diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/pick-list.vue b/ayanova/src/components/pick-list.vue
index 0c0d9ad8..ba313198 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/pick-list.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/pick-list.vue
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /*  eslint-disable    */
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//NOTE: have to import lodash directly here as no combination was working with the window.$gz._
-//it would not recognize window in the function call cache-items
-import _ from "../libs/lodash.min.js";
+
 
 export default {
   created() {
@@ -283,11 +281,11 @@ export default {
         vm.fetching = false;
       }
     },
-    doSearch: _.debounce(function(searchFor) {
+    doSearch: debounce(function(searchFor) {
       //NOTE debounce with a watcher is a bit different, currently it has to be done exactly this way, nothing else will work properly
       //https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/migration.html#debounce-Param-Attribute-for-v-model-removed
       //-----------------
-
+      console.log("doSearch debounced",searchFor);
       let vm = this;
       let isATwoTermQuery = false;
       let queryTerms = [];
@@ -372,4 +370,18 @@ export default {
     }, 300) //did some checking, 200-300ms seems to be the most common debounce time for ajax search queries
   }
 };
+
+//https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Lodash-Underscore#_debounce
+function debounce(func, wait, immediate) {
+  var timeout;
+  return function() {
+  	var context = this, args = arguments;
+  	clearTimeout(timeout);
+  	timeout = setTimeout(function() {
+  		timeout = null;
+  		if (!immediate) func.apply(context, args);
+  	}, wait);
+  	if (immediate && !timeout) func.apply(context, args);
+  };
+}
 </script>
diff --git a/ayanova/src/main.js b/ayanova/src/main.js
index 9fb3cea9..34a124e9 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/main.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/main.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import NProgress from "nprogress";
 import "nprogress/nprogress.css";
 import { DateTime } from "luxon";
 import VueCurrencyInput from "vue-currency-input";
-import lodash from "./libs/lodash.min.js";
 
 //my libs
 import errorhandler from "./api/errorhandler";
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ window.$gz = {
   dialog: gzdialog,
   util: gzutil,
   DateTime: DateTime,
-  _: lodash,
   api: gzapi,
   form: gzform,
   errorHandler: errorhandler,