# Imported Site Returns 500 Error

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/imported-site-returns-500-error/4307>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/imported-site-returns-500-error/4307 "2017-12-13T07:52:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![shoelaced](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/shoelaced/32/2341_2.png) [@shoelaced](https://community.localwp.com/u/shoelaced)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/imported-site-returns-500-error/4307/1 "2017-12-13T07:52:10Z")

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Hello,

I’m new to Local and so far it seems pretty great. I’d like to import some live sites I have, so I looked around the forums and found something suggesting that I use the Duplicator plugin to create the archive zip, and then import that into Local. I did that, but it didn’t work. My steps were literally just to install the Duplicator plugin, create a “package,” download the archive zip, and import it with the “Import Site” option in Local. But when I try to view the site, I get this error:

**Internal Server Error**  
_The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request._

_Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@localhost to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error._

_More information about this error may be available in the server error log._

Did I do something wrong?

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**Author:** ![shoelaced](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/shoelaced/32/2341_2.png) [@shoelaced](https://community.localwp.com/u/shoelaced)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/imported-site-returns-500-error/4307/2 "2017-12-13T08:06:03Z")

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Okay so evidently importing into Local using a custom setup corrupts the .htaccess file, which I learned from [this post](https://local.getflywheel.com/community/t/500-internal-server-error-after-importing-duplicator-in-custom/4099/2).

I copied the default

```
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress

```

back in and now it works.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/imported-site-returns-500-error/4307/3 "2020-08-25T18:33:23Z")

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