diff --git a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
index e8aa21e7..15169adc 100644
--- a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
+++ b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 todo: lodash, according to lighthouse it's vulnerable version and needs update
 	can I just remove it and replace the functionality with built in javascript methods now?
 	window.$gz._
+	
 	pick-list.vue uses the debounce function which can be replicated with this code here:
 		https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Lodash-Underscore#_debounce
 
diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js b/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
index ba8926f7..0a8fbd83 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
@@ -477,6 +477,13 @@ export default {
       return true;
     }
     return false;
+  },
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // is Boolean replacement for lodash
+  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/43718478/8939
+  //
+  isBoolean: function(obj) {
+    return obj === true || obj === false || typeof variable === "boolean";
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/custom-fields-control.vue b/ayanova/src/components/custom-fields-control.vue
index 050e734f..b33ba94b 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/custom-fields-control.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/custom-fields-control.vue
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ export default {
             break;
           case 6:
             //if it's not already a boolean
-            if (!window.$gz._.isBoolean(ret)) {
+            if (!window.$gz.util.isBoolean(ret)) {
               //it's not a bool and it's not null, it came from some other data type,
               //perhaps though, it's a truthy string so check for that before giving up and nulling
-              if (window.$gz._.isString(ret)) {
+              if (window.$gz.util.isString(ret)) {
                 ret = window.$gz.util.stringToBoolean(ret);
                 break;
               }
@@ -481,16 +481,6 @@ export default {
       }
     }
   },
-  beforeCreate() {
-    //check pre-requisites exist just in case
-    if (this.$ay.dev) {
-      if (!window.$gz._) {
-        throw new Error(
-          "custom-fields-control: $gz._ (lodash) is required and missing"
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  },
   created() {
     if (this.$ay.dev) {
       if (!this.formKey) {