# Fix Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

Most likely it's because your system shutdown unexpectedly Try

```sh
postgres -D /opt/homebrew/var/postgres # for Intel M1
postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres # for Silicon
```

You might see

```sh
FATAL:  lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
HINT:  Is another postmaster (PID 449) running in data directory "/usr/local/var/postgres"?
```

Then try

`kill -9 PID`

**example**

`kill -9 449` And it should start postgres normally