# Cannot create bucket

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/cannot-create-bucket/11263>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Created:** [January 17, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/cannot-create-bucket/11263 "2021-01-17T22:22:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![geeksheikh](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/geeksheikh/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@geeksheikh](https://forum.storj.io/u/geeksheikh)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/cannot-create-bucket/11263/1 "2021-01-17T22:22:08Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to get the upload client to work. I have tried it on both Windows and Linux and have received the same challenge when trying to create my first bucket.

As you can see below, I am able to import the access grant but then I am unauthorized.

I created my project, created my access grant and granted all permissions possible (create bucket was not one of them). I received an access grant and then created a text file with the access grant in it. Nowhere do I see the option for an API key…but no matter what I do I am unable to create a bucket using the uplink cli. I believe the access grant I used in the text doc is the “serialized access grant”.

I tried saving it with just the serialized string, with

access:

and

access: default  
access:

no format seems to result in me being allowed to create bucket with the uplink mb command.

Thanks for your help.

```
tomesd@Zazu:~/Downloads$ uplink import storj_access.txt
default access imported
tomesd@Zazu:~/Downloads$ uplink mb sj://tomesdata
Error: uplink: permission denied (bucket: metainfo error: Unauthorized API credentials)
tomesd@Zazu:~/Downloads$
```

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**Author:** ![geeksheikh](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/geeksheikh/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@geeksheikh](https://forum.storj.io/u/geeksheikh)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/cannot-create-bucket/11263/2 "2021-01-17T22:40:31Z")

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I finally managed to create a bucket following the “continue in CLI” method discussed on this thread.

> [@New Uplink Setup Not Working as Per Documentation](https://forum.storj.io/t/new-uplink-setup-not-working-as-per-documentation/11018/13):
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> @will.topping The bug is fixed, now you are able to create an access grant with full permissions even if there are other buckets.