diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs
index d341d75e..464d1def 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/WorkOrderBiz.cs
@@ -955,7 +955,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //       
         internal async Task<WorkOrderItem> ItemPutAsync(WorkOrderItem putObject)
         {
-            var dbObject = await ItemGetAsync(putObject.Id, false);
+            //Note: this is intentionally not using the getasync because
+            //doing so would also fetch the children which would then get deleted on save since putobject has no children
+            var dbObject = await ct.WorkOrderItem.AsNoTracking().FirstOrDefaultAsync(z => z.Id == putObject.Id);
+
             if (dbObject == null)
             {
                 AddError(ApiErrorCode.NOT_FOUND, "id");
@@ -972,6 +975,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             await ItemValidateAsync(putObject, dbObject);
             if (HasErrors) return null;
             ct.Replace(dbObject, putObject);
+
+
+
             try
             {
                 await ct.SaveChangesAsync();