diff --git a/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/EditorController.groovy b/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/EditorController.groovy
index dc982f0ae..7f12baf71 100644
--- a/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/EditorController.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/EditorController.groovy
@@ -246,10 +246,11 @@ class EditorController {
                 // find common name and save it
                 helperService.matchCommonNamesForSpeciesListItems([sli])
 
-                def preferredSpeciesImageListName = grailsApplication.config.ala.preferred.species.name
+                // Commented out as we would like to keep species list generic
+             /*   def preferredSpeciesImageListName = grailsApplication.config.ala.preferred.species.name
                 if (sl.listName == preferredSpeciesImageListName) {
                     helperService.syncBieImage (sli, params.imageId)
-                }
+                }*/
                 render(text: "Record successfully created", status: 200)
             }
             else {
diff --git a/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/WebServiceController.groovy b/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/WebServiceController.groovy
index 34b621791..7dc8bb90a 100644
--- a/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/WebServiceController.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/controllers/au/org/ala/specieslist/WebServiceController.groovy
@@ -250,8 +250,15 @@ class WebServiceController {
         if (preferredSpeciesListDruid) {
             def speciesList = SpeciesListItem.findAllByDataResourceUid(preferredSpeciesListDruid)
             if (speciesList.size() > 0) {
-                newList = speciesList.collect({
-                    [name: it.rawScientificName, imageId: it.kvpValues.first().grep { it.value }.value.get(0)]
+                speciesList.each({
+                    def scientificName = it.rawScientificName
+                    if (it.kvpValues) {
+                        it.kvpValues.each {
+                            if (it.key == 'imageId' && it.value != "") {
+                                newList.push(name: scientificName, imageId: it.getValue())
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 })
             }
         }
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/specieslist/HelperService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/specieslist/HelperService.groovy
index c48d8883d..ccab3fb8e 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/specieslist/HelperService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/specieslist/HelperService.groovy
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ class HelperService {
         }
     }
 
+/*  Commented out to keep species list from updating Bie
     def syncBieImage (sli, imageId) {
         boolean updateBieImage = false
         int imageIdPos = sli.getImageUrl()? sli.getImageUrl().toLowerCase().indexOf("?imageid=") : 0
@@ -703,6 +704,7 @@ class HelperService {
             }
         }
     }
+*/
 
 
     /**