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Troubleshooting

Find solutions to the most common issues. These pages are based on real user reports.

Most Common Issues

  1. Transcription in the wrong language - Murmure transcribes in English when you speak French (or another language)
  2. Text doesn't appear in my application - Transcription works but text is not inserted
  3. Shortcuts don't work - The recording shortcut has no effect
  4. LLM Connect errors - Ollama 500 errors, slow responses, model issues

Quick Fixes

Problem Quick Fix
Wrong language Check microphone quality, reduce noise
Text not pasted Switch to Direct mode (Settings > System)
Shortcut conflict (macOS) Change shortcut to Ctrl+Option+M
Shortcut not working (Linux) Switch to X11 session
MSVCP140.dll error (Windows) Install Visual C++ Redistributable
Ollama 500 error Use a smaller model (qwen3.5:4b)
Settings corrupted Delete settings.json and restart

How to Get Logs

If you need to report a bug, enable debug logging first:

  1. Go to Settings > System
  2. Set Log level to Debug
  3. Click the folder icon next to the log level to open the log directory
  4. Reproduce the issue
  5. Attach the log file to your GitHub issue

Settings File Locations

OS Path
Windows %APPDATA%\com.al1x-ai.murmure\settings.json
macOS ~/Library/Application Support/com.al1x-ai.murmure/settings.json
Linux ~/.local/share/com.al1x-ai.murmure/settings.json

To reset all settings, delete the settings.json file and restart Murmure.