diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/createStripeRequest.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/createStripeRequest.js
index fbaf51c2b9..8eb5dda5a6 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/createStripeRequest.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/createStripeRequest.js
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
+const debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('stripe-request');
+
 module.exports = function createStripeRequest(makeRequest) {
     return function stripeRequest(...args) {
         const errorHandler = (err) => {
             switch (err.type) {
             case 'StripeCardError':
                 // Card declined
+                debug('StripeCardError');
                 throw err;
             case 'RateLimitError':
                 // Ronseal
+                debug('RateLimitError');
                 return exponentiallyBackoff(makeRequest, ...args).catch((err) => {
                     // We do not want to recurse further if we get RateLimitError
                     // after running the exponential backoff
@@ -16,15 +20,19 @@ module.exports = function createStripeRequest(makeRequest) {
                     return errorHandler(err);
                 });
             case 'StripeInvalidRequestError':
+                debug('StripeInvalidRequestError');
                 // Invalid params to the request
                 throw err;
             case 'StripeAPIError':
+                debug('StripeAPIError');
                 // Rare internal server error from stripe
                 throw err;
             case 'StripeConnectionError':
+                debug('StripeConnectionError');
                 // Weird network/https issue
                 throw err;
             case 'StripeAuthenticationError':
+                debug('StripeAuthenticationError');
                 // Invalid API Key (probably)
                 throw err;
             default:
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/stripeRequests.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/stripeRequests.js
index 290dec138a..426496be71 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/stripeRequests.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/api/stripeRequests.js
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
+const debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('stripe-request');
 const createStripeRequest = require('./createStripeRequest');
 
 const retrieve = createStripeRequest(function (stripe, resource, id) {
+    debug(`retrieve ${resource} ${id}`);
     return stripe[resource].retrieve(id);
 });
 
 const list = createStripeRequest(function (stripe, resource, options) {
+    debug(`list ${resource} ${JSON.stringify(options)}`);
     return stripe[resource].list(options);
 });
 
 const create = createStripeRequest(function (stripe, resource, object) {
+    debug(`create ${resource} ${JSON.stringify(object)}`);
     return stripe[resource].create(object);
 });
 
 const update = createStripeRequest(function (stripe, resource, id, object) {
+    debug(`update ${resource} ${id} ${JSON.stringify(object)}`);
     return stripe[resource].update(id, object);
 });
 
 const del = createStripeRequest(function (stripe, resource, id) {
+    debug(`delete ${resource} ${id}`);
     return stripe[resource].del(id);
 });
 
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/index.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/index.js
index 841250c10c..7cdeb01e58 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/index.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/stripe/index.js
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ module.exports = class StripePaymentProcessor {
                 this.logging.warn(err);
                 this._webhookSecret = process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET;
             }
-            this.logging.info(this._webhookSecret);
+            debug(`Webhook secret set to ${this._webhookSecret}`);
         } catch (err) {
+            debug(`Error configuring ${err.message}`);
             return this._rejectReady(err);
         }
 
@@ -79,7 +80,12 @@ module.exports = class StripePaymentProcessor {
     async createCheckoutSession(member, planName) {
         let customer;
         if (member) {
-            customer = await this._customerForMember(member);
+            try {
+                customer = await this._customerForMember(member);
+            } catch (err) {
+                debug(`Ignoring Error getting customer for checkout ${err.message}`);
+                customer = null;
+            }
         } else {
             customer = null;
         }
@@ -105,11 +111,20 @@ module.exports = class StripePaymentProcessor {
     async getActiveSubscriptions(member) {
         const metadata = await this.storage.get(member);
 
-        const customers = await Promise.all(metadata.map((data) => {
-            return this.getCustomer(data.customer_id);
+        const customers = await Promise.all(metadata.map(async (data) => {
+            try {
+                const customer = await this.getCustomer(data.customer_id);
+                return customer;
+            } catch (err) {
+                debug(`Ignoring Error getting customer for active subscriptions ${err.message}`);
+                return null;
+            }
         }));
 
         return customers.reduce(function (subscriptions, customer) {
+            if (!customer) {
+                return subscriptions;
+            }
             if (customer.deleted) {
                 return subscriptions;
             }
@@ -146,6 +161,7 @@ module.exports = class StripePaymentProcessor {
         if (metadata.some(data => data.customer_id === customer.id)) {
             return;
         }
+        debug(`Attaching customer to member ${member.email} ${customer.id}`);
         return this.storage.set(member, metadata.concat({
             customer_id: customer.id
         }));
@@ -160,11 +176,12 @@ module.exports = class StripePaymentProcessor {
                 if (!customer.deleted) {
                     return customer;
                 }
-            } catch (e) {
-                console.log(e);
+            } catch (err) {
+                debug(`Ignoring Error getting customer for member ${err.message}`);
             }
         }
 
+        debug(`Creating customer for member ${member.email}`);
         const customer = await create(this._stripe, 'customers', {
             email: member.email
         });
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js
index 0a78c32652..5805b6ce55 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/users.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('users');
 module.exports = function ({
     sendEmailWithMagicLink,
     stripe,
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ module.exports = function ({
     deleteMember
 }) {
     async function get(data, options) {
+        debug(`get id:${data.id} email:${data.email}`);
         const member = await getMember(data, options);
         if (!member) {
             return member;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ module.exports = function ({
     }
 
     async function destroy(data, options) {
+        debug(`destroy id:${data.id} email:${data.email}`);
         const member = await getMember(data, options);
         if (!member) {
             return;
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ module.exports = function ({
     }
 
     async function update(data, options) {
+        debug(`update id:${data.id} email:${data.email}`);
+        await getMember(data, options);
         return updateMember(data, options);
     }
 
@@ -54,8 +59,10 @@ module.exports = function ({
     }
 
     async function create(data, options = {}) {
+        debug(`create email:${data.email}`);
         const member = await createMember(data);
         if (options.sendEmail) {
+            debug(`create sending email to ${member.email}`);
             await sendEmailWithMagicLink(member.email, options.emailType);
         }
         return member;