# Influx Kapacitor : exec format error

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-kapacitor-exec-format-error/6380>\
**Category:** Telegraf\
**Tags:** kapacitor\
**Created:** [August 27, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-kapacitor-exec-format-error/6380 "2018-08-27T16:31:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-kapacitor-exec-format-error/6380/1 "2018-08-27T16:31:16Z")

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`run: open server: open service *udf.Service: failed to load process info for "movingAverage": fork/exec /tmp/kapacitor_udf/moving_avg.py: exec format error`

I am running the python UDF for kapacitor and get this error. I am following the steps as given here : [UDFNode | Kapacitor 1.5 Documentation](https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1.5/nodes/u_d_f_node/)