# Emacs: help setting Cider with shadow-cljs in Emacs with C-c M-j
**URL:** https://clojureverse.org/t/emacs-help-setting-cider-with-shadow-cljs-in-emacs-with-c-c-m-j/7444
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Tags:** clojurescript
**Created:** [April 6, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/emacs-help-setting-cider-with-shadow-cljs-in-emacs-with-c-c-m-j/7444 "2021-04-06T16:54:09Z")
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### Author:  [@lljr](https://clojureverse.org/u/lljr)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/emacs-help-setting-cider-with-shadow-cljs-in-emacs-with-c-c-m-j/7444/1 "2021-04-06T16:54:10Z")
I’m trying to run C-c M-j and connect to shadow-cljs repl. I get this error: user-error: The npx shadow-cljs executable isn’t on your ‘exec-path’.
I installed shadow-cljs globally. Why is it invoking it with npx?? How do I change this? I’m very new to cider and clojurescript. Not sure which variable needs tweaking.
Thanks
EDIT:
I have this exact same problem [cider 2020-04-29 | Slack Archive](https://clojurians-log.clojureverse.org/cider/2020-04-29)
The thing is that I’ve adding (exec-path-from-shell-copy-env “PATH”) to my init.el and still have the same issue.
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### Author:  [@jiyinyiyong](https://clojureverse.org/u/jiyinyiyong)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/emacs-help-setting-cider-with-shadow-cljs-in-emacs-with-c-c-m-j/7444/2 "2021-04-07T03:35:03Z")
does it work when you run `npx shadow-cljs` or `shadow-cljs` directly via command line?
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### Author:  [@system](https://clojureverse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/emacs-help-setting-cider-with-shadow-cljs-in-emacs-with-c-c-m-j/7444/5 "2021-10-08T04:44:11Z")
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