diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs
index 88906a45..167403e8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 {
 
     //This class handles word breaking, processing keywords and searching for results
-    public static class NotifyEventProcessor
+    internal static class NotifyEventProcessor
     {
         private static ILogger log = AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.CreateLogger("NotifyEventProcessor");
 
         //Add operations message 
-        public static async Task AddOpsProblemEvent(string message, Exception ex = null)
+        internal static async Task AddOpsProblemEvent(string message, Exception ex = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(message) && ex == null)
                 return;
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //This handles general notification events not requiring a decision or tied to an object that are basically just a immediate message to the user
         //e.g. ops problems, DefaultNotification, NotifyHealthCheck etc
         //optional user id to send directly to them
-        public static async Task AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType eventType, string message, long userId=0)
+        internal static async Task AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType eventType, string message, long userId = 0)
         {
+            log.LogTrace($"AddGeneralNotifyEvent processing:  [type:{eventType}, userId:{userId}, message:{message}]");
 #if (DEBUG)
             switch (eventType)
             {
@@ -54,21 +55,47 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 default://this will likely be a development error, not a production error so no need to log etc
                     throw (new System.NotSupportedException($"NotifyEventProcessor:AddGeneralNotifyEvent - Type of event {eventType} is unexpected and not supported"));
             }
-#endif
-            //Default notification goes to a specific user only
-            if(eventType==NotifyEventType.DefaultNotification){
-                if(userId==0){
-                    //this will likely be a development error, not a production error so no need to log etc
-                    throw new System.ArgumentException("NotifyEventProcessor:AddGeneralNotifyEvent: DefaultNotification requires a user id but none was specified");
-                }
-                //create in app
-                NotifyEvent n=new NotifyEvent(){EventType=eventType,UserId=userId, Message=message}
 
-                return;
+            if (eventType != NotifyEventType.DefaultNotification && userId != 0)
+            {
+                throw (new System.NotSupportedException($"NotifyEventProcessor:AddGeneralNotifyEvent - event {eventType} was specified with user id {userId} which is unexpected and not supported"));
+            }
+#endif
+
+            try
+            {
+                using (AyContext ct = AyaNova.Util.ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext)
+                {
+
+                    //Default notification goes to a specific user only
+                    //no need to consult subscriptions
+                    if (eventType == NotifyEventType.DefaultNotification)
+                    {
+                        if (userId == 0)
+                        {
+                            //this will likely be a development error, not a production error so no need to log etc
+                            throw new System.ArgumentException("NotifyEventProcessor:AddGeneralNotifyEvent: DefaultNotification requires a user id but none was specified");
+                        }
+                        NotifyEvent n = new NotifyEvent() { EventType = eventType, UserId = userId, Message = message, SubscriptionId = 0 };
+                        await ct.NotifyEvent.AddAsync(n);
+                        await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+
+                    //check subscriptions for event and send accordingly
+                    var subs = ct.NotifySubscription.Where(z => z.EventType == eventType)
+
+
+                }
+
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                log.LogError(ex, $"Error adding general notify event [type:{eventType}, userId:{userId}, message:{message}]");
             }
 
-
-        }
+        }//eom
 
 
         //This is told about an event and then determines if there are any subscriptions related to that event and proceses them accordingly
@@ -78,7 +105,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //then *this* code will go through and look for subscriptions related to that event
         //this way the biz object code can be "dumb" about notifications in general and just let this code handle it as needed
         //will iterate the subscriptions and see if any apply here
-        public static async Task HandlePotentialNotificationEvent(AyaType ayaType, AyaEvent ayaEvent, BizObject newObject, BizObject currentObject, )
+        internal static async Task HandlePotentialNotificationEvent(AyaType ayaType, AyaEvent ayaEvent, BizObject newObject, BizObject currentObject, )
         {