diff --git a/lib/services/db/index.js b/lib/services/db/index.js
index b79db2db..a4e7edd7 100644
--- a/lib/services/db/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/db/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var util = require('util');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var async = require('async');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 var levelup = require('levelup');
 var leveldown = require('leveldown');
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
@@ -150,6 +151,21 @@ DB.prototype.put = function(key, value, callback) {
   this._store.put(key, value, callback);
 };
 
+DB.prototype.del = function(key, callback) {
+
+  if (this._stopping) {
+    callback();
+  }
+
+  // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 20th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(key) == false) { 
+    log.error('key NOT a buffer as expected.');
+  }
+  // assert(Buffer.isBuffer(key), 'key NOT a buffer as expected.');
+
+  this._store.del(key, callback);
+}
+
 DB.prototype.batch = function(ops, callback) {
 
   if (this._stopping) {