diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/GlobalOpsBackupSettingsBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/GlobalOpsBackupSettingsBiz.cs
index e7157c0f..046db634 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/GlobalOpsBackupSettingsBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/GlobalOpsBackupSettingsBiz.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //If backup time has changed then reset last backup as well as it might block from taking effect
             if (putObject.BackupTime.Hour != dbObject.BackupTime.Hour && putObject.BackupTime.Minute != dbObject.BackupTime.Minute)
             {
-                putObject.LastBackup = DateTime.MinValue;
+                ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.LastBackup = DateTime.MinValue;
             }
             CopyObject.Copy(putObject, dbObject, "Id");
             ct.Entry(dbObject).OriginalValues["Concurrency"] = putObject.Concurrency;
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
index 413b9f8e..f7f2577d 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                 //what time should we backup today?
                 DateTime todayBackupTime = new DateTime(utcNow.Year, utcNow.Month, utcNow.Day, ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupTime.Hour, ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupTime.Minute, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);//first start with NOW
-                                                                                                                                                                                                        //Are we there yet?
+                //Are we there yet?
                 if (utcNow < todayBackupTime)
                 {
                     log.LogTrace("Not past backup time yet"); return;//nope
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //Has last backup run more than 24 hours ago?
                 if (ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.LastBackup > utcNow.AddHours(-24))
                 {
-                    log.LogTrace("Hasn't been 24 hours since last backup yet"); return;//nope//nope, so we have already run today's backup
+                    log.LogTrace("Hasn't been 24 hours since last backup yet"); return;//nope, so we have already run today's backup
                 }
                 //Ok, we're into backup time and it's been more than 24 hours since it last ran so let's do this...
             }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs
index 53fe0471..6781d5c6 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         public uint Concurrency { get; set; }
 
         public DateTime BackupTime { get; set; }
-        public DateTime LastBackup { get; set; }
+        
         public int BackupSetsToKeep { get; set; }
         public bool BackupAttachments { get; set; }
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         {
             Id = 1;//always 1  
             BackupTime = new DateTime(2020, 5, 19, 23, 59, 0, DateTimeKind.Local).ToUniversalTime();//date doesn't matter it only uses hour
-            LastBackup = DateTime.MinValue;
+           
             BackupSetsToKeep = 3;
 
         }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/FileUtil.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/FileUtil.cs
index 7027316f..e5948e9d 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/FileUtil.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/FileUtil.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,27 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         }
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get date of newest backup file or minvalue if not found
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>      
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        internal static DateTime MostRecentBackupFileDate()
+        {
+            DateTime LastBackup = DateTime.MinValue;
+            var BackupPath = UtilityFilesFolder;
+            foreach (string file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(UtilityFilesFolder, "*.backup"))
+            {
+                var ThisFileTime = File.GetCreationTimeUtc(Path.Combine(BackupPath, file));
+                if (ThisFileTime > LastBackup)
+                {
+                    LastBackup = ThisFileTime;
+                }
+            }
+            return LastBackup;
+        }
+
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Confirm if a file exists in the utility folder
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
index 45304687..5d5fe574 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
     {
 
         internal static GlobalOpsBackupSettings Backup { get; set; }
+        internal static DateTime LastBackup { get; set; }
 
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -27,10 +28,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 Backup = new GlobalOpsBackupSettings();
                 ct.GlobalOpsBackupSettings.Add(Backup);
                 ct.SaveChanges();
-            }
+            }            
+            LastBackup=FileUtil.MostRecentBackupFileDate();
         }
 
 
-
     }//eoc
 }//eons
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