diff --git a/account/src/index.ts b/account/src/index.ts
index 0e67a94..4ca5eeb 100644
--- a/account/src/index.ts
+++ b/account/src/index.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ app.use(cors({
     // origin: "*",
     origin: inProd ? /\.lingdocs\.com$/ : "*",
     credentials: true,
-    methods: ["GET","HEAD","PUT","POST","DELETE"],
 }));
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
     // res.append('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', ['*']);
-    res.append('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,HEAD,PUT,POST,DELETE');
-    res.append("test-header", "cool");
+    res.append('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,HEAD,PUT,POST,DELETE,OPTIONS');
     next();
 });
 if (inProd) app.set('trust proxy', 1);
diff --git a/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts b/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
index 47d97ff..3d31384 100644
--- a/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
+++ b/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,18 @@ export async function getAllLingdocsUsers(): Promise<T.LingdocsUser[]> {
 }
 
 export async function insertLingdocsUser(user: T.LingdocsUser): Promise<T.LingdocsUser> {
-  const res = await usersDb.insert(user);
-  const newUser = processAPIResponse(user, res);
-  if (!newUser) {
+  try {
+    const res = await usersDb.insert(user);
+    const newUser = processAPIResponse(user, res);
+    if (!newUser) {
+      throw new Error("error inserting user");
+    }
+    return newUser;
+  } catch(e) {
+    console.log("ERROR on insertLingdocsUser", user);
+    console.log(e);
     throw new Error("error inserting user");
   }
-  return newUser;
 }
 
 export async function deleteLingdocsUser(uuid: T.UUID): Promise<void> {
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ export async function updateLingdocsUser(uuid: T.UUID, toUpdate:
 ): Promise<T.LingdocsUser> {
   const user = await getLingdocsUser("userId", uuid);
   if (!user) throw new Error("unable to update - user not found " + uuid);
-  // console.log("inUpdateLingdocsUser", toUpdate);
+  console.log("inUpdateLingdocsUser", toUpdate);
   if ("tests" in toUpdate) {
     return await insertLingdocsUser({
       ...user,