diff --git a/docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/ops-metrics.md b/docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/ops-metrics.md
index 579151a0..1914020a 100644
--- a/docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/ops-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/8.0/ayanova/docs/ops-metrics.md
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ When the AyaNova server is booted it starts gathering snapshots of statistical d
 - What each stat means and how it's to be interpreted
 - Frequency of stat gathering
     - every 5 minutes for memory and cpu metrics
-    - every 24 hours for disk space db total size
+    - every 12 hours for disk space db total size
 - Auto deleted after 365 days
 - Used to provide trend monitoring over time so can know if need to upgrade the server it's hosted on or to anticipate running out of disk space, overwhelmed cpu pegging at 100% etc etc
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobMetricsSnapshot.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobMetricsSnapshot.cs
index f76de81a..48a6724d 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobMetricsSnapshot.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobMetricsSnapshot.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 #if (DEBUG)
         private static TimeSpan tsMMFrequency = new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0);
-        private static TimeSpan tsDDFrequency = new TimeSpan(24, 0, 0);
+        private static TimeSpan tsDDFrequency = new TimeSpan(12, 0, 0);
 #else
         private static TimeSpan tsMMFrequency = new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0);      
-        private static TimeSpan tsDDFrequency = new TimeSpan(24, 0, 0);
+        private static TimeSpan tsDDFrequency = new TimeSpan(12, 0, 0);//changed to 12 hours from 24 due to weird issue not gathering like it should diagnosis
 #endif
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // 
@@ -85,12 +85,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     MetricMM mm = new MetricMM(Allocated, WorkingSet, PrivateBytes, CPU);
                     ct.MetricMM.Add(mm);
                     ct.SaveChanges();
-                    //System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("MM SAVED");
                 }
                 _lastMMSnapshot = now;
-#if (DEBUG)
-                log.LogInformation($"DEBUG DD ISSUE: during MM metrics snapshot, _lastDDSnapshot was {_lastDDSnapshot.ToString()}, IsAfterduration return value is {DateUtil.IsAfterDuration(_lastDDSnapshot, tsDDFrequency)} ");
-#endif
             }
 
 
@@ -101,10 +97,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             if (DateUtil.IsAfterDuration(_lastDDSnapshot, tsDDFrequency))
             {
 #if (DEBUG)
-                log.LogInformation("DEBUG DD metrics snapshot");
-#else
-                log.LogDebug("DD metrics snapshot");
+                log.LogInformation($"DD metrics snapshot, _lastDDSnapshot:{_lastDDSnapshot}, tsDDFrequency:{tsDDFrequency}");
 #endif
+                log.LogDebug("DD metrics snapshot");
 
                 var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
                 //FILES ON DISK
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
index 0c544350..e2d6dfbd 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 u.UserOptions.EmailAddress = bogusEmail;
                 u.UserOptions.Hour12 = true;
                 u.UserOptions.CurrencyName = "USD";
-                u.UserOptions.UiColor = Fake.Internet.Color().ToUpperInvariant();
+                u.UserOptions.UiColor = Fake.Internet.Color().ToUpperInvariant()+"FF";
 
 
                 //this seems wrong to get a new context inside a loop but in testing is actually faster!?