# Object reference output instead of HTML

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/object-reference-output-instead-of-html/2639>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/object-reference-output-instead-of-html/2639 "2019-11-08T17:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![fomightez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fomightez/32/495_2.png) [@fomightez](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fomightez)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/object-reference-output-instead-of-html/2639/4 "2019-11-08T21:08:56Z")

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Yes, it looks like a fairly new version, too. Does just `import IPython` help?

I doubt this will make much difference but since looking at [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/install-python-libraries-on-a-running-cluster-with-emr-notebooks/](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/install-python-libraries-on-a-running-cluster-with-emr-notebooks/) there are some differences in the environments, have you tried without the `.core` part? I put some examples with just `IPython.display` [here](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/can-one-display-bullet-points-under-plots-using-jupyter-slides/1681/2)?

Also you didn’t say if you are using the classic interface or the JupyterLab interface. If using JupyterLab, I suggest switching to the classic interface or vice-versa and see what happens? If you can. I don’t know how universal the ability to switch I discuss [in the middle paragraph here](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/different-behavior-between-notebook-and-lab-with-ipython-display-html/2009/2) . This usually fixes widgets that often show up as these `<object>` tags in JupyterLab.

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