diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/MemoController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/MemoController.cs
index 7ffa7467..04bf99a5 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/MemoController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/MemoController.cs
@@ -55,19 +55,39 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
             var RouteUserId = UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items);
-            foreach (long lUserId in newObject.Users)
+            //v8 migrate hacky workaround to allow specifying toid
+            //-7 to id means it's migrating from v7 so treat as a single object
+
+
+            if (newObject.Users.Count == 1 && newObject.Users[0] == -7 && RouteUserId == 1)
             {
                 Memo newMemo = new Memo();
                 AyaNova.Util.CopyObject.Copy(newObject.Memo, newMemo);
-                newMemo.ToId = lUserId;
-                newMemo.FromId = RouteUserId;
+                // newMemo.ToId = newObject.Memo.ToId;
+                // newMemo.FromId = newObject.Memo.FromId;
                 Memo o = await biz.CreateAsync(newMemo);
                 if (o == null)
                     return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
+                return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(new { Id = o.Id }));//v8 migrate needs to id number to fixup the log post migrate
+            }
+            else
+            {
+
+                foreach (long lUserId in newObject.Users)
+                {
+                    Memo newMemo = new Memo();
+                    AyaNova.Util.CopyObject.Copy(newObject.Memo, newMemo);
+                    newMemo.ToId = lUserId;
+                    newMemo.FromId = RouteUserId;
+                    Memo o = await biz.CreateAsync(newMemo);
+                    if (o == null)
+                        return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
+                }
+
+                //return nothing but ok
+                return Accepted();
             }
 
-            //return nothing but ok
-            return Accepted();
         }
 
         public class SendMemo