# Issue running Distill monitors on Mozilla

**URL:** <https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802 "2025-03-03T11:12:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nino.001](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nino.001](https://forums.distill.io/u/nino.001)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802/1 "2025-03-03T11:12:46Z")

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Hi there,

I’m using the Distill extension on Mozilla, but when I try to check my monitors for changes, I get this error: “Local monitors can’t be run from the web app. Please switch to Mozilla Firefox’s watchlist to run them.”

The selected monitors use Mozilla as the device since other devices don’t seem to work. Could you help me resolve this?

Thanks!  
 ![Screenshot 2025-03-03 at 12.02.19](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/optimized/2X/b/b452879c0b577266b3f07ba9f88301eb4c40754d_2_690x35.png)

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**Author:** ![raksha](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@raksha](https://forums.distill.io/u/raksha)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802/2 "2025-03-04T06:54:37Z")

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By default, local monitors run at their scheduled time based on the set check interval.

If you want to manually check local monitors, follow these steps:

1. Open the **local Watchlist** by clicking the **Distill icon** in your browser toolbar as shown in the image below.
2. Click **“Go to Watchlist”**.
3. Select the monitors you want to check.
4. Click the **Run** button (represented by a man icon).

Note: The local Watchlist URL will appear as `moz-extension://...` in Firefox and `chrome-extension://inl...` in Chrome.

 ![image](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5d0ce5ce8c296d98c52f3819a3f17afd5f634093.png)

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**Author:** ![nino.001](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nino.001](https://forums.distill.io/u/nino.001)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802/3 "2025-03-04T08:25:46Z")

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Thank you for your reply, however, the issue I described above precisely occurs after I click on the Run button, as you described. Is there any solution?

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**Author:** ![raksha](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@raksha](https://forums.distill.io/u/raksha)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802/4 "2025-03-04T11:20:09Z")

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Are you clicking the Run button from the local Watchlist or the web app ([https://monitor.distill.io/](https://monitor.distill.io/))?

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**Author:** ![nino.001](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nino.001](https://forums.distill.io/u/nino.001)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/issue-running-distill-monitors-on-mozilla/4802/5 "2025-03-04T16:57:58Z")

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> [@raksha](#):
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> web app

I was using the web app, but switching to the local Watchlist solved the issue. Thank you so much!