diff --git a/core/server/services/members/middleware.js b/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
index e4e7c6ba69..d8f2425b83 100644
--- a/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
+++ b/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const _ = require('lodash');
 const {logging} = require('../../lib/common');
 const config = require('../../config');
 const labsService = require('../labs');
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@ const membersService = require('./index');
 const urlUtils = require('../../lib/url-utils');
 const ghostVersion = require('../../lib/ghost-version');
 const settingsCache = require('../settings/cache');
+const {formattedMemberResponse} = require('./utils');
 
 // @TODO: This piece of middleware actually belongs to the frontend, not to the member app
 // Need to figure a way to separate these things (e.g. frontend actually talks to members API)
@@ -53,15 +55,24 @@ const getMemberData = async function (req, res) {
     try {
         const member = await membersService.ssr.getMemberDataFromSession(req, res);
         if (member) {
-            res.json({
-                uuid: member.uuid,
-                email: member.email,
-                name: member.name,
-                firstname: member.name && member.name.split(' ')[0],
-                avatar_image: member.avatar_image,
-                subscriptions: member.stripe.subscriptions,
-                paid: member.stripe.subscriptions.length !== 0
-            });
+            res.json(formattedMemberResponse(member));
+        } else {
+            res.json(null);
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        logging.warn(err.message);
+        res.writeHead(err.statusCode);
+        res.end(err.message);
+    }
+};
+
+const updateMemberData = async function (req, res) {
+    try {
+        const data = _.pick(req.body, 'email', 'name', 'subscribed');
+        const member = await membersService.ssr.getMemberDataFromSession(req, res);
+        if (member) {
+            const updatedMember = await membersService.api.members.update(data, {id: member.id});
+            res.json(formattedMemberResponse(updatedMember));
         } else {
             res.json(null);
         }
@@ -129,6 +140,7 @@ module.exports = {
     createSessionFromMagicLink,
     getIdentityToken,
     getMemberData,
+    updateMemberData,
     getMemberSiteData,
     deleteSession,
     stripeWebhooks: (req, res, next) => membersService.api.middleware.handleStripeWebhook(req, res, next)
diff --git a/core/server/services/members/utils.js b/core/server/services/members/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f90cab87d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/services/members/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module.exports.formattedMemberResponse = function formattedMemberResponse(member) {
+    if (!member) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return {
+        uuid: member.uuid,
+        email: member.email,
+        name: member.name,
+        firstname: member.name && member.name.split(' ')[0],
+        avatar_image: member.avatar_image,
+        subscribed: !!member.subscribed,
+        subscriptions: member.stripe ? member.stripe.subscriptions : [],
+        paid: member.stripe ? member.stripe.subscriptions.length !== 0 : false
+    };
+};
diff --git a/core/server/web/members/app.js b/core/server/web/members/app.js
index 68a0603005..16c6eede2e 100644
--- a/core/server/web/members/app.js
+++ b/core/server/web/members/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('web:members:app');
 const {URL} = require('url');
 const cors = require('cors');
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+const boolParser = require('express-query-boolean');
 const express = require('../../../shared/express');
 const urlUtils = require('../../lib/url-utils');
 const membersService = require('../../services/members');
@@ -11,6 +13,16 @@ module.exports = function setupMembersApp() {
     debug('Members App setup start');
     const membersApp = express('members');
 
+    // Body parsing
+    membersApp.use(bodyParser.json({limit: '1mb'}));
+    membersApp.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true, limit: '1mb'}));
+
+    // Query parsing
+    membersApp.use(boolParser());
+
+    // send 503 json response in case of maintenance
+    membersApp.use(shared.middlewares.maintenance);
+
     // Entire app is behind labs flag
     membersApp.use(shared.middlewares.labs.members);
 
@@ -28,6 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function setupMembersApp() {
 
     // Initializes members specific routes as well as assigns members specific data to the req/res objects
     membersApp.get('/api/member', middleware.getMemberData);
+    membersApp.put('/api/member', middleware.updateMemberData);
     membersApp.get('/api/session', middleware.getIdentityToken);
     membersApp.delete('/api/session', middleware.deleteSession);
     membersApp.get('/api/site', middleware.getMemberSiteData);