# Forest Schema Not Updating **URL:** \ **Category:** Help me!\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-schema-not-updating/3117 "2021-08-16T21:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/matt/32/141_2.png) [@Matt](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-schema-not-updating/3117/1 "2021-08-16T21:41:39Z")
Anytime I add a new field to a model, a new smart action, etc. It appears that my schema file is not automatically updating based off these changes. Do you guys know where I could possibly look to start troubleshooting why this might be happening? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![anon39848301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@anon39848301](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39848301)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-schema-not-updating/3117/2 "2021-08-17T07:28:01Z")
Hey @Matt, I’m assuming you are working with either `forest-express-sequelize` or `forest-express-mongoose`, is that correct? If yes, I would suggest to start looking at: - Does you server restart after each model modification? The schema is only re-generated on server startup. - What is your current `NODE_ENV` value? Schema will only be re-generated if NODE\_ENV="" or NODE\_ENV=“dev”|'development" - Is there any logs/deprecation warning that are display upon server startup? Some of theses can lead to a schema not being generated. If all theses steps are ok on your end, then further investigation might be needed. Hope this helps 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![Matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/matt/32/141_2.png) [@Matt](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-schema-not-updating/3117/3 "2021-08-17T16:37:30Z")
Hey @anon39848301 It looks like it was the ENV variable. Thank you!