diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/verify_token.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/verify_token.clj
index 1fa32b81d..97458b5ca 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/verify_token.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/verify_token.clj
@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@
   (when (profile/retrieve-profile-data-by-email conn email)
     (ex/raise :type :validation
               :code :email-already-exists))
+
   (db/update! conn :profile
               {:email email}
               {:id profile-id})
-  claims)
+
+  (with-meta claims
+    {::audit/name "update-profile-email"
+     ::audit/props {:email email}
+     ::audit/profile-id profile-id}))
 
 (defn- annotate-profile-activation
   "A helper for properly increase the profile-activation metric once the
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/profile.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/profile.clj
index 6843a0719..b68c6a5f1 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/profile.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/queries/profile.clj
@@ -87,13 +87,9 @@
 
 (defn retrieve-profile
   [conn id]
-  (let [profile (some->> (retrieve-profile-data conn id)
-                         (strip-private-attrs)
-                         (populate-additional-data conn))]
-    (when (nil? profile)
-      (ex/raise :type :not-found
-                :hint "Object doest not exists."))
-
+  (let [profile (->> (retrieve-profile-data conn id)
+                     (strip-private-attrs)
+                     (populate-additional-data conn))]
     (update profile :props filter-profile-props)))
 
 (def ^:private sql:profile-by-email