diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 95c9b301..379d2046 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION": "Server=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=raven;Database=AyaNova;",
         "AYANOVA_USE_URLS": "http://*:7575;",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_METRICS_USE_INFLUXDB": "false",
+        "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",       
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE":"false",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL":"small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET":"-7",
@@ -67,14 +66,4 @@
       "processId": "${command:pickProcess}"
     }
   ]
-
-  // "AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION":"Server=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=raven;Database=ayanovadev",
-  //"AYANOVA_LOG_LEVEL": "Info"
-  //"AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION":"Server=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=raven;Database=AyaNova",
-
-  // "AYANOVA_PERMANENTLY_ERASE_DATABASE": "true",
-
-  //Development system folders
-  //"AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
-  //"AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
 }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index 7672c7cf..63c80126 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -30,33 +30,20 @@ namespace AyaNova
         /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         //
         public Startup(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
-        {//ILogger<Startup> logger, ILoggerFactory logFactory,
-
-            // Get the factory for ILogger instances.
+        {
             var nlogLoggerProvider = new NLogLoggerProvider();
-
-            // Create an ILogger.
             _newLog = nlogLoggerProvider.CreateLogger("SERVER");
-
-            //x_log = logger;
             _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
-            //AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.LoggerFactory = logFactory;
-            //AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.theLogger = _newLog;
             AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.LoggerProvider = nlogLoggerProvider;
-
-            //this must be set here
             ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_CONTENT_ROOT_PATH = hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath;
-
         }
 
         private readonly ILogger _newLog;
-
-        // private readonly ILogger<Startup>x_log;
         private string _connectionString = "";
         private readonly Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
 
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
+        // 
         //
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
@@ -68,13 +55,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
             services.AddMiniProfiler(options =>
             {
                 options.RouteBasePath = "/profiler";
-                //options.ShouldProfile = request => MyShouldThisBeProfiledFunction(request);
-                // options.ShouldProfile = request =>
-                // {
-
-                //     return true;
-                // };
-                // options.IgnoredPaths.Add("/auth");
+                //in testing only ignorepaths was reliable and worked and docs say it prevents any profiling at all
                 options.IgnorePath("/auth").IgnorePath("/user").IgnorePath("/docs");
                 options.ResultsAuthorize = request =>
                 {
@@ -82,11 +63,6 @@ namespace AyaNova
                         return true;
                     return false;
                 };
-                //  options.ShouldProfile`
-                // options.EnableServerTimingHeader = false;
-                // options.TrackConnectionOpenClose = false;
-                // options.ShouldProfile=false;
-
             }).AddEntityFramework();
 
 
@@ -394,6 +370,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
             {
                 if (!context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
                 {
+                    #region Profiler workaround 
                     //Is this a profiler route?  If so we're going to use the dl token to authorize
                     if (context.Request.Path.Value.StartsWith("/profiler/results"))
                     {
@@ -441,7 +418,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
                             }
                         }
                     }
-
+                    #endregion profiler workaround
 
                     context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_ROLES"] = 0;
                     await next.Invoke();