diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
index abca7422..6b416d15 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
@@ -434,6 +434,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             log.LogDebug("Initializing report system");
             var ReportJSFolderPath = Path.Combine(ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_CONTENT_ROOT_PATH, "resource", "rpt");
 
+            //language - mirror client's language so that pdf footer header stuff like date prints in their desired format, otherwise those items take the server's settings automatically
+            var lang = reportRequest.ClientMeta["LanguageName"].Value<string>();
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(lang))
+            {
+                lang = $"--lang={lang}";
+            }
+
+
             var lo = new LaunchOptions { Headless = true };
             bool isWindows = System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows);
             if (!isWindows)
@@ -471,7 +479,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //and so far in testing I see no reason to doubt him so removed it
                 //https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/1825#issuecomment-792817748
                 //testing 
-                lo.Args = new string[] { "--disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --no-zygote " };
+                lo.Args = new string[] { $"--disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --no-zygote {lang}" };
             }
             else
             {
@@ -481,18 +489,52 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                 await new BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(BrowserFetcher.DefaultChromiumRevision);
 
+                lo.Args = new string[] { $"{lang}" };
             }
 
             System.Text.StringBuilder PageLog = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
 
+
+
             //API DOCS http://www.puppeteersharp.com/api/index.html
             log.LogDebug($"Launching headless Browser now:");
             using (var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(lo))
             using (var page = await browser.NewPageAsync())
+            // using (var page = (await browser.PagesAsync()).First())
             {
                 //track this process so it can be cancelled if it times out
                 ReportRenderManager.AddProcess(browser.Process.Id);
 
+
+                //                 var lang = reportRequest.ClientMeta;
+                //                 //                 var overrideNavigatorLanguages = @"Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'languages', {
+                //                 //   get: function() {
+                //                 //     return ['es', 'bn', 'fr'];
+                //                 //   }
+                //                 // });";
+                //                 var ov = @"Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'language', {
+                //         get: function() {
+                //             return 'ar-EG';
+                //         }
+                //     });
+                //     Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'languages', {
+                //         get: function() {
+                //             return ['ar-EG', 'ko-KR'];
+                //         }
+                //     });";
+                //                 await page.EvaluateFunctionOnNewDocumentAsync(ov);
+
+
+                //                 await page.GoToAsync("about:blank");
+                // var res = (JArray)await page.EvaluateExpressionAsync("navigator.languages");
+
+                // var hdrs = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+                // hdrs.Add("Accept-Language", "ar-EG");
+                // await page.SetExtraHttpHeadersAsync(hdrs);
+
+
+
+
                 page.DefaultTimeout = 0;//infinite timeout as we are controlling how long the process can live for with the reportprocessmanager
 
                 try
@@ -524,6 +566,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                     log.LogDebug($"Preparing page: adding base reporting scripts to page");
 
+
                     //Add Handlebars JS for compiling and presenting                    
                     //https://handlebarsjs.com/
                     await page.AddScriptTagAsync(new AddTagOptions() { Path = Path.Combine(ReportJSFolderPath, "ay-hb.js") });