diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 8705b69c..a8f8ae7e 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_DB_CONNECTION": "Server=localhost;Username=postgres;Password=raven;Database=AyaNova;CommandTimeout=120;",
         "AYANOVA_DATA_PATH": "c:\\temp\\ravendata",
         "AYANOVA_USE_URLS": "http://*:7575;",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
         //   "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\postgres_14\\bin\\"
       },
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/AyaNova.csproj b/server/AyaNova/AyaNova.csproj
index e5f9577b..3ae1490a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/AyaNova.csproj
+++ b/server/AyaNova/AyaNova.csproj
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="MiniProfiler.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="4.2.22" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.13" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="4.14.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="PuppeteerSharp" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="QRCoder" Version="1.4.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.2.3" />
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index 7a35240f..d65c78ba 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -1302,8 +1302,9 @@ $BODY$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL STABLE");
 
 
                 //VIEWWORKORDER - adds AGE expression column for datalist queries
-                await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE VIEW viewworkorder AS select aworkorder.*, AGE(timezone('UTC', now()), aworkorder.createddate) as expwoage from aworkorder");
-
+                //do *not* use the postgre AGE function, it's not intended for code use: https://github.com/npgsql/efcore.pg/issues/2157
+               // await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE VIEW viewworkorder AS select aworkorder.*, AGE(timezone('UTC', now()), aworkorder.createddate) as expwoage from aworkorder");
+                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE VIEW viewworkorder AS select aworkorder.*, now() - aworkorder.createddate as expwoage from aworkorder");
 
                 //NOTIFICATION
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE anotifysubscription (id BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, "