diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
index 94f9f214..837fafb4 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs
@@ -25,28 +25,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         public static async Task DoWorkAsync(AyContext ct, bool OnDemand = false)
         {
             if (BackupIsRunning) return;
-            //testing FileUtil.DatabaseBackupCleanUp(ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupSetsToKeep);
-            //get NOW in utc
-            DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
             if (!OnDemand)
             {
-                log.LogTrace("Checking if backup should run");
-
-                //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?
-                if (utcNow < ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.NextBackup)
+                log.LogTrace("Checking if backup should run");              
+                if (DateTime.UtcNow < ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.NextBackup)
                 {
-                    log.LogTrace("Not past backup time yet"); return;//nope
-                }
-                // //Yes, we've passed into the backup window time, but that's also true if we just ran the backup as well so
-                // //need to check for that as well...
-                // //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, 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...
+                    log.LogTrace("Not past backup time yet"); 
+                    return;
+                }               
             }
             AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState apiServerState = null;
             try
@@ -55,14 +41,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //LOCK DOWN SERVER
                 apiServerState = (AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState)ServiceProviderProvider.Provider.GetService(typeof(AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState));
                 apiServerState.SetClosed("BACKUP RUNNING");
-
                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Starting backup job {(OnDemand ? "manual / on demand" : "scheduled") } ", ct);
-
                 log.LogDebug("Backup starting");
-
-
                 var DemandFileNamePrepend=OnDemand?"manual-":string.Empty;
-
                 //*************
                 //DO DATA BACKUP
                 //build command
@@ -94,24 +75,19 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     log.LogError($"BACKUP ERROR: {Result}");
                 }
 
-
                 //DO FILE BACKUP IF ATTACHMENTS BACKED UP
                 if (ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupAttachments)
                 {
                     await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Attachments backup starting", ct);
                     FileUtil.BackupAttachments(DemandFileNamePrepend);
-
                 }
 
                 //PRUNE DATA BACKUP SETS NOT KEPT
                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Pruning old backup sets", ct);
                 FileUtil.DatabaseBackupCleanUp(ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.Backup.BackupSetsToKeep);
 
-
                 //v.next - COPY TO ONLINE STORAGE
-
-                //***************
-               
+                //***************               
                 log.LogDebug("Backup completed");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
index a6bad1cf..a2fb432b 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
     /// </summary>
     internal static class ServerGlobalOpsSettingsCache
     {
-
         internal static GlobalOpsBackupSettings Backup { get; set; }
         internal static DateTime NextBackup { get; set; }
-
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Populate and / or create the settings
         /// </summary>     
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             }
             NextBackup = FileUtil.MostRecentAutomatedBackupFileDate();
             SetNextBackup();
-
         }
 
         internal static void SetNextBackup()
@@ -53,6 +49,5 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             }
         }
 
-
     }//eoc
 }//eons
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