diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js b/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
index 7d5d3bf3..73356a8a 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
@@ -631,43 +631,47 @@ export default {
     } catch (error) {
       handleError("uploadLogo", error, route);
     }
-  },
-  viewPDF(blobData, reportName) {
-    // https://gist.github.com/bondgeek/d44657b2a65e45cb3a645454845fe500
-
-    //possibly useful links:
-    //https://blog.jayway.com/2017/07/13/open-pdf-downloaded-api-javascript/
-    //https://gist.github.com/devloco/5f779216c988438777b76e7db113d05c
-    //https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js
-    const fileName = (reportName && `${reportName}.pdf`) || "myreport.pdf";
-    const newBlob = new Blob([blobData], { type: "application/pdf" });
-    const newWindow = window.open("", reportName, "width=800,height=1200");
-    if (newWindow != null) {
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        const dataUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(newBlob);
-        const title = newWindow.document.createElement("title");
-        const iframe = newWindow.document.createElement("iframe");
-
-        title.appendChild(document.createTextNode(reportName));
-        newWindow.document.head.appendChild(title);
-
-        iframe.setAttribute("src", dataUrl);
-        iframe.setAttribute("width", "100%");
-        iframe.setAttribute("height", "100%");
-
-        newWindow.document.body.appendChild(iframe);
-
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          // For Firefox it is necessary to delay revoking the ObjectURL
-          window.URL.revokeObjectURL(dataUrl);
-        }, 100);
-      }, 100);
-    } else {
-      alert(
-        "To display reports, please disable any pop-blockers for this page and try again."
-      );
-    }
   }
+  //this worked on all platforms except phone browser
+  //safest way is to just trigger a window open to download the pdf which is what I did
+  //Keeping this in a commit in case I need to revisit it later
+  // ,
+  // viewPDF(blobData, reportName) {
+  //   // https://gist.github.com/bondgeek/d44657b2a65e45cb3a645454845fe500
+
+  //   //possibly useful links:
+  //   //https://blog.jayway.com/2017/07/13/open-pdf-downloaded-api-javascript/
+  //   //https://gist.github.com/devloco/5f779216c988438777b76e7db113d05c
+  //   //https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js
+  //   const fileName = (reportName && `${reportName}.pdf`) || "myreport.pdf";
+  //   const newBlob = new Blob([blobData], { type: "application/pdf" });
+  //   const newWindow = window.open("", reportName, "width=800,height=1200");
+  //   if (newWindow != null) {
+  //     setTimeout(() => {
+  //       const dataUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(newBlob);
+  //       const title = newWindow.document.createElement("title");
+  //       const iframe = newWindow.document.createElement("iframe");
+
+  //       title.appendChild(document.createTextNode(reportName));
+  //       newWindow.document.head.appendChild(title);
+
+  //       iframe.setAttribute("src", dataUrl);
+  //       iframe.setAttribute("width", "100%");
+  //       iframe.setAttribute("height", "100%");
+
+  //       newWindow.document.body.appendChild(iframe);
+
+  //       setTimeout(() => {
+  //         // For Firefox it is necessary to delay revoking the ObjectURL
+  //         window.URL.revokeObjectURL(dataUrl);
+  //       }, 100);
+  //     }, 100);
+  //   } else {
+  //     alert(
+  //       "To display reports, please disable any pop-blockers for this page and try again."
+  //     );
+  //   }
+  // }
   //---------------
 
   //new functions above here