# Unable to reach leader in group 1 - dir structures help **URL:** \ **Category:** Dgraph\ **Created:** [April 3, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/unable-to-reach-leader-in-group-1-dir-structures-help/18464 "2023-04-03T15:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![rahst12](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/rahst12/32/2416_2.png) [@rahst12](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/rahst12)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/unable-to-reach-leader-in-group-1-dir-structures-help/18464/12 "2023-04-03T19:22:19Z")
Is there a way to manually set the leader? In Group #1, we had 2 Alpha’s fail, out of 3. The remaining “good” Alpha never elected itself the leader. We’ve brought the other 2 Alpha’s back-up with empty `p`, `w`, and `t` directories. The message we see on the two Alpha’s that are “new” are: ```auto Error while calling hasPeer: Unable to reach leader in group 1. Retrying... ``` The message we see on the Alpha that’s been up the whole time, but not the leader is: ```auto is starting a new election at term 833 became pre-candidate at term 833 [logterm: 833, index 93495359] sent MsgPreVote request to 1 at term 833 [logterm: 833, index 93495359] sent MsgPreVote request to 2 at term 833 Unable to send message to peer: 0x1. Error: Do not have address of peer 0x1 Unable to send message to peer: 0x2. Error: Do not have address of peer 0x2 ``` --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/unable-to-reach-leader-in-group-1-dir-structures-help/18464)._