# NoClassDefFoundError while launching gatling.bat

**URL:** <https://community.gatling.io/t/noclassdeffounderror-while-launching-gatling-bat/4574>\
**Category:** Gatling (Open-Source)\
**Created:** [October 14, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/noclassdeffounderror-while-launching-gatling-bat/4574 "2018-10-14T17:31:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![sujin\_sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sujin\_sam](https://community.gatling.io/u/sujin_sam)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/noclassdeffounderror-while-launching-gatling-bat/4574/1 "2018-10-14T17:31:39Z")

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Hello  
I’m new to Gatling, just downloaded the gatling-high-charts-bundle 3.0.0. I have set up the JAVA\_HOME and GATLING\_HOME. I’m getting the below error

GATLING\_HOME is set to “C:\Users\Sujin Sam\Downloads\gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-3.0.0-RC3”  
JAVA = ““C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\_131\bin\java.exe””  
Error occurred during initialization of VM  
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object  
Error occurred during initialization of VM  
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

pls help with this