diff --git a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
index 69525db1..6b50079d 100644
--- a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
+++ b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ CURRENTLY DOING: labors
 		and in future Unit change may trigger this as well so make it re-usable
 		Once this is in place, perhaps don't need the whole contract control stuff anymore since it should just handle it...right?
 
+	todo: address setting - rather than setting it *at* the client automatically shouldn't it set at the server automatically?
+		this would remove some weight from the client and with a forcefullrefresh system in place that will help with this as well.
+
 	todo: check contract expiry for applying!!
 
 	todo: Test back end correctly sets contract on new wo and correctly sets response time (complete by date) on NEW workorder
diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue b/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
index 93dcea0c..566dd0c0 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ export default {
 
         const isPost = vm.obj.id == 0;
 
+        //some ops require a full refresh like ones that trigger contract changes
+        let forceFullRefresh = false;
+        let contractIdBeforeSave = vm.obj.contractId;
+
         //reset error object
         this.saveResult.fatal = false;
         this.saveResult.errors = null;
@@ -519,11 +523,21 @@ export default {
               }
             });
           } else {
-            window.$gz.form.setFormState({
-              vm: vm,
-              dirty: false,
-              valid: true
-            });
+            //check if full refresh is necessary
+            if (vm.obj.contractId != contractIdBeforeSave) {
+              //there may be others which is why I'm doing it this way with the extra variable
+              forceFullRefresh = true;
+            }
+
+            if (forceFullRefresh) {
+              await vm.getDataFromApi(vm.$route.params.recordid);
+            } else {
+              window.$gz.form.setFormState({
+                vm: vm,
+                dirty: false,
+                valid: true
+              });
+            }
           }
         }
       } catch (ex) {
@@ -644,8 +658,6 @@ async function saveHeader(vm) {
 
     //}
   } else {
-   
-
     //this sets 'o' to all values in assigned *except* the ones itemized with removedKey which is a fake key and just used for this trick to work
     //as undefined won't
     console.log("Header save, return data is: ", res.data);