diff --git a/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/user-welcome-msg.pb.js b/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/user-welcome-msg.pb.js
index 14421f5c..47b86de2 100644
--- a/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/user-welcome-msg.pb.js
+++ b/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/user-welcome-msg.pb.js
@@ -4,22 +4,28 @@ onModelBeforeUpdate((e) => {
   const newModel = /** @type {models.Record} */ (e.model)
   const oldModel = newModel.originalCopy()
 
-  const { mkLog, enqueueNotification } = /** @type {Lib} */ (
+  const { audit, mkLog, enqueueNotification } = /** @type {Lib} */ (
     require(`${__hooks}/lib.js`)
   )
 
   const log = mkLog(`user-welcome-msg`)
+  try {
+    log({ newModel, oldModel })
 
-  // Bail out if we aren't verified
-  const isVerified = newModel.getBool('verified')
-  if (!isVerified) return
+    // Bail out if we aren't verified
+    const isVerified = newModel.getBool('verified')
+    if (!isVerified) return
 
-  // Bail out if the verified mode flag has not changed
-  if (isVerified === oldModel.getBool(`verified`)) return
+    // Bail out if the verified mode flag has not changed
+    if (isVerified === oldModel.getBool(`verified`)) return
 
-  log(`user just became verified`)
-  const uid = newModel.getId()
+    log(`user just became verified`)
+    const uid = newModel.getId()
 
-  enqueueNotification(`email`, `welcome`, uid)
-  newModel.set(`welcome`, new DateTime())
+    enqueueNotification(`email`, `welcome`, uid)
+    newModel.set(`welcome`, new DateTime())
+  } catch (e) {
+    audit(`ERROR`, `${e}`)
+    throw e
+  }
 }, 'users')
diff --git a/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/types/lib.d.ts b/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/types/lib.d.ts
index f00c7bf0..d27330bc 100644
--- a/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/types/lib.d.ts
+++ b/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/types/lib.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type Logger = (...args: any[]) => void
 type StringKvLookup = { [_: string]: string }
 
 type AuditEvents =
+  | 'ERROR'
   | 'NOTIFICATION_ERR'
   | 'LS'
   | 'LS_ERR'
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ interface Lib {
   mkLog: (namespace: string) => Logger
   processNotification: (
     notificationRec: models.Record,
-    context: { log: Logger; test: boolean },
+    context: { log: Logger; test?: boolean },
   ) => void
   enqueueNotification: (
     channel: 'email' | 'lemonbot',