# Serverless-webpack initialization error

**URL:** <https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 4, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377 "2018-08-04T10:42:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![eggi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@eggi](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/eggi)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377/1 "2018-08-04T10:42:21Z")

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Hi,

When I try to test the create note API with the following command:

```auto
$ serverless invoke local --function create --path mocks/create-event.json

```

> **[Add a Create Note API](https://serverless-stack.com/chapters/add-a-create-note-api.html)**
>
> To allow users to create notes in our note taking app, we are going to add a create note POST API. To do this we are going to add a new Lambda function to our Serverless Framework project. The Lambda function will save the note to our DynamoDB table...

I get an initialization error for serverless-webpack:

```auto
Serverless plugin "serverless-webpack" initialization errored: Unexpected token

```

Any ideas on how I should troubleshoot? I am a beginner and do not really no where to start.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![eggi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@eggi](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/eggi)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377/2 "2018-08-07T23:13:23Z")

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Solved. No longer a problem.

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**Author:** ![jayair](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sst.dev/jayair/32/9_2.png) [@jayair](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/jayair)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377/3 "2018-08-08T17:21:15Z")

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Oh thanks for reporting back. How did you fix it?

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**Author:** ![Aamir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Aamir](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/Aamir)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377/4 "2018-08-10T12:55:52Z")

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How did you solved this issue @eggi ?

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**Author:** ![eggi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@eggi](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/eggi)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377/5 "2018-08-19T09:23:35Z")

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I solved it by updating to the latest version of node.

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**Author:** ![jayair](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sst.dev/jayair/32/9_2.png) [@jayair](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/jayair)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/serverless-webpack-initialization-error/377/6 "2018-08-29T18:36:12Z")

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Thanks for reporting back!