# Asked for a remote server ? nil, ENV\["FERRET\_USE\_LOCAL\_IN **URL:** \ **Category:** Ferret\ **Created:** [September 10, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asked-for-a-remote-server-nil-env-ferret-use-local-in/114268 "2007-09-10T19:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oldbug)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asked-for-a-remote-server-nil-env-ferret-use-local-in/114268/1 "2007-09-10T19:00:00Z")
Hello, I know this subject as been talked many time, but i can not figure out how to get rid of this… ENV : ruby 1.8.4, ferret 0.11.4, acts\_as\_ferret 0.4.1 under win32 Error : Asked for a remote server ? nil, ENV[“FERRET\_USE\_LOCAL\_INDEX”] is nil, looks like we are not the server Will use local index. My application is working find, with 4 mongrels, but i got this message on every request… I tryed to add the following at the end of my environment.rb file, without sucess. FERRET\_USE\_LOCAL\_INDEX=1 # didn’t do anything FERRET\_USE\_LOCAL\_INDEX=1 RAILS\_ENV=production script/ferret\_start # ruby did not start (exception) There is a “require ‘acts\_as\_ferret’” at the beginning of my environment.rb I got the same problem with a Fedoracore5, using ferret 0.10.13 and acts\_as\_ferret 0.4.1 Thank for you precious help Jens ---
**Author:** ![oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oldbug)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asked-for-a-remote-server-nil-env-ferret-use-local-in/114268/2 "2007-09-12T13:47:28Z")
OK, Adding ‘,:remote =\> false’ at the end of my acts\_as\_ferret definition, in my model did resolve the issue.