# VS Code not playing nice with Pinegrow Version 5.21 (5.21) - Simple Fix

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vs-code-not-playing-nice-with-pinegrow-version-5-21-5-21-simple-fix/2723>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [February 13, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vs-code-not-playing-nice-with-pinegrow-version-5-21-5-21-simple-fix/2723 "2019-02-13T19:27:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnnyGTO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/johnnygto/32/1145_2.png) [@JohnnyGTO](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/JohnnyGTO)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vs-code-not-playing-nice-with-pinegrow-version-5-21-5-21-simple-fix/2723/1 "2019-02-13T19:27:22Z")

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I’m not sure what I am doing wrong. When using Pinegrow with VS Code (Version 1.31.1) After a short period of use I can not add anything to the VS Code workspace without some of the tags getting either “damaged” or the typing getting erased. In Pinegrow I see “index.html was saved in external editor” twice and then Auto refresh.

An example I open a new plain html page in Pinegrow, save it as test.html and then open it in VS Code. In VS I then move to place a

 tag between the body tags. Most times I get no tag and a damage tag, it will usually look like \<\< body\>. The same occurs when I use Pinegrow’s HTML editor.

I have also had incidents where Pinegrow and VS Code seem to fight back and forth each replacing the change the other had made. I stop this by either closing the work or moving VS Code to another file.

I’m on a Mac Pro running Mojave 10.14.3 (18D109) I have only the Pinegrow Live Sync 0.0.5 enabled.

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**Author:** ![JohnnyGTO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/johnnygto/32/1145_2.png) [@JohnnyGTO](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/JohnnyGTO)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vs-code-not-playing-nice-with-pinegrow-version-5-21-5-21-simple-fix/2723/2 "2019-02-13T20:48:31Z")

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ummmmm Turn off auto save on VS Code 😊

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**Author:** ![jtkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jtkay](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/jtkay)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vs-code-not-playing-nice-with-pinegrow-version-5-21-5-21-simple-fix/2723/3 "2019-03-15T12:18:35Z")

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Did that correct your issue?

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**Author:** ![JohnnyGTO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/johnnygto/32/1145_2.png) [@JohnnyGTO](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/JohnnyGTO)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vs-code-not-playing-nice-with-pinegrow-version-5-21-5-21-simple-fix/2723/4 "2019-03-20T04:24:18Z")

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Yes turning off autocorrect did the trick