diff --git a/src/Api/Storage/Payload.cs b/src/Api/Storage/Payload.cs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 800832aa2..97a976ac5
--- a/src/Api/Storage/Payload.cs
+++ b/src/Api/Storage/Payload.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ public enum PayloadState
             /// <summary>
             /// Payload is ready to be published to the message broker.
             /// </summary>
-            Notify
+            Notify,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Payload has finished uploading.
+            /// </summary>
+            UploadComplete
         }
 
         public const int MAX_RETRY = 3;
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ public TimeSpan Elapsed
         public int FilesFailedToUpload { get => Files.Count(p => p.IsUploadFailed); }
 
         public Payload(string key, string correlationId, string? workflowInstanceId, string? taskId,
-            DataOrigin dataTrigger, uint timeout, PatientDetails? patientDetails) : this(key, correlationId, workflowInstanceId, taskId, dataTrigger, timeout)
+             DataOrigin dataTrigger, uint timeout, PatientDetails? patientDetails) : this(key, correlationId, workflowInstanceId, taskId, dataTrigger, timeout)
         {
             if (patientDetails is not null)
             {
@@ -97,7 +102,6 @@ public Payload(string key, string correlationId, string? workflowInstanceId, str
             }
         }
 
-
         public Payload(string key, string correlationId, string? workflowInstanceId, string? taskId, DataOrigin dataTrigger, uint timeout)
         {
             Guard.Against.NullOrWhiteSpace(key, nameof(key));
diff --git a/src/InformaticsGateway/Services/Connectors/PayloadNotificationActionHandler.cs b/src/InformaticsGateway/Services/Connectors/PayloadNotificationActionHandler.cs
index ef8f8960f..737a9cb6e 100755
--- a/src/InformaticsGateway/Services/Connectors/PayloadNotificationActionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/InformaticsGateway/Services/Connectors/PayloadNotificationActionHandler.cs
@@ -93,9 +93,13 @@ private async Task DeletePayload(Payload payload, CancellationToken cancellation
         {
             Guard.Against.Null(payload, nameof(payload));
 
+            // NDS removed delete, replaced with new status of complete. so we can query the payload data from WFM
+            // TODO add config and cleanup methods that run on background thread/process
+
             var scope = _serviceScopeFactory.CreateScope();
             var repository = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<IPayloadRepository>() ?? throw new ServiceNotFoundException(nameof(IPayloadRepository));
-            await repository.RemoveAsync(payload, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            payload.State = Payload.PayloadState.UploadComplete;
+            await repository.UpdateAsync(payload, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         private async Task NotifyPayloadReady(Payload payload)