# VM target on MakeCode Arcade fails

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/vm-target-on-makecode-arcade-fails/665
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [October 22, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/vm-target-on-makecode-arcade-fails/665 "2019-10-22T10:26:44Z")
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### Author: ![gbraad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gbraad/32/338_2.png) [@gbraad](https://forum.makecode.com/u/gbraad)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/vm-target-on-makecode-arcade-fails/665/1 "2019-10-22T10:26:44Z")

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There is a new target board on Arcade now, “VM” … but when chosen, the compilation fails:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/1X/6147684d2bf109ae6ecc4c87d514b60db2d1dc21.png)

The error is shown as:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/1X/110a92711c61975ab37fe1dc6ce3bc99fe5d1f7e.png)

Filed as issue: [https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-arcade/issues/1418](https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-arcade/issues/1418)  
Note: this is happening on both the main and beta instance.