# Error when saving a xodball, the cause was the name of the libraries **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 16, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/error-when-saving-a-xodball-the-cause-was-the-name-of-the-libraries/1565 "2018-12-16T04:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cesars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cesars](https://forum.xod.io/u/cesars)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/error-when-saving-a-xodball-the-cause-was-the-name-of-the-libraries/1565/1 "2018-12-16T04:41:12Z")
Create a folder `library` and add libraries, create a folder, `nodes> nodes`, and add individual nodes. Up to here it seemed that it was fine, but I kept a xodball and it went wrong to reopen. Edit another and the same error, I opened xodball with Notepad ++ and I see several libraries in a blank patch. Reinstall and continue the same, until it reaches the library folder that, in my opinion, everything was fine. There I found after much searching, a folder with **capital letters** and another with **space** between the names. It does not give any error when opening XOD, but corrupts the xodball when saving it ---
**Author:** ![nkrkv](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.xod.io/nkrkv/32/8_2.png) [@nkrkv](https://forum.xod.io/u/nkrkv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/error-when-saving-a-xodball-the-cause-was-the-name-of-the-libraries/1565/2 "2018-12-19T10:10:44Z")
Hello! Would you clarify? What folder are you creating? Do you mean a directory on the file system? If so, do you state that: > If a destination path for the xodball I am saving contains spaces or upper-case letters, the xodball gets corrupted and won’t open next time. ? ---
**Author:** ![cesars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cesars](https://forum.xod.io/u/cesars)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/error-when-saving-a-xodball-the-cause-was-the-name-of-the-libraries/1565/3 "2018-12-19T11:26:05Z")
hi, I’m unclear and in English even worse 😀 `C:\Users\...\xod\ __lib__ \library\stepper` OK `C:\Users\...\xod\ __lib__ \library\Stepper` o `C:\Users\....\xod\ __lib__ \library\dig seg` FAIL If there is a library with capital or space, when saving a project or xodball, the content of those libraries is incorporated into the file and corrupts it, when opening it later it gives an error. Example of xodball empty and \Stepper [error\_save.xodball](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/xod/original/1X/234d6ec19d8bcf044dfd57ecce4a44cccf2e082f.xodball) (5.9 KB) If I have a project and I open it, having the folders wrong, I would also corrupt it ---
**Author:** ![nkrkv](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.xod.io/nkrkv/32/8_2.png) [@nkrkv](https://forum.xod.io/u/nkrkv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/error-when-saving-a-xodball-the-cause-was-the-name-of-the-libraries/1565/4 "2018-12-19T16:02:18Z")
Ah, OK, got it. Well, it is a bug, but I am not surprised… The contents of ` __magic__ ` directories is not expected to be managed by hands. Furtermore, `*.xodball`’s are not expected under ` __lib__ ` at all, only multifile projects. I suspect you’re trying to hack the system to make it possible to develop and use a library at the same time? Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![cesars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@cesars](https://forum.xod.io/u/cesars)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.xod.io/t/error-when-saving-a-xodball-the-cause-was-the-name-of-the-libraries/1565/5 "2018-12-19T16:20:58Z")
I do not attribute it to being a XOD error, it was to tell what happened in case someone comes up with the same thing and makes the same mistake. That’s why I broke several files, and had to correct them manually 😓 I have several modified nodes, all loose, I began to sort them, by folders and place them in ` __lib__ ` Now everything works ok, I have a folder “`nodes/nodes`” with all the individual nodes (folder with patch.xodp, cpp, etc) Another folder `library /` and several libraries inside, some mine, others modified (folder with project.xod and foders with patch.xodp, cpp, etc).