# Error after renaming mod file

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/error-after-renaming-mod-file/25888>\
**Category:** Replication Attempts\
**Created:** [10 June 2024 07:07 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/error-after-renaming-mod-file/25888 "2024-06-10T07:07:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![bb3566](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@bb3566](https://forum.dynare.org/u/bb3566)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2024 07:07 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/error-after-renaming-mod-file/25888/1 "2024-06-10T07:07:48Z")

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I’m trying to extend a model from other authors and am using their replication code to do that.  
The provided model.mod file runs just fine, but as soon as I rename the file the model will no longer run. Examples of renaming attempts would be model2.mod or model\_original.mod.

Instead of the regular output, I get:

Preprocessing completed.

> Residuals of the static equations:

> Equation number 1 : NaN  
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> Error using print\_info  
> The steady state contains NaN or Inf

> Error in steady (line 104)  
> print\_info(info,options\_.noprint, options\_);

> Error in GlobalBanks2 (line 1105)  
> steady;

> Error in dynare (line 235)  
> evalin(‘base’,fname) ;

What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2024 07:10 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/error-after-renaming-mod-file/25888/2 "2024-06-10T07:10:33Z")

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You forgot to also rename the associated steady state file. If it does not conform to the naming convention, it will not be used.

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**Author:** ![bb3566](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@bb3566](https://forum.dynare.org/u/bb3566)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2024 12:10 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/error-after-renaming-mod-file/25888/3 "2024-06-10T12:10:17Z")

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OMG, thank you so much! 😑