diff --git a/server/AyaNova/ConfigureSwaggerOptions.cs b/server/AyaNova/ConfigureSwaggerOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26c7bb33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/AyaNova/ConfigureSwaggerOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+namespace AyaNova
+{
+    using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer;
+    using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+    using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+    using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
+    using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen;
+    using System;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the Swagger generation options.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>This allows API versioning to define a Swagger document per API version after the
+    /// <see cref="IApiVersionDescriptionProvider"/> service has been resolved from the service container.</remarks>
+    public class ConfigureSwaggerOptions : IConfigureOptions<SwaggerGenOptions>
+    {
+        readonly IApiVersionDescriptionProvider provider;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ConfigureSwaggerOptions"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="provider">The <see cref="IApiVersionDescriptionProvider">provider</see> used to generate Swagger documents.</param>
+        public ConfigureSwaggerOptions( IApiVersionDescriptionProvider provider ) => this.provider = provider;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void Configure( SwaggerGenOptions options )
+        {
+            // add a swagger document for each discovered API version
+            // note: you might choose to skip or document deprecated API versions differently
+            foreach ( var description in provider.ApiVersionDescriptions )
+            {
+                options.SwaggerDoc( description.GroupName, CreateInfoForApiVersion( description ) );
+            }
+        }
+
+        static OpenApiInfo CreateInfoForApiVersion( ApiVersionDescription description )
+        {
+            var info = new OpenApiInfo()
+            {
+                Title = "AyaNova API",
+                Version = description.ApiVersion.ToString(),
+                Description = "AyaNova service management software API",
+              
+            };
+
+            if ( description.IsDeprecated )
+            {
+                info.Description += " This API version has been deprecated.";
+            }
+
+            return info;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/DataFilterController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/DataFilterController.cs
index 1bb6b6d8..b4450f14 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/DataFilterController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/DataFilterController.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using AyaNova.Biz;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 {
-  
+
     /// <summary>
     /// 
     /// </summary>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
             //Instantiate the business object handler
             DataFilterBiz biz = DataFilterBiz.GetBiz(ct, HttpContext);
-            
+
             var l = await biz.GetPickListAsync(ListKey);
             return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(l, true));
 
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// BizAdminFull, InventoryFull, TechFull
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inObj"></param>
+        /// <param name="apiVersion">Automatically filled from route path, no need to specify in body</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> PostDataFilter([FromBody] DataFilter inObj)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> PostDataFilter([FromBody] DataFilter inObj, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.API_CLOSED, null, serverState.Reason));
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (o == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
             else
-                return CreatedAtAction("GetDataFilter", new { id = o.Id }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
+                return CreatedAtAction(nameof(DataFilterController.GetDataFilter), new { id = o.Id, version = apiVersion.ToString() }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
 
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/FormCustomController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/FormCustomController.cs
index 9a2e17b4..17fa2119 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/FormCustomController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/FormCustomController.cs
@@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// Required roles: BizAdminFull
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inObj"></param>
+         /// <param name="apiVersion">Automatically filled from route path, no need to specify in body</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> PostFormCustom([FromBody] FormCustom inObj)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> PostFormCustom([FromBody] FormCustom inObj, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.API_CLOSED, null, serverState.Reason));
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (o == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
             else
-                return CreatedAtAction("GetFormCustom", new { formkey = o.FormKey }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
+                return CreatedAtAction(nameof(FormCustomController.GetFormCustom), new { formkey = o.FormKey, version = apiVersion.ToString() }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
 
