diff --git a/server/generator/SockBotProcessPurchasesIntoLicenses.cs b/server/generator/SockBotProcessPurchasesIntoLicenses.cs
index 4d15e5c..38a2552 100644
--- a/server/generator/SockBotProcessPurchasesIntoLicenses.cs
+++ b/server/generator/SockBotProcessPurchasesIntoLicenses.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ namespace Sockeye.Biz
 
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Process purchases into licenses
-    ///
+    /// Process purchases into licenses  
+    /// ############## 2023-02-09 THIS IS ON HOLD FOR NOW - unlikely to work immediately due to all manual fuckery involved instead will find ways to speed up manual processing ################
+    /// too much other stuff on the go right now and time required to spend processing purchases is a good problem to have can spend more time on it later
+    /// I'll comment out the job so it's not called and keep the vendor notification processing for now, look at client end improvements (duplicate alone will help)
     /// </summary>
     internal static class SockBotProcessPurchasesIntoLicenses
     {
@@ -119,8 +121,8 @@ namespace Sockeye.Biz
                         License newLicense = new License();
                         //Get last license if any, set up some basic stuff common to all license types
                         var firstPurchase = purchaseGroup.First();
-                        var lastLicense = await ct.License.AsNoTracking().OrderByDescending(z => z.Id).FirstOrDefaultAsync(z => z.CustomerId == firstPurchase.CustomerId && z.PGroup == firstPurchase.PGroup);
-
+                        License lastLicense=null;
+                       
                         newLicense.CustomerId = firstPurchase.CustomerId;
                         newLicense.Active = false;
                         newLicense.RegTo = firstPurchase.RegTo;
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ namespace Sockeye.Biz
                         //if there is one and it's not entirely expired then duplicate and fixup from purchases in this group
                         if (isV7)
                         {
+                             lastLicense = await ct.License.AsNoTracking().OrderByDescending(z => z.Id).FirstOrDefaultAsync(z => z.CustomerId == firstPurchase.CustomerId && z.PGroup == firstPurchase.PGroup);
+
                             newLicense.FetchEmail = purchaseGroupCustomer.EmailAddress;
                             newLicense.PGroup = ProductGroup.AyaNova7;
 
@@ -294,18 +298,10 @@ namespace Sockeye.Biz
                         {
                             //it's a RAVEN license
 
+
 //get last license for this dbid, if active then take all it's value and update it with this
-/*
-Check if new or renewal:
-if it's a renewal it will have several "original_XXXX" fields (they won't exist on first purcahse):
-  "subscription": {
-            "expiration_date": "2023-03-07T00:15:13.0000000Z",
-            "id": "833674953-1",
-            "interval": "Monthly without end",
-            "original_notification_no": "7925",
-            "original_purchase_id": "833674953",
-            "original_running_no": "1",
-*/
+ lastLicense = await ct.License.AsNoTracking().OrderByDescending(z => z.Id).FirstOrDefaultAsync(z => z.CustomerId == firstPurchase.CustomerId && z.PGroup == firstPurchase.PGroup);
+
 
 //If renewal and there is no last license then it's a problem -> THROW EXCEPTION