diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs
index f39778df..17a2e7a6 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs
@@ -70,17 +70,16 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
///
- /// Get License info
+ /// Get Trial status of license
///
- /// Information about the currently installed license in AyaNova
+ /// True if a trial license
[AllowAnonymous]
[HttpGet("trial")]
public ActionResult GetTrialFlag()
{
+ //note: this route is called by the client as the first action so it also acts like a ping to see if the server is up as well
if (serverState.IsClosed)
return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
-
-
return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(AyaNova.Core.License.ActiveKey.TrialLicense, true));
}