# Pico-8 not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Created:** [March 10, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-not-working/3151 "2019-03-10T12:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Span](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Span](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Span)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-not-working/3151/1 "2019-03-10T12:59:31Z")
Hi, I’m a complete novice when it comes to programming. Thats why i thought i’d give the game shell ago to try and learn a thing or two. Problem I have is with installing pico-8. I’ve copied across the .zip file using filezilla from the pico-8 website as instructed on the gameshell its self but it keeps sending me back to the main gameshell screen every time i select pico-8 in the UI. Any help would be greatly appreciated ---
**Author:** ![brentriddell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/brentriddell/32/1947_2.png) [@brentriddell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/brentriddell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-not-working/3151/2 "2019-03-10T23:34:22Z")
Hope this helps! It’s a bit more complicated ☹[How to install PICO-8 on GameShell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-install-pico-8-on-gameshell/1012) ---
**Author:** ![Span](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Span](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Span)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-not-working/3151/3 "2019-03-11T08:20:14Z")
Thanks for the help, I got it in the end 👍 ---
**Author:** ![brentriddell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/brentriddell/32/1947_2.png) [@brentriddell](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/brentriddell)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-not-working/3151/4 "2019-03-11T14:27:29Z")
Great! My Gameshell just arrived, I’ll be trying this out myself tonight, glad to hear it worked 🙂