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LocaleController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LocaleController.cs
index c0768c34..169cf925 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LocaleController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/LocaleController.cs
@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// 
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inObj">NameIdItem object containing source locale Id and new name</param>
+        /// <param name="apiVersion">Automatically filled from route path, no need to specify in body</param>
         /// <returns>Error response or newly created locale</returns>    
         [HttpPost("Duplicate")]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> Duplicate([FromBody] NameIdItem inObj)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> Duplicate([FromBody] NameIdItem inObj, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
             if (serverState.IsClosed)
             {
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             }
             else
             {
-                return CreatedAtAction("GetLocale", new { id = o.Id }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
+                return CreatedAtAction(nameof(LocaleController.GetLocale), new { id = o.Id, version = apiVersion.ToString()  }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/UserController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/UserController.cs
index ed5920a4..665bc0f8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/UserController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/UserController.cs
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// 
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inObj"></param>
+         /// <param name="apiVersion">Automatically filled from route path, no need to specify in body</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> PostUser([FromBody] User inObj)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> PostUser([FromBody] User inObj, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
             {
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                 //return success and link
                 //NOTE: this is a USER object so we don't want to return some key fields for security reasons
                 //which is why the object is "cleaned" before return
-                return CreatedAtAction("GetUser", new { id = o.Id }, new ApiCreatedResponse(UserBiz.CleanUserForReturn(o)));
+                return CreatedAtAction(nameof(UserController.GetUser), new { id = o.Id, version = apiVersion.ToString() }, new ApiCreatedResponse(UserBiz.CleanUserForReturn(o)));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WidgetController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WidgetController.cs
index 6f171957..87bd33de 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WidgetController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/WidgetController.cs
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// BizAdminFull, InventoryFull
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="inObj"></param>
+        /// <param name="apiVersion">Automatically filled from route path, no need to specify in body</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost]
         public async Task<IActionResult> PostWidget([FromBody] Widget inObj, ApiVersion apiVersion)
@@ -286,13 +287,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             Widget o = await biz.CreateAsync(inObj);
             if (o == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
-            else
-            {
-                //originally but throwing exception since move to 3.1
-                //return CreatedAtAction("GetWidget", new { id = o.Id }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
+            else                         
                 return CreatedAtAction(nameof(WidgetController.GetWidget), new { id = o.Id, version = apiVersion.ToString() }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
-
-            }
+           
 
         }
 
@@ -302,10 +299,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// Required roles: 
         /// BizAdminFull, InventoryFull
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">Create a duplicate of this item id</param>
+        /// <param name="id">Create a duplicate of this items id</param>
+        /// <param name="apiVersion">Automatically filled from route path, no need to specify in body</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost("duplicate/{id}")]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> DuplicateWidget([FromRoute] long id)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> DuplicateWidget([FromRoute] long id, ApiVersion apiVersion)
         {
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(ApiErrorCode.API_CLOSED, null, serverState.Reason));
@@ -329,7 +327,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             if (o == null)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(biz.Errors));
             else
-                return CreatedAtAction("GetWidget", new { id = o.Id }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
+                return CreatedAtAction(nameof(WidgetController.GetWidget), new { id = o.Id, version = apiVersion.ToString() }, new ApiCreatedResponse(o));
 
         }
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index 8d655405..b16bca5a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ namespace AyaNova
                         {
                             Description = "JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.",
                             Type = SecuritySchemeType.Http, //We set the scheme type to http since we're using bearer authentication
-                                       Scheme = "bearer" //The name of the HTTP Authorization scheme to be used in the Authorization header. In this case "bearer".
-                                   });
+                            Scheme = "bearer" //The name of the HTTP Authorization scheme to be used in the Authorization header. In this case "bearer".
+                        });
 
                     c.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement{
                                     {
@@ -262,10 +262,13 @@ namespace AyaNova
         {
             _log.LogDebug("BOOT: configuring request pipeline...");
 
+            //this *may* be useful in the event of an issue so uncomment if necessary but errors during dev are handled equally by the logging, I think
             // if (env.IsDevelopment())
             // {
             //     app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
             // }
+
+
             //Store a reference to the dependency injection service for static classes 
             ServiceProviderProvider.Provider = app.ApplicationServices;
 
@@ -457,7 +460,7 @@ namespace AyaNova
         static string XmlCommentsFilePath
         {
             get
-            {                
+            {
                 var basePath = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
                 var fileName = typeof(Startup).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetName().Name + ".xml";
                 return Path.Combine(basePath, fileName);