diff --git a/controllers/C_Document.class.php b/controllers/C_Document.class.php
index 0729bab2ba5..4f674e4ba0b 100644
--- a/controllers/C_Document.class.php
+++ b/controllers/C_Document.class.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 use OpenEMR\Services\PatientService;
 use OpenEMR\Events\PatientDocuments\PatientDocumentTreeViewFilterEvent;
 use OpenEMR\Events\PatientDocuments\PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument;
-use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 
 class C_Document extends Controller
 {
@@ -41,10 +40,6 @@ class C_Document extends Controller
     private $cryptoGen;
     private bool $skip_acl_check = false;
     private DocumentTemplateService $templateService;
-    /**
-     * @var EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher
-     */
-    private $eventDispatcher;
 
     public function __construct($template_mod = "general")
     {
@@ -774,42 +769,53 @@ public function retrieve_action(string $patient_id = null, $document_id, $as_fil
         //strip url of protocol handler
         $url = preg_replace("|^(.*)://|", "", $url);
 
-        //change full path to current webroot.  this is for documents that may have
-        //been moved from a different filesystem and the full path in the database
-        //is not current.  this is also for documents that may of been moved to
-        //different patients. Note that the path_depth is used to see how far down
-                //the path to go. For example, originally the path_depth was always 1, which
-                //only allowed things like documents/1/<file>, but now can have more structured
-                //directories. For example a path_depth of 2 can give documents/encounters/1/<file>
-                // etc.
+        // change full path to current webroot.  this is for documents that may have
+        // been moved from a different filesystem and the full path in the database
+        // is not current.  this is also for documents that may of been moved to
+        // different patients. Note that the path_depth is used to see how far down
+        // the path to go. For example, originally the path_depth was always 1, which
+        // only allowed things like documents/1/<file>, but now can have more structured
+        // directories. For example a path_depth of 2 can give documents/encounters/1/<file>
+        // etc.
         // NOTE that $from_filename and basename($url) are the same thing
         $from_all = explode("/", $url);
         $from_filename = array_pop($from_all);
-        $from_pathname_array = array();
-        for ($i = 0; $i < $d->get_path_depth(); $i++) {
-            $from_pathname_array[] = array_pop($from_all);
-        }
-        $from_pathname_array = array_reverse($from_pathname_array);
-        $from_pathname = implode("/", $from_pathname_array);
-        if ($couch_docid && $couch_revid) {
-            //for couchDB no URL is available in the table, hence using the foreign_id which is patientID
-            $temp_url = $GLOBALS['OE_SITE_DIR'] . '/documents/temp/' . $d->get_foreign_id() . '_' . $from_filename;
-        } else {
-            $temp_url = $GLOBALS['OE_SITE_DIR'] . '/documents/' . $from_pathname . '/' . $from_filename;
-        }
+        // no point in doing any of these checks if $from_filename is empty which can lead to false positives on file_exists
+        if (!empty($from_filename)) {
+            $from_pathname_array = array();
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $d->get_path_depth(); $i++) {
+                $from_pathname_array[] = array_pop($from_all);
+            }
+            $from_pathname_array = array_reverse($from_pathname_array);
+            $from_pathname = implode("/", $from_pathname_array);
+            if ($couch_docid && $couch_revid) {
+                //for couchDB no URL is available in the table, hence using the foreign_id which is patientID
+                $temp_url = $GLOBALS['OE_SITE_DIR'] . '/documents/temp/' . $d->get_foreign_id() . '_' . $from_filename;
+            } else {
+                $temp_url = $GLOBALS['OE_SITE_DIR'] . '/documents/' . $from_pathname . '/' . $from_filename;
+            }
 
-        if (file_exists($temp_url)) {
-            $url = $temp_url;
-        }
-        //fire a remote call to see if the file is stored somewhere else
-        $s3Key = explode("//", $temp_url); //split the url to get the s3 key
-        $retrieveOffsiteDocument = new PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument("/" . $s3Key[1]);
-        $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch($retrieveOffsiteDocument, PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument::REMOTE_DOCUMENT_LOCATION);
-        //this is for the s3 bucket module. If the file is not found locally, it will be found remotely
-        if ($retrieveOffsiteDocument->getOffsiteUrl() != null) {
-            header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
-            header("Location: " . $retrieveOffsiteDocument->getOffsiteUrl());
-            exit;
+            if (file_exists($temp_url)) {
+                $url = $temp_url;
+            }
+
+            $retrieveOffsiteDocument = new PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument($d->get_url(), $d);
+            $updatedOffsiteDocumentEvent = $GLOBALS['kernel']->getEventDispatcher()->dispatch(
+                $retrieveOffsiteDocument,
+                PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument::REMOTE_DOCUMENT_LOCATION
+            );
+            // if a module writer has an independent offsite storage mechanism used this accomdoates that.
+            // If the file is not found locally, it will be found remotely.  Systems like s3, blob stores, etc, can
+            // be tied and and use those urls.  Note NO security is handled here so any kind of security mechanism must
+            // be handled on the receiving end's URL (s3/azure for example use signed urls with signature verification)
+            if (
+                $updatedOffsiteDocumentEvent instanceof PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument
+                && $updatedOffsiteDocumentEvent->getOffsiteUrl() != null
+            ) {
+                header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
+                header("Location: " . $updatedOffsiteDocumentEvent->getOffsiteUrl());
+                exit;
+            }
         }
 
         if (!file_exists($url)) {
diff --git a/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/scripts/weno_log_sync.php b/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/scripts/weno_log_sync.php
index 11523089816..8948fd97b20 100644
--- a/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/scripts/weno_log_sync.php
+++ b/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/scripts/weno_log_sync.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function downloadWenoPrescriptionLog(): void
     }
 
