# Adding Cycles to Canister

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/adding-cycles-to-canister/6080>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** Functional-Programming, candid\
**Created:** [July 24, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/adding-cycles-to-canister/6080 "2021-07-24T05:23:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/adding-cycles-to-canister/6080/1 "2021-07-24T05:23:54Z")

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**When run the below command**

> dfx canister --network ic install muganft\_assets

**I am gettin the below message**  
Installing code for canister muganft\_assets, with canister\_id gxezl-oiaaa-aaaah-qafqa-cai  
The invocation to the wallet call forward method failed with the error: An error happened during the call: 5: Could not install canister gxezl-oiaaa-aaaah-qafqa-cai as 85899935920 cycles are required. Canister has 0 cycles with a freeze threshold of 0 cycles.

How to add cycles to the canister gxezl-oiaaa-aaaah-qafqa-cai ?