diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/apiutil.js b/ayanova/src/api/apiutil.js
index e8e3f287..ce937cba 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/apiutil.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/apiutil.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Xeslint-disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
 import store from "../store";
 
 var stringifyPrimitive = function(v) {
@@ -19,13 +19,42 @@ var stringifyPrimitive = function(v) {
 
 export default {
   status(response) {
+    //debugger;
     if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {
       return Promise.resolve(response);
-    } else {
-      store.commit("logItem", "API error: " + response.statusText);
+    } else {      
+      store.commit(
+        "logItem",
+        "API error: status=" +
+          response.status +
+          ", statusText=" +
+          response.statusText +
+          ", url=" +
+          response.url
+      );
       return Promise.reject(new Error(response.statusText));
     }
   },
+  status2(response) {
+    //debugger;
+    if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {
+      return Promise.resolve(response);
+    } else {      
+      store.commit(
+        "logItem",
+        "API error: status=" +
+          response.status +
+          ", statusText=" +
+          response.statusText +
+          ", url=" +
+          response.url
+      );
+      
+      //TODO: If no viable data to return then should reject, otherwise should resolve regardless
+
+      return Promise.resolve(response);
+    }
+  },
   json(response) {
     return response.json();
   },
diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/getAPIItem.js b/ayanova/src/api/getAPIItem.js
index d5578332..7d6534a1 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/getAPIItem.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/getAPIItem.js
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-/* xeslint-disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
 import apiUtil from "./apiutil";
+import store from "../store";
 export default {
   get(route) {
     return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
       fetch(apiUtil.APIUrl(route), apiUtil.fetchGetOptions())
-        .then(apiUtil.status)
+        .then(apiUtil.status2)
         .then(apiUtil.json)
         .then(response => {
           resolve(response);
         })
         .catch(function(error) {
+          //fundamental error, can't proceed with this call
+         // debugger;
+          var errorMessage =
+            "API error: GET route =" + route + ", message =" + error.message;
+          store.commit("logItem", errorMessage);
+          alert("Error: " + errorMessage);
+
           reject(error);
         });
     });
diff --git a/ayanova/src/utils/initialize.js b/ayanova/src/utils/initialize.js
index 616b6cb4..705aded3 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/utils/initialize.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/utils/initialize.js
@@ -17,30 +17,8 @@ function addNavItem(title, icon, route) {
 // on change of authentication status
 export default function initialize() {
   if (store.state.authenticated) {
-    //Fetch the users options for local caching
 
-    //check the timezone offset is still valid, offer to change it if not
-
-    api.get("UserOptions/" + store.state.userId).then(res => {
-      //debugger;
-      var localOffset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
-      if (localOffset != 0) {
-        localOffset = (localOffset / 60) * -1; //time is in minutes and reversed from what we want or expect
-      }
-
-      if (res.data.timeZoneOffset != localOffset) {
-        //todo: timezone doesn't match, offer to fix it
-        alert(
-          "Time zone offset for this account is set to " +
-            res.data.timeZoneOffset +
-            " which doesn't match the local timezone offset of " +
-            localOffset +
-            "."
-        );
-      }
-    });
-
-    //fetch the required localized text keys into the cache
+    //GET LOCALIZED TEXT FOR SHELL    
     lt.fetch([
       "Home",
       "Service",
@@ -107,8 +85,46 @@ export default function initialize() {
         addNavItem(lt.get("Logout"), "sign-out-alt", "/login");
       })
       .catch(function(error) {
-        store.commit("logItem", "Initialize::() -> error" + error);
+        store.commit("logItem", "Initialize::() ltfetch -> error" + error);
         throw error;
       });
+
+    //CACHE LOCALE SETTINGS    
+    debugger;
+    //check the timezone offset is still valid, offer to change it if not
+    //api.get("UserOptions/" + store.state.userId).then(res => {
+    api
+      .get("UserOptions/bb")
+      .then(res => {
+        debugger;
+
+        //TODO: check if error in return object
+        //centralize that shit so can easily handle it in client
+
+        var localOffset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
+        if (localOffset != 0) {
+          localOffset = (localOffset / 60) * -1; //time is in minutes and reversed from what we want or expect
+        }
+
+        if (res.data.timeZoneOffset != localOffset) {
+          //todo: timezone doesn't match, offer to fix it
+          alert(
+            "Time zone offset for this account is set to " +
+              res.data.timeZoneOffset +
+              " which doesn't match the local timezone offset of " +
+              localOffset +
+              "."
+          );
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(function(error) {
+        store.commit(
+          "logItem",
+          "Initialize::() fetch useroptions -> error" + error
+        );
+        throw error;
+      });
+
+    
   }
 }