModules> <add startupType="Disabled" name="Multisite" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="Scheduling" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Search" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="News" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Blogs" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Events" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Libraries" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Forms" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Lists" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="Analytics" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Dashboard" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="Newsletters" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="GenericContent" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="ControlTemplates" /> <add startupType="Disabled" name="Ecommerce" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="ModuleBuilder" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="ResponsiveDesign" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="Publishing" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="Forums" /> <add version="8.2.5900.0" name="Thunder" /> <add startupType="Disabled" name="Personalization" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="SitemapGenerator" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="SitefinityDAM" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="MobileAppBuilder" /> <add startupType="Disabled" name="SharepointConnector" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="EverliveConnector" /> <add startupType="Disabled" name="MarketoConnector" /> <add startupType="Disabled" name="SalesForceConnector" /> <add startupType="Disabled" version="8.2.5900.0" name="DataIntelligenceConnector" />
```

 

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