diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 396abc9b..33155498 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         //"AYANOVA_LOG_LEVEL": "Debug",
         "AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION": "en",
         //TRANSLATION MUST BE en for Integration TESTING
-        //"AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE": "true",
+        "AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE": "true",
         "AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION": "Server=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=raven;Database=AyaNova;",
         "AYANOVA_USE_URLS": "http://*:7575;",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
index 53dada97..38710809 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             if (!OnDemand)
             {
                 log.LogTrace("Checking if backup should run");
+                if (!ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.Active)
+                {
+                    log.LogTrace("Automatic backup is set to INACTIVE - not backing up");
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 if (DateTime.UtcNow < ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.NextBackup)
                 {
                     log.LogTrace("Not past backup time yet");
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs
index 5b82a804..100f6ed5 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsBackupSettings.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
 namespace AyaNova.Models
 {
 
@@ -7,17 +6,18 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
     {
         public long Id { get; set; }//this is always 1 as there is only ever one single global Ops object
         public uint Concurrency { get; set; }
-
+        public bool Active { get; set; }
         public DateTime BackupTime { get; set; }
         public int BackupSetsToKeep { get; set; }
         public bool BackupAttachments { get; set; }
-     
+
         public GlobalOpsBackupSettings()
         {
-            Id = 1;//always 1  
-           BackupTime = new DateTime(2020, 5, 19, 23, 59, 0, DateTimeKind.Local).ToUniversalTime();//date doesn't matter it only uses hour
-           // BackupTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-10);//for testing, above is regular
+            DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            Id = 1;
+            BackupTime = new DateTime(utcNow.Year, utcNow.Month, utcNow.Day, 23, 59, 0, DateTimeKind.Local).ToUniversalTime();
             BackupSetsToKeep = 3;
+            Active = true;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index 0598cb95..44d24613 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImporting WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
         private const int DESIRED_SCHEMA_LEVEL = 11;
 
-        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 327;
+        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 328;
         internal const long EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT = 134;
 
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImporting WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                "searchcasesensitiveonly bool default false)");
 
                 //create global ops BACKUP settings table
-                await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aglobalopsbackupsettings (id integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, " +
+                await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aglobalopsbackupsettings (id integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, active bool not null, " +
                "backuptime timestamp, backupsetstokeep int, backupattachments bool)");
 
                 //create aevent biz event log table
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs
index 2d2f0cf1..44987d6f 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/License.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Core
         private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "https://rockfish.ayanova.com/";
 
 // #if (DEBUG)
-//         //  private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "https://nothing.exqqwweerccbjhjtgfample.com/";
+    //IF TESTING LOCAL DEV ROCKFISH:
 //         private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "http://localhost:3001/";
 // #else
 //         private const string LICENSE_SERVER_URL = "https://rockfish.ayanova.com/";