diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
index 44481a34..6600d763 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
@@ -76,48 +76,24 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
 
-         
- var PickList = PickListFactory.GetAyaPickList(ayaType);
+
+            var PickList = PickListFactory.GetAyaPickList(ayaType);
 
             //was the name not found as a pick list?
             if (PickList == null)
-            {
-                //not a user error so no need to localize
-                AddError(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, "ayaType", $"PickList for type \"{ayaType}\" specified does not exist");
-                return null;
+                return NotFound(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND));
 
-            }
-
-             //check rights
-
-            if (!userRoles.HasAnyFlags(PickList.AllowedRoles))
-            {
-               AddError(ApiErrorCode.NOT_AUTHORIZED, "ayaType");
-                return null;
-            }
-                throw new System.UnauthorizedAccessException("User roles insufficient for this datalist");
-
-          
-           // var UserRoles = UserRolesFromContext.Roles(HttpContext.Items);
+            //check rights
+            if (!Authorized.HasAnyRole(HttpContext.Items, PickList.AllowedRoles))
+                return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
 
             var o = await biz.GetPickListAsync(PickList, query, inactive);
 
-/* this is how a bad validation is handled in a widget post
-//we need to validate the query and return an explanation if it's bad so user doesn't get confused and think theya re doing the right thing but not getting results anyway
- //Create and validate
-            Widget o = await biz.CreateAsync(inObj);
+           
             if (o == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
             else
-                return CreatedAtAction(nameof(WidgetController.GetWidget), new { id = o.Id, version = apiVersion.ToString() }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
-
-*/
-
-            if (o == null)
-                return NotFound(new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND));
-
-
-            return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(o, true));
+                return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(o, true));
         }