diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/initialize.js b/ayanova/src/api/initialize.js
index e23578ea..2ec85e6b 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/initialize.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/initialize.js
@@ -753,60 +753,58 @@ function initNavPanel() {
   addNavItem(t("Logout"), "fa-sign-out-alt", "/login", [], key++, "logout");
 }
 
-function getUserOptions() {
-  return (
-    window.$gz.api
-      .get("user-option/" + window.$gz.store.state.userId)
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      .then((res) => {
-        if (res.error) {
-          //In a form this would trigger a bunch of validation or error display code but for here and now:
-          //convert error to human readable string for display and popup a notification to user
-          let msg = window.$gz.api.apiErrorToHumanString(res.error);
-          window.$gz.store.commit(
-            "logItem",
-            "Initialize::() fetch useroptions -> error" + msg
-          );
-          window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("notify-error", msg);
-        } else {
-          //Check if overrides and use them here
-          //or else use browser defaults
-
-          let l = {
-            languageOverride: null,
-            timeZoneOverride: null,
-            currencyName: null,
-            hour12: true
-          };
-
-          //get language to use, try user set override first, if empty then browser set, if empty then default to en-us
-          l.languageOverride =
-            res.data.languageOverride ||
-            window.$gz.locale.getBrowserFirstLanguage() ||
-            "en-US";
-
-          l.timeZoneOverride =
-            res.data.timeZoneOverride ||
-            window.$gz.locale.getBrowserTimeZoneName() ||
-            "America/New_York";
-
-          //No browser setting for this so meh
-          l.currencyName = res.data.currencyName || "USD";
-          if (res.data.hour12 != null) {
-            l.hour12 = res.data.hour12;
-          }
-
-          window.$gz.store.commit("setLocale", l);
-        }
-      })
-      .catch(function handleFetchUserOptionsError(error) {
-        window.$gz.store.commit(
-          "logItem",
-          "Initialize::() fetch useroptions -> error" + error
-        );
-        throw error;
-      })
+async function getUserOptions() {
+  let res = await window.$gz.api.get(
+    "user-option/" + window.$gz.store.state.userId
   );
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
+  try {
+    if (res.error) {
+      //In a form this would trigger a bunch of validation or error display code but for here and now:
+      //convert error to human readable string for display and popup a notification to user
+      let msg = window.$gz.api.apiErrorToHumanString(res.error);
+      window.$gz.store.commit(
+        "logItem",
+        "Initialize::() fetch useroptions -> error" + msg
+      );
+      window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("notify-error", msg);
+    } else {
+      //Check if overrides and use them here
+      //or else use browser defaults
+
+      let l = {
+        languageOverride: null,
+        timeZoneOverride: null,
+        currencyName: null,
+        hour12: true
+      };
+
+      //get language to use, try user set override first, if empty then browser set, if empty then default to en-us
+      l.languageOverride =
+        res.data.languageOverride ||
+        window.$gz.locale.getBrowserFirstLanguage() ||
+        "en-US";
+
+      l.timeZoneOverride =
+        res.data.timeZoneOverride ||
+        window.$gz.locale.getBrowserTimeZoneName() ||
+        "America/New_York";
+
+      //No browser setting for this so meh
+      l.currencyName = res.data.currencyName || "USD";
+      if (res.data.hour12 != null) {
+        l.hour12 = res.data.hour12;
+      }
+
+      window.$gz.store.commit("setLocale", l);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    window.$gz.store.commit(
+      "logItem",
+      "Initialize::() fetch useroptions -> error" + error
+    );
+    throw error;
+  }
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////