     $logSync = new LogProperties();
-    if (!$logSync->logSync()) {
+    if (!$logSync->logSync('background')) {
         error_log("Background services failed for prescription log.");
     }
 }
diff --git a/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/src/Services/LogProperties.php b/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/src/Services/LogProperties.php
index 755937823e2..a023e4055ad 100644
--- a/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/src/Services/LogProperties.php
+++ b/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/src/Services/LogProperties.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public function logReview()
     /**
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function logSync()
+    public function logSync($tasked = 'background')
     {
         $wenoLog = new WenoLogService();
         $provider_info['email'] = $this->weno_admin_email;
@@ -167,9 +167,20 @@ public function logSync()
             if ($isError['is_error']) {
                 $error = $isError['messageText'];
                 error_log('Prescription download failed: ' . errorLogEscape($error));
-                $wenoLog->insertWenoLog("prescription", "Invalid Prescriber Credentials Hint:see previous errors.");
                 EventAuditLogger::instance()->newEvent("prescriptions_log", $_SESSION['authUser'], $_SESSION['authProvider'], 0, ($error));
-                die(js_escape($error));
+                // if background task then return false
+                if ($tasked == 'background') {
+                    $wenoLog->insertWenoLog("prescription", "Invalid Prescriber Credentials Background Service.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+                if ($tasked == 'downloadLog') {
+                    $wenoLog->insertWenoLog("prescription", "Invalid Prescriber Credentials User Download.");
+                    echo(js_escape($error));
+                    exit;
+                }
+                $wenoLog->insertWenoLog("prescription", "Invalid Prescriber Credentials Hint:see previous errors.");
+                echo(js_escape($error));
+                return false;
             }
             $wenoLog->insertWenoLog("prescription", "Success");
         } else {
diff --git a/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/templates/synch.php b/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/templates/synch.php
index 536868b44cc..0d8e50cb9f2 100644
--- a/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/templates/synch.php
+++ b/interface/modules/custom_modules/oe-module-weno/templates/synch.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 $logProperties = new LogProperties();
 try {
-    $result = $logProperties->logSync();
+    $task = $_REQUEST['key'] ?? $_POST['key'] ??  '';
+    $result = $logProperties->logSync($task);
 } catch (Exception $e) {
     $result = false;
     error_log('Error syncing log: ' . errorLogEscape($e->getMessage()));
diff --git a/library/htmlspecialchars.inc.php b/library/htmlspecialchars.inc.php
index 9258c0e99fd..8c38680562a 100644
--- a/library/htmlspecialchars.inc.php
+++ b/library/htmlspecialchars.inc.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function attr_url($text)
  */
 function js_url($text)
 {
-    return js_escape(urlencode($text));
+    return js_escape(urlencode($text ?? ''));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Events/PatientDocuments/PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument.php b/src/Events/PatientDocuments/PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument.php
index ec9b48610b2..0ca99bfd023 100644
--- a/src/Events/PatientDocuments/PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument.php
+++ b/src/Events/PatientDocuments/PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument.php
@@ -13,24 +13,41 @@
 namespace OpenEMR\Events\PatientDocuments;
 
 use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event;
+use Document;
 
 class PatientRetrieveOffsiteDocument extends Event
 {
     const REMOTE_DOCUMENT_LOCATION = 'remote.document.retrieve.location';
     private string $url;
-    private $offsiteurl;
-    public function __construct($url)
+    private $offsiteUrl;
+    private Document $document;
+    public function __construct(string $url, ?Document $document = null)
     {
         $this->url = $url;
+        $this->document = $document;
     }
 
-    public function setOffsiteUrl(string $offsitedUrl): void
+    /**
+     * Returns the OpenEMR document class that represents this document in the file system
+     * @return Document|null
+     */
+    public function getOpenEMRDocument(): ?Document
     {
-        $this->offsiteurl = $offsiteUrl;
+        return $this->document;
+    }
+
+    public function getOpenEMRDocumentUrl(): string
+    {
+        return $this->url;
+    }
+
+    public function setOffsiteUrl(string $offsiteUrl): void
+    {
+        $this->offsiteUrl = $offsiteUrl;
     }
 
     public function getOffsiteUrl()
     {
-        return $this->offsiteurl;
+        return $this->offsiteUrl;
     }
 }