diff --git a/includes/send_rx_functions.php b/includes/send_rx_functions.php
index 1453544..15baa8c 100644
--- a/includes/send_rx_functions.php
+++ b/includes/send_rx_functions.php
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 include_once dirname(APP_PATH_DOCROOT) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
+use SendRx\ExternalModule\ExternalModule;
 use ExternalModules\ExternalModules;
-use UserProfile\UserProfile;
+    use UserProfile\UserProfile;
 
 /**
  * Gets Send RX config from project.
@@ -32,39 +33,52 @@
  *   Returns FALSE if the project is not configure properly.
  */
 function send_rx_get_project_config($project_id, $project_type) {
-    if (!in_array($project_type, array('patient', 'site'))) {
+
+    if ( !in_array( $project_type, array( 'patient', 'site' ) ) ) {
         return false;
     }
+    // since $module isn't defined, getting a module to pull data out
+    $externalModule = new ExternalModule();
+    // going to the database to retrieve that project specific settings.
+    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `redcap_external_module_settings` where `project_id` = ?";
+    $moduleConfigResult = $externalModule->query( $sql, [ $project_id ] );
+
+    $projSettings = [];
+    // pulling a row of the module settings.
+    while ( $moduleConfigRow = $moduleConfigResult->fetch_assoc() ) {
+        $projSettings[] = $moduleConfigRow;
+    }
+
+    if ( empty( $projSettings ) ) {
 
-    $q = ExternalModules::getSettings('send_rx', $project_id);
-    if (!db_num_rows($q)) {
         return false;
     }
 
     $config = array();
-    while ($result = db_fetch_assoc($q)) {
-        if ($result['type'] == 'json' || $result['type'] == 'json-array') {
-            $result['value'] = json_decode($result['value']);
+    // assemble the config and decoding json as applicable
+    foreach ( $projSettings as $result ) {
+        if ( $result['type'] == 'json' || $result['type'] == 'json-array' ) {
+            $result['value'] = json_decode( $result['value'] );
 
-            if (strpos($result['key'], 'send-rx-pdf-template-variable-') === false) {
-                $result['value'] = reset($result['value']);
+            if ( strpos( $result['key'], 'send-rx-pdf-template-variable-' ) === false ) {
+                $result['value'] = reset( $result['value'] );
             }
+        } elseif ( $result['type'] == 'file' ) {
+            $result['value'] = send_rx_get_edoc_file_contents( $result['value'] );
         }
-        elseif ($result['type'] == 'file') {
-            $result['value'] = send_rx_get_edoc_file_contents($result['value']);
-        }
-
-        $config[str_replace('-', '_', str_replace('send-rx-', '', $result['key']))] = $result['value'];
+        $config[str_replace( '-', '_', str_replace( 'send-rx-', '', $result['key'] ) )] = $result['value'];
     }
 
-    if ($config['type'] != $project_type || empty($config['target_project_id'])) {
+    if ( $config['type'] != $project_type || empty( $config['target_project_id'] ) ) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    // assembling the pdf Template array with the keys and values as applicable.
     if (!empty($config['pdf_template_variable_key'])) {
         $config['pdf_template_variables'] = array_combine($config['pdf_template_variable_key'], $config['pdf_template_variable_value']);
     }
 
+    // removing the keys that aren't required.
     $to_remove = array(
         'enabled',
         'pdf_template_variable',