diff --git a/src/source/routes/google_user.clj b/src/source/routes/google_user.clj
index e24c311..69fad54 100644
--- a/src/source/routes/google_user.clj
+++ b/src/source/routes/google_user.clj
@@ -31,24 +31,57 @@
 
   (let [{:keys [uuid _uri]} body
         email (google/google-session-user uuid (:params req))
+        _ (prn "email from google" email)
         user (hon/find-one ds {:tname :users
                                :where [:= :email email]})
-        user-type (get-in req [:cookies "user_type" :value])]
+        _ (prn "try find user, got:" user)
+        user-type (get-in req [:cookies "user_type" :value])
+        _ (prn "user-type" user-type)]
 
     (if (some? user)
       (let [payload (dissoc user :password)
             session (auth/create-session payload)]
+        (prn "found a user, sending response")
         (res/response (merge {:user payload} session)))
       (do
+        (prn "no user, inserting user with email hash" email (pw/hash-password email) user-type)
         (hon/insert! ds {:tname :users
                          :data {:email email
+                                :email-hash (pw/hash-password email)
                                 :type user-type}})
+        (prn "inserted user")
         (let [new-user (hon/find-one ds {:tname :users
                                          :where [:= :email email]})
+              _ (prn "retrieved new user" new-user)
               payload (dissoc new-user :password)
+              _ (prn "user without password" payload)
               session (auth/create-session payload)]
+          (prn "session" session)
+          (prn "going to send email with" (pw/hash-password email) "to" email)
           (gmail/send-email {:to email
                              :subject "Source - Verify your email"
                              :body (templates/email-verification {:email-hash (pw/hash-password email)})
                              :type :text/html})
+          (prn "sent email with" (pw/hash-password email) "to" email)
           (res/response (merge {:user payload} session)))))))
+
+(comment
+  (require '[source.db.util :as db.util])
+
+  (def ds (db.util/conn))
+  (hon/insert! ds {:tname :users
+                   :data {:email "merv@simply.co.za"
+                          :email-hash (pw/hash-password "merv@simply.co.za")
+                          :type "creator"}})
+  (hon/find-one ds {:tname :users
+                    :where [:= :email "merv@simply.co.za"]})
+  (let [new-user (hon/find-one ds {:tname :users
+                                   :where [:= :email "merv@simply.co.za"]})
+        payload (dissoc new-user :password)
+        session (auth/create-session payload)]
+    #_(gmail/send-email {:to email
+                         :subject "Source - Verify your email"
+                         :body (templates/email-verification {:email-hash (pw/hash-password email)})
+                         :type :text/html})
+    (res/response (merge {:user payload} session)))
+  ())
diff --git a/src/source/routes/user.clj b/src/source/routes/user.clj
index 173f48c..cb60f9c 100644
--- a/src/source/routes/user.clj
+++ b/src/source/routes/user.clj
@@ -74,14 +74,19 @@
                403 {:body (api/response-schema)}}}
   [{:keys [ds path-params]}]
   (let [email-hash (:hash path-params)
+        _ (prn "email hash from path params" email-hash)
         user (hon/find-one ds {:tname :users
-                               :where [:= :email-hash email-hash]})]
+                               :where [:= :email-hash email-hash]})
+        _ (prn "found user by email hash" user)]
     (if (some? user)
       (do
+        (prn "a user exists, updating user details")
         (hon/update! ds {:tname :users
                          :where [:= :id (:id user)]
                          :data {:email-verified 1
                                 :email-hash ""}})
+        (prn "user has been updated")
+        (prn "running redirect")
         (-> (conf/read-value :cors-origin)
             (str "/dashboard/onboarding")
             (res/redirect)))