diff --git a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
index 069fc22..ad6403e 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
@@ -3436,21 +3436,15 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
         if (!empty($client_short_name)) {
             log_message('error', 'STEP 3: Looking up client with short_name: ' . $client_short_name);
 
-            // $client_data = $this->clientModel
-            //     ->where('is_active', 1)
-            //     ->where('short_name', $client_short_name)
-            //     ->first();
+            $client_data = $this->clientModel
+                ->where('is_active', 1)
+                ->where('short_name', $client_short_name)
+                ->first();
 
-            $sql = "SELECT * FROM clients WHERE is_active = 1 AND short_name = ? LIMIT 1";
-            $client_data = db_connect()->query($sql, [$client_short_name])->getRowArray();
+            // $sql = "SELECT * FROM clients WHERE is_active = 1 AND short_name = ? LIMIT 1";
+            // $client_data = db_connect()->query($sql, [$client_short_name])->getRowArray();
 
-
-            log_message('error', 'STEP 3: Looking up client with short_name: ' . db_connect()->getLastQuery());
-            log_message('error', 'STEP 3: Looking up client with short_name: ' . var_dump($client_data) );
-            log_message('error', 'STEP 3: Looking up client with short_name: ' . is_array($client_data) && count($client_data));
-            log_message('error', 'STEP 3: Looking up client with short_name: ' . json_encode($client_data));
-
-            if (is_array($client_data) && count($client_data)) {
+            if (!empty($client_data)) {
                 $clientId = $client_data['id'];
                 log_message('error', 'STEP 4: Found client ID: ' . $clientId);
             } else {