# Gplates crashes when selecting 'Enabling Pole' tool

**URL:** <https://discourse.gplates.org/t/gplates-crashes-when-selecting-enabling-pole-tool/628>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [7 January 2023 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/gplates-crashes-when-selecting-enabling-pole-tool/628 "2023-01-07T17:36:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Imalilwilde23](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bc79bd/32.png) [@Imalilwilde23](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/Imalilwilde23)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2023 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/gplates-crashes-when-selecting-enabling-pole-tool/628/1 "2023-01-07T17:36:43Z")

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I want to follow artifexian’s videos on creating my own planet, however, this issue has put a stop to that. Gplates threw up an error message, i searched a ‘fix’, found one, did it, however it did not fix the problem. Now it only crashes. I am on windows version 2.3.0. Please fix this.