diff --git a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
index 08d6529e..a27ec9a6 100644
--- a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
+++ b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ PRIORITY - ALWAYS Lowest level stuff first, i.e. TODO at server, api route chang
 WIFI change 5g channel to 52,56,60 and 2g channel to 8 
 	recheck before doing as it seems to vary, maybe someone else's is auto switching
 
-
+todo: trial mode login form shouldn't be offered unless there are sample users
+todo: auto generate sample trial data small on new db created?
 
 todo: Evaluate UI
 	Goes to root level Evaluation page on login				
diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js b/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
index b30614ca..0dc0557b 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js
@@ -365,6 +365,14 @@ export default {
   //
   isImageAttachment: function(fileName, mimeType) {
     return this.iconForFile(fileName, mimeType) == "fa-file-image";
+  },
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Sleep async
+  //
+  sleepAsync: function(milliseconds) {
+    console.log("sleep async");
+    // eslint-disable-next-line
+    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/ay-evaluate.vue b/ayanova/src/views/ay-evaluate.vue
index c9f7cfbd..4ab781cc 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/ay-evaluate.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/ay-evaluate.vue
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
             <v-col cols="12">
               <v-btn
+                :loading="seedingJobActive"
                 :disabled="formState.readOnly"
                 @click="generate()"
                 class="my-8 mr-4"
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export default {
       selectLists: {
         seedLevels: []
       },
+      seedingJobActive: false,
       obj: {
         seedLevel: "small",
         timeZoneOffset: 0
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ export default {
         if (res.error) {
           throw res.error;
         }
-        if (res.data != false) {
+        if (res.data != true) {
           let dialogResult = await window.$gz.dialog.confirmGeneric(
             "AdminEraseDatabaseWarning",
             "warning"
@@ -172,12 +174,56 @@ export default {
           );
         }
 
+        //notice about what's going to happen
+        //maybe some kind of ui to determine if a job is running or not?
+        //a job monitoring ui dialog or something would be ideal
+
         //call seed route
-        await window.$gz.api.upsertEx(
+        let jobId = await window.$gz.api.upsertEx(
           `trial/seed/${vm.obj.seedLevel}/${vm.obj.timeZoneOffset}`
         );
-        //ideally some kind of job checking ui showing feedback would be nice
+
+        //indicate loading by setting on button
+
+        vm.seedingJobActive = true;
+
+        console.log("Jobid is", jobId);
+        /*  /// <summary>
+    /// Job status for opsjobs
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum JobStatus : int
+    {
+        Absent=0,
+        Sleeping = 1,
+        Running = 2,
+        Completed = 3,
+        Failed = 4
+    } */
+        let jobStatus = 1;
+        //get status
+
+        while (vm.seedingJobActive) {
+          console.log(
+            "top of while loop about to sleep 5 seconds seeding job active=",
+            vm.seedingJobActive
+          );
+
+          await window.$gz.util.sleepAsync(5000);
+          console.log("back from sleep checking job");
+          //check if done
+          jobStatus = await window.$gz.api.get(
+            `job-operations/status/${jobId}`
+          );
+          console.log(`Job status is ${jobStatus}`);
+          if (jobStatus == 4 || jobStatus == 0) {
+            throw "Seeding job failed";
+          }
+          if (jobStatus == 3) {
+            vm.seedingJobActive = false;
+          }
+        }
       } catch (error) {
+        vm.seedingJobActive = false;
         window.$gz.errorHandler.handleFormError(error, vm);
       }
     }