# Slicer crashes when creating h5 file

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-crashes-when-creating-h5-file/19733>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** bug, python\
**Created:** [September 18, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-crashes-when-creating-h5-file/19733 "2021-09-18T00:10:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![szymswiat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/szymswiat/32/12405_2.png) [@szymswiat](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/szymswiat)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-crashes-when-creating-h5-file/19733/3 "2021-09-18T18:51:48Z")

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My OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)  
Kernel version: 5.9.0-050900-generic

Just type in console:

```python
import h5py
f = h5py.File('new_file.h5', 'w')

```

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