diff --git a/ghost/members-api/index.js b/ghost/members-api/index.js
index 5d4bcf9028..31d3596b0e 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/index.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/index.js
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ module.exports = function MembersApi({
         }
     }
 
-    let users = Users({
-        stripe,
-        createMember,
-        getMember,
-        updateMember,
-        deleteMember,
-        listMembers
-    });
-
     const magicLinkService = new MagicLink({
         transporter,
         publicKey,
@@ -73,6 +64,17 @@ module.exports = function MembersApi({
     async function sendEmailWithMagicLink(email){
         return magicLinkService.sendMagicLink({email, user: {email}});
     }
+
+    const users = Users({
+        sendEmailWithMagicLink,
+        stripe,
+        createMember,
+        getMember,
+        updateMember,
+        deleteMember,
+        listMembers
+    });
+
     async function getMemberDataFromMagicLinkToken(token){
         const user = await magicLinkService.getUserFromToken(token);
         const email = user && user.email;
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js
index fe2ff498e0..799477a92e 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = function ({
+    sendEmailWithMagicLink,
     stripe,
     createMember,
     getMember,
@@ -53,7 +54,11 @@ module.exports = function ({
     }
 
     async function create(data, options) {
-        return createMember(data, options);
+        const member = await createMember(data);
+        if (options.sendEmail) {
+            await sendEmailWithMagicLink(member.email, options.emailType);
+        }
+        return member;
     }
 
     return {