diff --git a/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts b/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
index 7b18f4f..4c53e66 100644
--- a/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
+++ b/account/src/lib/couch-db.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,14 @@ export async function createWordlistDatabase(uuid: T.UUID): Promise<{ name: T.Wo
 
 export async function deleteWordlistDatabase(uuid: T.UUID): Promise<void> {
   const name = getWordlistDbName(uuid);
-  await nano.db.destroy(name);
+  try {
+    await nano.db.destroy(name);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // allow the error to pass if we're just trying to delete a database that never existed
+    if (e.message !== "Database does not exist.") {
+      throw new Error("error deleting database");
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function generateWordlistDbPassword(): T.UserDbPassword {
diff --git a/account/src/routers/api-router.ts b/account/src/routers/api-router.ts
index 33dad97..f4a4d9a 100644
--- a/account/src/routers/api-router.ts
+++ b/account/src/routers/api-router.ts
@@ -135,10 +135,11 @@ apiRouter.put("/user/upgrade", async (req, res, next) => {
 apiRouter.delete("/user", async (req, res, next) => {
     try {
         if (!req.user) throw new Error("user not found");
-        const dUser = deleteLingdocsUser(req.user.userId);
-        const dDb = deleteWordlistDatabase(req.user.userId);
-        await Promise.all([dUser, dDb]);
-        sendResponse(res, { ok: true, message: "user delted" });
+        await Promise.all([
+            deleteWordlistDatabase(req.user.userId),
+            deleteLingdocsUser(req.user.userId),
+        ]);
+        sendResponse(res, { ok: true, message: "user deleted" });
     } catch (e) {
         next(e);
     }
diff --git a/account/src/routers/auth-router.ts b/account/src/routers/auth-router.ts
index 71de81b..d5a8712 100644
--- a/account/src/routers/auth-router.ts
+++ b/account/src/routers/auth-router.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ const authRouter = (passport: PassportStatic) => {
   router.post("/register", async (req, res, next) => {
     try {
       const { email, password, name } = req.body;
-      console.log(email, password, name);
       const existingUser = await getLingdocsUser("email", email);
       if (existingUser) return res.send("User Already Exists");
       const user = await createNewUser({ strategy: "local", email, passwordPlainText: password, name });
diff --git a/website/src/lib/backend-calls.ts b/website/src/lib/backend-calls.ts
index ce2ebd7..2b19b46 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/backend-calls.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/backend-calls.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ async function accountApiFetch(url: string, method: "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DE
             body: JSON.stringify(body),
         } : {},
     });
-    const raw = await response.text();
-    console.log("api response:", raw);
-    return JSON.parse(raw) as AT.APIResponse;
+    return await response.json() as AT.APIResponse;
 }
 
 export async function publishDictionary(): Promise<FT.PublishDictionaryResponse> {