# Whenever I open Pico 8 It Brings Me Back To The Main Menu

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/whenever-i-open-pico-8-it-brings-me-back-to-the-main-menu/5244>\
**Category:** Firmware and Apps\
**Tags:** pico-8\
**Created:** [February 2, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/whenever-i-open-pico-8-it-brings-me-back-to-the-main-menu/5244 "2020-02-02T17:53:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![javelinface](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/javelinface/32/3079_2.png) [@javelinface](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/javelinface)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/whenever-i-open-pico-8-it-brings-me-back-to-the-main-menu/5244/2 "2020-02-02T20:53:50Z")

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There was another user with this exact problem. Here’s a link to it, found using the search function of the forum.

> [@PICO-8 crashes when started in "stable 1.25". Tried everything I've seen on here](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-8-crashes-when-started-in-stable-1-25-tried-everything-ive-seen-on-here/5148/2):
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> Just confirming, you’re putting the file named pico-8\_0.1.12c2\_raspi.zip in the ~/games/PICO-8 directory? Mine is a 6.1MB file. I bought it in a humble bundle once upon a time. Is yours a legit one? Also try and run the PICO-8 app without anything in the games directory. I find that the first time, it will just give a black screen, then return to the launcher; possibly initialising itself. Afterwards, run it again. It should have a screen telling you to download the pick 8 files. Transfer the …

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