diff --git a/server/AyaNova/ControllerHelpers/ImportModeFromContext.cs b/server/AyaNova/ControllerHelpers/ImportModeFromContext.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 19ec0ccc..00000000
--- a/server/AyaNova/ControllerHelpers/ImportModeFromContext.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-namespace AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers
-{
-    internal static class ImportModeFromContext
-    {
-        internal static bool ImportMode(IDictionary<object, object> HttpContextItems)
-        {
-            return HttpContextItems["AY_IMPORT_MODE"] != null;
-        }
-    }
-}//eons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index ab62790e..9532c279 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -463,9 +463,10 @@ namespace AyaNova
                     context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_USER_ID"] = u.id;
                     context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_TRANSLATION_ID"] = u.translationId;
 
-                    //Is import mode header set?
-                    if (context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("X-AY-Import-Mode"))
-                        context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_IMPORT_MODE"] = true;
+                    //turned out didn't need this for v8 migrate so far, but keeping in case it turns out to be handy down the road
+                    // //Is import mode header set?
+                    // if (context.Request.Headers.ContainsKey("X-AY-Import-Mode"))
+                    //     context.Request.HttpContext.Items["AY_IMPORT_MODE"] = true;
 
 
                     //CHECK JWT 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObject.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObject.cs
index 831e6ba5..d4d350d4 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObject.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObject.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         public BizObject()
         {
-            //default
-            ImportMode=false;
+
         }
 
 
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         internal long UserId { get; set; }
         internal long UserTranslationId { get; set; }
         internal AuthorizationRoles CurrentUserRoles { get; set; }
-        internal bool ImportMode { get; set; }//mostly for v8 migrate notification disabling purposes but could be used for other things D.T.R.                                             (down the road)
 
         #endregion
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObjectFactory.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObjectFactory.cs
index 0bb9ea67..38208f28 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObjectFactory.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/BizObjectFactory.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         //Returns the biz object class that corresponds to the type presented
         //Used by SEARCH and objects with JOBS
-        internal static BizObject GetBizObject(AyaType ayaType, AyContext ct, long userId = 1, AuthorizationRoles roles = AuthorizationRoles.All, bool InImportMode=false)
+        internal static BizObject GetBizObject(AyaType ayaType, AyContext ct, long userId = 1, AuthorizationRoles roles = AuthorizationRoles.All)
         {
 
             switch (ayaType)
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 case AyaType.FileAttachment:
                     return new AttachmentBiz(ct, userId, roles);
                 case AyaType.Customer:
-                    return new CustomerBiz(ct, userId, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, roles, InImportMode);
-                case AyaType.CustomerNote:
-                    return new CustomerNoteBiz(ct, userId, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, roles);
+                    return new CustomerBiz(ct, userId, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, roles);
                 case AyaType.User:
                     return new UserBiz(ct, userId, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, roles);
 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
index e8f77ba8..dec2071e 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomerBiz.cs
@@ -13,22 +13,21 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 {
     internal class CustomerBiz : BizObject, IJobObject, ISearchAbleObject, IReportAbleObject, IExportAbleObject, IImportAbleObject
     {
-        internal CustomerBiz(AyContext dbcontext, long currentUserId, long userTranslationId, AuthorizationRoles UserRoles, bool InImportMode)
+        internal CustomerBiz(AyContext dbcontext, long currentUserId, long userTranslationId, AuthorizationRoles UserRoles)
         {
             ct = dbcontext;
             UserId = currentUserId;
             UserTranslationId = userTranslationId;
             CurrentUserRoles = UserRoles;
             BizType = AyaType.Customer;
-            ImportMode = InImportMode;
         }
 
         internal static CustomerBiz GetBiz(AyContext ct, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext httpContext = null)
         {
             if (httpContext != null)
-                return new CustomerBiz(ct, UserIdFromContext.Id(httpContext.Items), UserTranslationIdFromContext.Id(httpContext.Items), UserRolesFromContext.Roles(httpContext.Items), ImportModeFromContext.ImportMode(httpContext.Items));
+                return new CustomerBiz(ct, UserIdFromContext.Id(httpContext.Items), UserTranslationIdFromContext.Id(httpContext.Items), UserRolesFromContext.Roles(httpContext.Items));
             else
-                return new CustomerBiz(ct, 1, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, AuthorizationRoles.BizAdminFull, false);
+                return new CustomerBiz(ct, 1, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, AuthorizationRoles.BizAdminFull);
         }
 
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -55,10 +54,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserId, newObject.Id, BizType, AyaEvent.Created), ct);
                 await SearchIndexAsync(newObject, true);
                 await TagBiz.ProcessUpdateTagsInRepositoryAsync(ct, newObject.Tags, null);
-                if (!ImportMode)
-                    await NotifyEventProcessor.HandlePotentialNotificationEvent(AyaEvent.Created, newObject);
-                else
-                    newObject.TechNotes+="*";
+                await NotifyEventProcessor.HandlePotentialNotificationEvent(AyaEvent.Created, newObject);
                 return newObject;
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs
index 7f1bd03e..91f42ee8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/NotifyEventProcessor.cs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
 
-       
+
         //This is told about an event and then determines if there are any subscriptions related to that event and proceses them accordingly
         //todo: this should take some kind of general event type like the AyaEvent types (i.e. which CRUD operation is in effect if relevant)
         //and also a biz object before and after or just before if not a change and also a AyaType
@@ -141,10 +141,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             bool SaveContext = false;
             try
             {
-
-
                 using (AyContext ct = AyaNova.Util.ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext)
                 {
+                    //short circuit if there are no subscriptions which would be typical of a v8 migrate scenario or fresh import or just not using notification
+                    if(!await ct.NotifySubscription.AnyAsync())
+                        return;
+                        
                     //switch through AyaEvent then individual Ayatypes as required for event types
                     switch (ayaEvent)
                     {