# Dashboard completely blank except for empty header **URL:** \ **Category:** Accessories for Raspberry Pi and Arduino\ **Created:** [January 3, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dashboard-completely-blank-except-for-empty-header/2298 "2025-01-03T21:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Alterion](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.sunfounder.com/alterion/32/1148_2.png) [@Alterion](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Alterion)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dashboard-completely-blank-except-for-empty-header/2298/3 "2025-01-08T16:17:04Z")
Apparently someone else had this issue ( [Pironman 5 Dashboard blank - General - Sunfounder Forum](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-dashboard-blank/2293/13) ) , and the solution is to use the IP address of the device rather than localhost. While this is a good workaround for the dashboard to actually work, the code itself should probably be fixed so that the binding of the backend also happens on localhost/127.0.0.1 for the future… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/dashboard-completely-blank-except-for-empty-header/2298)._