# blank \[ERROR\]: when running ansible or ansible-playbook on ansible version 2.5.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** aws\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/blank-error-when-running-ansible-or-ansible-playbook-on-ansible-version-2-5-1/27435 "2018-05-03T09:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abey\_Thomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Abey\_Thomas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abey_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/blank-error-when-running-ansible-or-ansible-playbook-on-ansible-version-2-5-1/27435/1 "2018-05-03T09:50:56Z")
Hi, I am using ansible version 2.5.1 on Centos 7. Whenever I try to use ansible command line or ansible-playbook with ec2.py on AWS I get a " [ERROR]:" after Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file. The playbook runs fine after showing one blank error word. I tried using vvvv but the blank error stays same. When I execute ec2.py alone there are no errors. I tried passing JSON output only instead of ec2.py and ansible command works as expected and executes command remoteley on multipe remote servers but again with a blank message .If I use ansible to execute command on localhost then I do not get the blank error though. Weird I also have ansible output with color enabled and [ERROR]: shows in red Any ideas what could be causing ansible to give a blank “[ERROR]:” ? Regards, Abey ---
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/blank-error-when-running-ansible-or-ansible-playbook-on-ansible-version-2-5-1/27435/2 "2018-05-03T14:23:24Z")
There was a bug that caused that empty ERROR to be displayed. It is a false positive, and does not indicate an actual error. The fix will be included in the 2.5.3 release.