diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 8fd97968..0e2049e9 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_TEMPORARY_SERVER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\tempfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET": "-7",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\postgres_13\\bin\\"
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
index e576217f..7bcad4b4 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 try
                 {
                     Customer dbObject = await ct.Customer.SingleOrDefaultAsync(z => z.Id == id);
-                    ValidateCanDelete(dbObject);
-                    if (HasErrors)
-                        return false;
+                    await ValidateCanDelete(dbObject);
                     if (HasErrors)
                         return false;
                     ct.Customer.Remove(dbObject);
@@ -169,6 +167,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 }
                 catch
                 {
+
                     //Just re-throw for now, let exception handler deal, but in future may want to deal with this more here
                     throw;
                 }
@@ -246,9 +245,20 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         }
 
-        private void ValidateCanDelete(Customer inObj)
+
+        private async Task ValidateCanDelete(Customer inObj)
         {
-            //whatever needs to be check to delete this object
+            //## NOTE: contact isn't so important, this could be changed to check only more important things like workorders etc
+            //and just attempt to delete all the contacts if possible, but for now....
+            
+            //Referential integrity error
+            if (await ct.User.AnyAsync(z => z.CustomerId == inObj.Id) == true)
+            {
+                //Note: errorbox will ensure it appears in the general errror box and not field specific
+                //the translation key is to indicate what the linked object is that is causing the error
+                AddError(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REFERENTIAL_INTEGRITY, "errorbox", "LT:Contact");                
+            }
+
         }
 
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
index ad4d085e..64468370 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 try
                 {
                     Report dbObject = await ct.Report.SingleOrDefaultAsync(z => z.Id == id);
-                    ValidateCanDelete(dbObject);
+                    await ValidateCanDelete(dbObject);
                     if (HasErrors)
                         return false;
                     ct.Report.Remove(dbObject);
@@ -296,16 +296,15 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         }
 
-        private async void ValidateCanDelete(Report inObj)
+        private async Task ValidateCanDelete(Report inObj)
         {
-
-            //TODO: this is shitty, needs to mention notifications to be maximally useful
+            //Referential integrity error
             if (await ct.NotifySubscription.AnyAsync(z => z.LinkReportId == inObj.Id) == true)
             {
-                AddError(ApiErrorCode.INVALID_OPERATION, null, "LT:ErrorDBForeignKeyViolation");
-                return;
+                //Note: errorbox will ensure it appears in the general errror box and not field specific
+                //the translation key is to indicate what the linked object is that is causing the error
+                AddError(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REFERENTIAL_INTEGRITY, "errorbox", "LT:NotifySubscription");
             }
-
         }
 
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/VendorBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/VendorBiz.cs
index 136de917..6c53b4b8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/VendorBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/VendorBiz.cs
@@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     Vendor dbObject = await ct.Vendor.SingleOrDefaultAsync(z => z.Id == id);
                     ValidateCanDelete(dbObject);
                     if (HasErrors)
-                        return false;
-                    if (HasErrors)
-                        return false;
+                        return false;                    
                     ct.Vendor.Remove(dbObject);
                     await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
                     await EventLogProcessor.DeleteObjectLogAsync(UserId, BizType, dbObject.Id, dbObject.Name, ct);
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs
index 44f0a28e..8670b32a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
 
 
+
     }//eoc
 
 }//eons
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