diff --git a/server/AyaNova/DataList/AyaDataList.cs b/server/AyaNova/DataList/AyaDataList.cs
index 0e93504f..d264a40f 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/DataList/AyaDataList.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/DataList/AyaDataList.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
             return JArray.Parse($"[ {{\"cm\":\"df\",\"dt\":0,\"ay\":{(int)DefaultListObjectType}}},{{\"cm\":\"Widget\",\"dt\":{(int)AyaUiFieldDataType.Text},\"ay\":{(int)DefaultListObjectType}}}]");
         }
 
-        public string GenerateListColumnsJSONFromTemplate(string template)
+        public object GenerateListColumnsJSONFromTemplate(string template)
         {
             //parse the template
             var jtemplate = JObject.Parse(template);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
             }
             sb.Append("]");
 
-            return sb.ToString();
+            return JArray.Parse(sb.ToString());
         }
 
         //make sure the template parses and all the fields specified are really existant
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/DataList/IAyaDataList.cs b/server/AyaNova/DataList/IAyaDataList.cs
index 0591ab15..069717a7 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/DataList/IAyaDataList.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/DataList/IAyaDataList.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
         string DefaultDataListDisplayTemplate { get; set; }
 
         object GenerateMINIListColumnsJSON();
-        string GenerateListColumnsJSONFromTemplate(string template);
+        object GenerateListColumnsJSONFromTemplate(string template);
 
         bool ValidateTemplate(string template);
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index ad074898..3370a429 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
             // ******************** 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 = true;//#######################################################################################
+            var TESTING_REFRESH_DB = false;//#######################################################################################
 
 #if (DEBUG)