diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/work-order-state.vue b/ayanova/src/components/work-order-state.vue
index ef446276..88cf36c2 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/work-order-state.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/work-order-state.vue
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ export default {
           userId: window.$gz.store.state.userId,
           created: window.$gz.locale.nowUTC8601String()
         });
+        //flag header itself as dirty
+        this.value.isDirty = true;
+        //flag form dirty
         this.pvm.formState.dirty = true;
       }
     },
@@ -127,31 +130,6 @@ export default {
     hasState() {
       return this.value.states != null && this.value.states.length > 0;
     },
-    // currentState() {
-    //   //return actual status object from top level shell based on current state
-    //   //if state is unknown then it should return a placeholder dummy state showing an error condition or empty I guess
-
-    //   if (this.value.states != null) {
-    //     //find it in the status collection
-    //     //and return here
-    //     let laststate = this.value.states[this.value.states.length - 1];
-    //     let found = this.pvm.selectLists.wostatus.find(
-    //       z => z.id == laststate.workOrderStatusId
-    //     );
-    //     if (found) {
-    //       return found;
-    //     }
-    //   }
-    //   //default
-    //   return {
-    //     id: 0,
-    //     name: "NOT SET YET",
-    //     active: true,
-    //     color: "#ffffff", //invisible
-    //     completed: false,
-    //     locked: false
-    //   };
-    // },
     canAdd: function() {
       //first check most obvious disqualifying properties
       if (!this.pvm.rights.change || !this.pvm.subRights.states.create) {