diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ScheduleController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ScheduleController.cs
index 037a1e3c..505f4f02 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ScheduleController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ScheduleController.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using AyaNova.Util;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 {
@@ -132,12 +133,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         }
 
 
+
         //###############################################################
         //USER - svc-schedule-user
         //###############################################################
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get User schedule for parameters specified
+        /// This is called when drilling down into specific user from service schedule form and is not the personal schedule
         /// time zone UTC offset in minutes is required to be passed in 
         /// timestamps returned are in Unix Epoch milliseconds converted for local time display
         /// </summary>
@@ -154,6 +157,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
             List<PersonalScheduleListItem> r = new List<PersonalScheduleListItem>();
 
+            //user options color source should never be empty here but just in case
+            if (p.WisuColorSource == null)
+            {
+                p.WisuColorSource = ScheduleWorkOrderColorSource.WorkOrderStatus;
+            }
 
 
             //Note: query will return records that fall within viewed range even if they start or end outside of it
@@ -207,6 +215,26 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
             List<PersonalScheduleListItem> r = new List<PersonalScheduleListItem>();
 
+
+            //user options will be empty here if route called from dashboard so fetch here
+            if (p.Wisu && p.WisuColorSource == null)
+            {
+                //default if not set yet
+                p.WisuColorSource = ScheduleWorkOrderColorSource.WorkOrderStatus;
+
+                //not provided so fetch it here at the server
+                //this is a stupid work around due to close to release date and not wanting to change front end areas but to support dashboard widgets to lower amount of fetches
+                FormUserOptionsBiz uoptbiz = FormUserOptionsBiz.GetBiz(ct, HttpContext);
+                var o = await uoptbiz.GetAsync("home-schedule");
+                if (o != null)
+                {
+                    JObject formData = JObject.Parse(o.Options);
+                    p.WisuColorSource = formData["wisuColorSource"].ToObject<ScheduleWorkOrderColorSource>();
+                }
+            }
+
+
+
             var UserId = UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items);
             var UType = UserTypeFromContext.Type(HttpContext.Items);
 
@@ -353,7 +381,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
             var s = new PersonalScheduleListItem();
             s.Id = v.WoItemSchedUserId;
-            s.Color = ColorFromWOItem(v, p.WisuColorSource);
+            s.Color = ColorFromWOItem(v, (ScheduleWorkOrderColorSource)p.WisuColorSource);
             s.TextColor = TextColor(s.Color);
             s.Start = (DateTime)v.StartDate;
             s.End = (DateTime)v.StopDate;
@@ -458,8 +486,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             public DateTime Start { get; set; }
             [Required]
             public DateTime End { get; set; }
-            [Required]
-            public ScheduleWorkOrderColorSource WisuColorSource { get; set; }
+            public ScheduleWorkOrderColorSource? WisuColorSource { get; set; }
             [Required]
             public bool Wisu { get; set; }
             [Required]