diff --git a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
index c1ed9920..d3f3dcfc 100644
--- a/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
+++ b/ayanova/devdocs/todo.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ todo: License testing (I know it's working when these things all pass)
 	#################################
 
 
-
+todo: why is the dbid changing every reboot during testing?
+	That shouldn't happen should it?
 
 todo: about form show real dbid not license dbid or both I guess
 todo: server error red box messages have \r\n characters in them		
diff --git a/ayanova/src/main.js b/ayanova/src/main.js
index 29e77c99..3a8d6825 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/main.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/main.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import chartBarHorizontalControl from "./components/chart-bar-horizontal-control
 //DEVELOPMENT MODE
 //THIS SHOULD BE FALSE IN RELEASE
 //************************************************************
-const DEV_MODE = false;
+const DEV_MODE = true;
 //************************************************************
 //**************************************************************
 //**************************************************************
diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/adm-license.vue b/ayanova/src/views/adm-license.vue
index dd295158..44fb0d18 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/adm-license.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/adm-license.vue
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                       <v-col cols="12">
                         <v-btn
                           :disabled="sendRequestDisabled()"
-                          @click="sendRequest()"
+                          @click="sendEvaluationRequest()"
                           >$ay.t('SendRequest')</v-btn
                         >
                       </v-col>
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export default {
         "requestemail"
       ]);
     },
-    async sendRequest() {
+    async sendEvaluationRequest() {
       let vm = this;
       try {
         //Only no key or expired trial are here, not expired purchase
@@ -268,13 +268,19 @@ export default {
 
         //send request
         r = await window.$gz.api.upsertEx("license/trialRequest", vm.request);
+
         //a string is returned and will start with E1 if it's an error
-        if (r.data.startsWith("E1")) {
+        if (r.startsWith("E1")) {
           throw r;
         }
 
-        window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("notify-success", r.data);
-
+        if (r == "ok") {
+          r = vm.$ay.t("EvaluationRequestReceived");
+          window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("notify-success", r);
+        } else {
+          //some kind of non-ok issue but not an outright error
+          window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("notify-info", r);
+        }
         //then another message box saying watch your email to verify
       } catch (error) {
         window.$gz.errorHandler.handleFormError(error, vm);
@@ -420,6 +426,7 @@ function fetchTranslatedText(vm) {
     "LicenseEmail",
     "RequestEvaluationLicense",
     "LicenseEmailVerficationHint",
+    "EvaluationRequestReceived",
     "AdminEraseDatabaseWarning", //preexisting
     "NewLicenseInstalled",
     "NewLicenseNotFound"