title: Why is heroku giving error code H81 on deployment of react app
body: <p>Im deploying full stack react app to heroku.</p>
  
  <p>I followed the steps provided on heroku using the cli</p>
  
  <p>-logged in using my credentials</p>
  
  <p>-ran heroku create</p>
  
  <p>-added the heroku origin using the new git repo</p>
  
  <p>-then ran git push heroku master</p>
  
  <p>when i run heroku open the page displays:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cannot get /
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the heroku logs are returning this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2018-10-04T00:00:29.405636+00:00 app[api]: Release v1 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:00:29.405636+00:00 app[api]: Initial release by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:00:29.533165+00:00 app[api]: Release v2 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:00:29.533165+00:00 app[api]: Enable Logplex by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:36:33.757703+00:00 app[api]: Set GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID config vars by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:36:33.757703+00:00 app[api]: Release v3 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:37:00.603959+00:00 app[api]: Release v4 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:37:00.603959+00:00 app[api]: Set GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET config vars by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:37:34.970708+00:00 app[api]: Set GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN config vars by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:37:34.970708+00:00 app[api]: Release v5 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:38:45.657558+00:00 app[api]: Release v6 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T00:38:45.657558+00:00 app[api]: Set GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN config vars by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:48:46.925080+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info code=H81 desc="Blank app" method=GET path="/" host=boiling-ocean-24541.herokuapp.com request_id=b3728a9b-299e-4db2-aa2f-72f7d594a446 fwd="184.181.111.193" dyno= connect= service= status=502 bytes= protocol=https
  2018-10-04T01:48:47.400822+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info code=H81 desc="Blank app" method=GET path="/favicon.ico" host=boiling-ocean-24541.herokuapp.com request_id=27da54d0-1040-4eac-b847-897edf10b7ea fwd="184.181.111.193" dyno= connect= service= status=502 bytes= protocol=https
  2018-10-04T01:51:50.000000+00:00 app[api]: Build started by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:52:25.692316+00:00 app[api]: Deploy 4371d707 by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:52:25.718815+00:00 app[api]: Scaled to web@1:Free by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:52:25.692316+00:00 app[api]: Release v7 created by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:52:29.662530+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Starting process with command `npm start`
  2018-10-04T01:52:27.000000+00:00 app[api]: Build succeeded
  2018-10-04T01:52:32.304480+00:00 app[web.1]:
  2018-10-04T01:52:32.304504+00:00 app[web.1]: &gt; node index.js
  2018-10-04T01:52:32.304505+00:00 app[web.1]:
  2018-10-04T01:52:32.304502+00:00 app[web.1]: &gt; backend@1.0.0 start /app
  2018-10-04T01:52:32.644938+00:00 app[web.1]: Server listening on port 9785
  2018-10-04T01:52:33.468164+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to up
  2018-10-04T01:52:35.091471+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/" host=boiling-ocean-24541.herokuapp.com request_id=4ab1f8c2-2d47-4345-bbcd-a370055c0061 fwd="184.181.111.193" dyno=web.1 connect=1ms service=13ms status=404 bytes=415 protocol=https
  2018-10-04T01:52:35.271535+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path="/favicon.ico" host=boiling-ocean-24541.herokuapp.com request_id=126193f7-90d7-42b4-ad2d-7b52f6e295ca fwd="184.181.111.193" dyno=web.1 connect=0ms service=3ms status=404 bytes=426 protocol=https
  2018-10-04T01:53:35.000000+00:00 app[api]: Build started by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:54:11.896509+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Restarting
  2018-10-04T01:54:11.897285+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from up to starting
  2018-10-04T01:54:11.607628+00:00 app[api]: Deploy 4371d707 by user tyler.ceja5@gmail.com
  2018-10-04T01:54:12.851484+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Stopping all processes with SIGTERM
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>from the heroku docs on this error code, its saying that this is because the app has not been deployed to git but i have already done so. And when i try to push the code again it returns "everything is up to date".</p>