# plugin error for phylogeny

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-for-phylogeny/14433
**Category:** User Support
**Created:** [April 10, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-for-phylogeny/14433 "2020-04-10T13:20:37Z")
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### Author: ![colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/colinbrislawn/32/6221_2.png) [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-for-phylogeny/14433/4 "2020-04-11T13:32:10Z")

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Good morning Liz,

I think I found the error:

> [@Liz-Oreo](#):
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> mafft: line 2440: 9591 Killed

It was in the middle of the line with all the `\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\0` in it.

This error has been [reported](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/align-to-tree-mafft-fasttree-error/6557) [before](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/alignment-error-message/2383), and it looks like mafft gets killed once it runs out of memory.

How many reads are you trying to align with mafft? How much memory do you have?

Colin

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