# Serverless yml troubleshooting

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-yml-troubleshooting/5794>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-yml-troubleshooting/5794 "2018-09-14T17:52:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/serverless-yml-troubleshooting/5794/1 "2018-09-14T17:52:57Z")

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I’ve started carving my serverless yaml up because it was getting a little verbose. I’m using `${file()}` references to reuse portions. I think I’ve messed up because it won’t run but I’m not getting any feedback into what can’t be parsed. How could I see this?