diff --git a/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py b/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py
index c92ff8f..821ac51 100644
--- a/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py
+++ b/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ def create_update_aether_person(
     # Important variables used more than once.
     person_external_id = None
     status = None
+    log.debug(cvent_contact_obj.get('customFields'))
     if custom_field_list := cvent_contact_obj.get('customFields'): # List
         for custom_field in custom_field_list:
             # Get the External ID created by OSIT
@@ -485,6 +486,11 @@ def create_update_aether_person(
             if custom_field.get('id') == 'e4e51781-e1ec-4f61-8329-b5d29bec6886':
                 # person_data['external_id'] = custom_field.get('value')[0]
                 status = custom_field.get('value')[0].lower()
+                log.debug(f'Cvent Customer Custom Status: {status}')
+    if status: pass
+    else: status = 'unknown' # Will try to improve this guess in membership section below
+    log.debug(status)
+
     email = cvent_contact_obj.get('email')
     membership_person_id = None
     membership_person_type_id = None
@@ -626,6 +632,17 @@ def create_update_aether_person(
         membership_person_type_data['last_end_on'] = datetime.datetime.strptime(cvent_contact_obj.get('membership').get('expiration'), '%Y-%m-%d')
 
         current_datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
+        log.debug(status)
+        if status == 'unknown':
+            log.info('Status is unknown. Going to try and make a guess...')
+            if membership_person_type_data['first_start_on'] < current_datetime and membership_person_type_data['end_on'] >= current_datetime:
+                person_data['status'] = 'approved' # approved and current
+            elif membership_person_type_data['first_start_on'] < current_datetime and membership_person_type_data['end_on'] < current_datetime:
+                person_data['status'] = 'approved' # approved but expired
+            else:
+                person_data['status'] = 'pending' # likely new?
+        log.debug(person_data['status'])
+
         if membership_person_type_data['end_on'] >= current_datetime:
             membership_person_type_data['lu_membership_type_status_id'] = 5 # 5 = active;  expiration is > now
         else:
diff --git a/app/routers/c_idaa.py b/app/routers/c_idaa.py
index df47837..2754b59 100644
--- a/app/routers/c_idaa.py
+++ b/app/routers/c_idaa.py
@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@ async def refresh_membership_status(
     log.setLevel(logging.INFO) # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, EXCEPTION, CRITICAL
     log.debug(locals())
 
+    # sql = f"""
+    #     UPDATE user
+    #     INNER JOIN person ON user.id = person.user_id
+    #     INNER JOIN membership_person ON person.id = membership_person.person_id
+    #     SET user.email_verified = 1, user.enable = 1, user.enable_from = membership_person.start_on, user.enable_to = membership_person.end_on, user.verified = 1, user.group = 'pending_member'
+    #     WHERE user.account_id = 13 AND membership_person.end_on >= NOW()
+    #         AND (person.external_sys_id IS NULL OR person.external_sys_id = '');
+    #     """
     sql = f"""
         UPDATE user
         INNER JOIN person ON user.id = person.user_id
         INNER JOIN membership_person ON person.id = membership_person.person_id
         SET user.email_verified = 1, user.enable = 1, user.enable_from = membership_person.start_on, user.enable_to = membership_person.end_on, user.verified = 1, user.group = 'pending_member'
         WHERE user.account_id = 13 AND membership_person.end_on >= NOW()
-            AND (person.external_sys_id IS NULL OR person.external_sys_id = '');
+            AND person.status = 'pending';
         """
     if user_update_result := sql_update(sql=sql):
         # Pull out IDs of existing person record
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ async def refresh_membership_status(
         INNER JOIN membership_person ON person.id = membership_person.person_id
         SET user.email_verified = 1, user.enable = 1, user.enable_from = membership_person.start_on, user.enable_to = membership_person.end_on, user.verified = 1, user.group = 'current_member'
         WHERE user.account_id = 13 AND membership_person.end_on >= NOW()
-            AND (person.external_sys_id IS NOT NULL AND person.external_sys_id != '');
+            AND (person.status IS NULL OR person.status = 'approved');
         """
     if user_update_result := sql_update(sql=sql):
         # Pull out IDs of existing person record