diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index bb04547f..7c879231 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -353,6 +353,23 @@ namespace AyaNova
             app.UseMvc();
 
 
+
+
+            // ******************************************************************
+            // ******************** TESTING WIPE DB *****************************
+            //
+            //Set this to true to wipe the db and reinstall a trial license and re-seed the data
+            var TESTING_REFRESH_DB = false;
+
+#if (DEBUG)
+            //TESTING
+            ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE = TESTING_REFRESH_DB;
+            //TESTING
+#endif
+
+
+
+
             if (ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE)
             {
                 _log.LogWarning("BOOT: AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE is true, dropping and recreating database");
@@ -377,21 +394,19 @@ namespace AyaNova
             LocaleBiz lb = new LocaleBiz(dbContext, 1, AuthorizationRoles.OpsAdminFull);
             lb.ValidateLocales();
 
+
+
 #if (DEBUG)
-            Util.DbUtil.DropAndRecreateDb(_log);
-            AySchema.CheckAndUpdate(dbContext, _log);
-            lb.ValidateLocales();
-            AyaNova.Core.License.Initialize(apiServerState, dbContext, _log);
-             AyaNova.Core.License.Fetch(apiServerState, dbContext, _log);
-            Util.Seeder.SeedDatabase(Util.Seeder.SeedLevel.LargeCorporateMultiRegionalTrialDataSet);
-
+            //TESTING
+            if (TESTING_REFRESH_DB)
+            {
+                AyaNova.Core.License.Fetch(apiServerState, dbContext, _log);
+                Util.Seeder.SeedDatabase(Util.Seeder.SeedLevel.LargeCorporateMultiRegionalTrialDataSet);
+            }
+            //TESTING
 #endif
 
 
-
-
-
-
             //Open up the server for visitors
             apiServerState.SetOpen();
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index 46a982b2..090b7d56 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::PrepareDatabaseForSeeding WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
         private const int DESIRED_SCHEMA_LEVEL = 9;
 
-        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 75;
+        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 70;
         internal const long EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT = 15;
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::PrepareDatabaseForSeeding WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 // exec("CREATE INDEX aytype_idx ON aevent (aytype);");
 
                 //create locale text tables
-                exec("CREATE TABLE alocale (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, ownerid bigint not null, name varchar(255) not null, stock bool, created timestamp not null)");
+                exec("CREATE TABLE alocale (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, ownerid bigint not null, name varchar(255) not null, stock bool)");
                 exec("CREATE UNIQUE INDEX localename_idx ON alocale (name)");
                 exec("CREATE TABLE alocaleitem (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, localeid bigint not null REFERENCES alocale (id), key text not null, display text not null)");
                 exec("CREATE INDEX localeitemlid_key_idx ON alocaleitem (localeid,key)");