# flyctl thinks my fastapi project is a django project. I cannot deploy it.

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-thinks-my-fastapi-project-is-a-django-project-i-cannot-deploy-it/4066>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-thinks-my-fastapi-project-is-a-django-project-i-cannot-deploy-it/4066 "2022-02-14T07:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![user112](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/user112/32/2511_2.png) [@user112](https://community.fly.io/u/user112)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-thinks-my-fastapi-project-is-a-django-project-i-cannot-deploy-it/4066/1 "2022-02-14T07:20:12Z")

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Hi,

is there a template dockerfile for fastapi project ? thanks

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Piechowski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/alex_piechowski/32/39888_2.png) [@Alex\_Piechowski](https://community.fly.io/u/Alex_Piechowski)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-thinks-my-fastapi-project-is-a-django-project-i-cannot-deploy-it/4066/2 "2022-02-14T08:21:20Z")

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If it’s detecting the wrong project, there’s probably not a template dockerfile.  
You can still deploy it, you’ll just need to provide your own dockerfile via `fly launch --dockerfile path/to/Dockerfile`