# Paste bibtex hangs on parsing

**URL:** <https://forum.paperpile.com/t/paste-bibtex-hangs-on-parsing/4233>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/paste-bibtex-hangs-on-parsing/4233 "2019-07-04T08:34:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Robertson](https://forum.paperpile.com/user_avatar/forum.paperpile.com/justin_robertson/32/2074_2.png) [@Justin\_Robertson](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/Justin_Robertson)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/paste-bibtex-hangs-on-parsing/4233/1 "2019-07-04T08:34:27Z")

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Add Papers, Add Manually  
Paste the following in the box:

@book{banzhaf2015artificial,  
title={Artificial chemistries},  
author={Banzhaf, Wolfgang and Yamamoto, Lidia},  
year={2015},  
publisher={MIT Press}  
}

The text does not appear in the box. Instead the box immediately disappears and an empty progress bar labelled “Parsing citations” appears at the top of the window. Nothing else happens. No new paper is added.

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**Author:** ![vicente](https://forum.paperpile.com/user_avatar/forum.paperpile.com/vicente/32/3791_2.png) [@vicente](https://forum.paperpile.com/u/vicente)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.paperpile.com/t/paste-bibtex-hangs-on-parsing/4233/2 "2019-07-04T18:50:29Z")

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Thank you for the report, Justin. Is this still happening? I see nothing unusual in our logs.

My importing attempts with the steps and text you provided were successful:

 ![image](https://forum.paperpile.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4887986aba1ef4cae4081d3d8bea48b11a4d8323.png)

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