# Getting started - unable to resolve symbol

**URL:** <https://forum.datomic.com/t/getting-started-unable-to-resolve-symbol/1248>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/getting-started-unable-to-resolve-symbol/1248 "2019-11-12T09:31:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![garyfhudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@garyfhudson](https://forum.datomic.com/u/garyfhudson)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/getting-started-unable-to-resolve-symbol/1248/1 "2019-11-12T09:31:43Z")

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As a greenhorn I’d appreciate your help please.  
I’ve been following the Getting Started tutorial.

**In tab 1 of Terminal** I’m seeing this, which looks okay:  
_Local forwarding listening on ::1 port 8182._  
_debug1: channel 1: new [port listener]_  
_debug1: Requesting #no-more-sessions@openssh.com_  
_debug1: Entering interactive session._  
_debug1: pledge: network_  
_debug1: client\_input\_global\_request: rtype #hostkeys-00@openssh.com want\_reply 0_  
_debug1: Connection to port 8182 forwarding to socks port 0 requested._  
_debug1: channel 2: new [dynamic-tcpip]_  
_debug1: channel 2: free: direct-tcpip: listening port 8182 for [entry.garystack2.us-east-2.datomic.net](http://entry.garystack2.us-east-2.datomic.net) port 8182, connect from 127.0.0.1 port 60931 to 127.0.0.1 port 8182, nchannels 3_

**But in tab 2 of my Terminal** I can’t get further than this:

Garys-MacBook-Pro:garydatomic garyhudson$ clj  
Clojure 1.10.1  
(def cfg {:server-type :ion  
:region “us-east-2”  
:system “garystack2”  
:endpoint “[http://entry.garystack2.us-east-2.datomic.net:8182/](http://entry.garystack2.us-east-2.datomic.net:8182/)”  
:proxy-port 8182})  
Syntax error compiling at (REPL:1:1).  
Unable to resolve symbol: “us-east-2” in this context  
user=\>

What am I doing wrong please?  
Thanks  
Gary

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**Author:** ![tslocke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/tslocke/32/233_2.png) [@tslocke](https://forum.datomic.com/u/tslocke)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/getting-started-unable-to-resolve-symbol/1248/2 "2019-11-13T10:14:45Z")

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It looks like you have non-ascii double quotes around those strings.

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/marshall/32/48_2.png) [@marshall](https://forum.datomic.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/getting-started-unable-to-resolve-symbol/1248/3 "2019-11-13T17:36:42Z")

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Agreed. If you’re copying/pasting the configuration from somewhere, it’s possible you’ve ended up with “smart” quotes, which are not the same character as the ASCII double quote.

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**Author:** ![garyfhudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@garyfhudson](https://forum.datomic.com/u/garyfhudson)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/getting-started-unable-to-resolve-symbol/1248/4 "2019-11-14T10:53:18Z")

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You are very kind @tslocke and @marshall - this has solved my problem. I’m back on the tutorial now 🙂  
Much obliged