# Loading mrml files fails and stalls
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/loading-mrml-files-fails-and-stalls/21069
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** mrml
**Created:** [December 15, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/loading-mrml-files-fails-and-stalls/21069 "2021-12-15T05:33:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@lucast4](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lucast4)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/loading-mrml-files-fails-and-stalls/21069/1 "2021-12-15T05:33:06Z")
Loading an MRML file (by dragging and dropping) stalls. The progress bar will reach a specific number (e…g, 99%) and won’t load. Then usually Slicer will crash. I have on the order of 10s to couple hundred objects that are included in this load (e.g., markups, segmentations, columns, transforms).
It loads fine if I separately load all the objects (not using the scene, but using drag and drop
What might cause this?
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### Author:  [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/loading-mrml-files-fails-and-stalls/21069/2 "2021-12-16T00:06:39Z")
There could be some other information in the scene file that leads to an error condition or slow loading / memory use. You could look in the error log for any clues. If you can reproduce the issue on public data or can share a scene that replicates the issue then someone could have a look.
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### Author:  [@lucast4](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lucast4)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/loading-mrml-files-fails-and-stalls/21069/3 "2021-12-16T14:18:15Z")
Thanks, I ended up loading the individual objects and recreating the scene. If it happens again I’ll dig into it more
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/loading-mrml-files-fails-and-stalls/21069/4 "2021-12-16T18:25:07Z")
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