Title: Fatal error on install
Last modified: November 22, 2019

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# Fatal error on install

 *  Resolved [berndg17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berndg17/)
 * (@berndg17)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-install-44/)
 * Hi,
 * just tried to install the plugin, but it ended with this:
 * Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to Freemius::get_api_user_scope_by_user()
   must be an instance of FS_User, boolean given, called in /usr/local/www/apache24/
   noexec/alkohol-ade.com/wp-content/plugins/user-menus/freemius/includes/class-
   freemius.php on line 20787 and defined in /usr/local/www/apache24/noexec/alkohol-
   ade.com/wp-content/plugins/user-menus/freemius/includes/class-freemius.php:20801
   Stack trace: #0 /usr/local/www/apache24/noexec/alkohol-ade.com/wp-content/plugins/
   user-menus/freemius/includes/class-freemius.php(20787): Freemius->get_api_user_scope_by_user(
   false) #1 /usr/local/www/apache24/noexec/alkohol-ade.com/wp-content/plugins/user-
   menus/freemius/includes/class-freemius.php(20826): Freemius->get_api_user_scope(
   false) #2 /usr/local/www/apache24/noexec/alkohol-ade.com/wp-content/plugins/user-
   menus/freemius/includes/class-freemius.php(18016): Freemius->get_current_or_network_user_api_scope()#
   3 /usr/local/www/apache24/noexec/alkohol-ade.com/wp-content/plugins/user-menus/
   freemius/includes/class-fr in /usr/local/www/apache24/noexec/alkohol-ade.com/
   wp-content/plugins/user-menus/freemius/includes/class-freemius.php on line 20801
 * Any idea?
 * Thanks, Bernd

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 *  Plugin Author [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * (@intoxstudio)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-install-44/#post-12202766)
 * Thank you for reporting this.
 * Would it be possible for you to download this plugin and follow the instructions:
   
   [https://github.com/Freemius/freemius-fixer](https://github.com/Freemius/freemius-fixer)
 * Before running the fixer plugin, please go to **/wp-admin/admin.php?page=freemius**
   and let me know what it says. If you prefer not to share that information in 
   this forum, you can also reach us here: [https://dev.institute/contact/](https://dev.institute/contact/)

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