diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
index 21723b83..63a24365 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
@@ -151,16 +151,21 @@
          <version>2.3</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- the next 2 deps are for html to pdf - per https://www.baeldung.com/java-html-to-pdf -->
+      <!-- the next 3 deps are for html to pdf -->
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
          <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
          <version>1.15.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>
-         <artifactId>flying-saucer-pdf-openpdf</artifactId>
-         <version>9.1.22</version>
+         <groupId>com.openhtmltopdf</groupId>
+         <artifactId>openhtmltopdf-core</artifactId>
+         <version>1.0.10</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>com.openhtmltopdf</groupId>
+         <artifactId>openhtmltopdf-pdfbox</artifactId>
+         <version>1.0.10</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- the next 3 deps are being added for google drive support -->
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java
index a7f9096f..d2dbdac1 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/templates/ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.java
@@ -26,22 +26,31 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.AbstractQActionFunction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.templates.ConvertHtmlToPdfInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.templates.ConvertHtmlToPdfOutput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.css.constants.IdentValue;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.pdfboxout.PdfBoxFontResolver;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.pdfboxout.PdfBoxRenderer;
+import com.openhtmltopdf.pdfboxout.PdfRendererBuilder;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
-import org.xhtmlrenderer.layout.SharedContext;
-import org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  ** Action to convert a string of HTML to a PDF!
  **
  ** Much credit to https://www.baeldung.com/java-html-to-pdf
- *******************************************************************************/
+ **
+ ** Updated in March 2025 to go from flying-saucer-pdf-openpdf lib to openhtmltopdf,
+ ** mostly to get support for max-height on images...
+ ********************************************************************************/
 public class ConvertHtmlToPdfAction extends AbstractQActionFunction<ConvertHtmlToPdfInput, ConvertHtmlToPdfOutput>
 {
+   private static final QLogger LOG = QLogger.getLogger(ConvertHtmlToPdfAction.class);
+
+
 
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
@@ -62,31 +71,32 @@ public class ConvertHtmlToPdfAction extends AbstractQActionFunction<ConvertHtmlT
          //////////////////////////////
          // convert the XHTML to PDF //
          //////////////////////////////
-         ITextRenderer renderer      = new ITextRenderer();
-         SharedContext sharedContext = renderer.getSharedContext();
-         sharedContext.setPrint(true);
-         sharedContext.setInteractive(false);
+         PdfRendererBuilder builder = new PdfRendererBuilder();
+         builder.toStream(input.getOutputStream());
+         builder.useFastMode();
+         builder.withHtmlContent(document.html(), input.getBasePath() == null ? "./" : input.getBasePath().toUri().toString());
 
-         if(input.getBasePath() != null)
+         try(PdfBoxRenderer pdfBoxRenderer = builder.buildPdfRenderer())
          {
-            String baseUrl = input.getBasePath().toUri().toURL().toString();
-            renderer.setDocumentFromString(document.html(), baseUrl);
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            renderer.setDocumentFromString(document.html());
-         }
+            pdfBoxRenderer.layout();
+            pdfBoxRenderer.getSharedContext().setPrint(true);
+            pdfBoxRenderer.getSharedContext().setInteractive(false);
 
-         //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-         // register any custom fonts the input supplied //
-         //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-         for(Map.Entry<String, Path> entry : CollectionUtils.nonNullMap(input.getCustomFonts()).entrySet())
-         {
-            renderer.getFontResolver().addFont(entry.getValue().toAbsolutePath().toString(), entry.getKey(), "UTF-8", true, null);
-         }
+            for(Map.Entry<String, Path> entry : CollectionUtils.nonNullMap(input.getCustomFonts()).entrySet())
+            {
+               LOG.warn("Note:  Custom fonts appear to not be working in this class at this time...");
+               pdfBoxRenderer.getFontResolver().addFont(
+                  entry.getValue().toAbsolutePath().toFile(), // Path to the TrueType font file
+                  entry.getKey(),                             // Font family name to use in CSS
+                  400,                                        // Font weight (e.g., 400 for normal, 700 for bold)
+                  IdentValue.NORMAL,                          // Font style (e.g., NORMAL, ITALIC)
+                  true,                                       // Whether to subset the font
+                  PdfBoxFontResolver.FontGroup.MAIN           // ??
+               );
+            }
 
-         renderer.layout();
-         renderer.createPDF(input.getOutputStream());
+            pdfBoxRenderer.createPDF();
+         }
 
          return (output);
       }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecord.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecord.java
index cc3b0f6c..194e59da 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecord.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecord.java
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public String getValueString(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsString(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsString(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public Integer getValueInteger(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsInteger(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsInteger(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public Long getValueLong(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLong(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLong(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public BigDecimal getValueBigDecimal(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsBigDecimal(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsBigDecimal(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public Boolean getValueBoolean(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsBoolean(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsBoolean(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public LocalTime getValueLocalTime(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public LocalDate getValueLocalDate(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalDate(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalDate(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public byte[] getValueByteArray(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsByteArray(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsByteArray(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ public class QRecord implements Serializable
     *******************************************************************************/
    public Instant getValueInstant(String fieldName)
    {
-      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(values.get(fieldName)));
+      return (ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(getValue(fieldName)));
    }
 
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecords.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecords.java
index aa773687..70796b49 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecords.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordWithJoinedRecords.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 
@@ -198,4 +199,62 @@ public class QRecordWithJoinedRecords extends QRecord
       return (rs);
    }
 
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public Map<String, List<QRecord>> getAssociatedRecords()
+   {
+      return mainRecord.getAssociatedRecords();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QRecord withAssociatedRecord(String name, QRecord associatedRecord)
+   {
+      mainRecord.withAssociatedRecord(name, associatedRecord);
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QRecord withAssociatedRecords(Map<String, List<QRecord>> associatedRecords)
+   {
+      mainRecord.withAssociatedRecords(associatedRecords);
+      return (this);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public void setAssociatedRecords(Map<String, List<QRecord>> associatedRecords)
+   {
+      mainRecord.setAssociatedRecords(associatedRecords);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QRecord withAssociatedRecords(String name, List<QRecord> associatedRecords)
+   {
+      mainRecord.withAssociatedRecords(name, associatedRecords);
+      return (this);
+   }
+
 }