diff --git a/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py b/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py
index 821ac51..b8a9ae7 100644
--- a/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py
+++ b/app/methods/e_cvent_methods.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def create_update_aether_person(
         cvent_contact_obj: dict,
         account_id: str,
         person_id: str=None,
-        log_lvl: int = logging.INFO, # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, EXCEPTION, CRITICAL
+        log_lvl: int = logging.DEBUG, # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, EXCEPTION, CRITICAL
         ):
     log.setLevel(log_lvl)
 
diff --git a/app/routers/c_idaa.py b/app/routers/c_idaa.py
index 2754b59..bc3f3d9 100644
--- a/app/routers/c_idaa.py
+++ b/app/routers/c_idaa.py
@@ -100,12 +100,19 @@ async def refresh_membership_status(
         log.warning(f'The SQL UPDATE of user table records failed for not members')
 
 
+    # sql = f"""
+    #     UPDATE person
+    #     INNER JOIN membership_person ON person.id = membership_person.person_id
+    #     SET person.enable = 1, person.group = 'pending_member'
+    #     WHERE person.account_id = 13 AND membership_person.end_on >= NOW()
+    #         AND (person.external_sys_id IS NULL OR person.external_sys_id = '');
+    #     """
     sql = f"""
         UPDATE person
         INNER JOIN membership_person ON person.id = membership_person.person_id
         SET person.enable = 1, person.group = 'pending_member'
         WHERE person.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 person_update_result := sql_update(sql=sql):
         # Pull out IDs of existing person record
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ async def refresh_membership_status(
         INNER JOIN membership_person ON person.id = membership_person.person_id
         SET person.enable = 1, person.group = 'current_member'
         WHERE person.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 person_update_result := sql_update(sql=sql):
         # Pull out IDs of existing person record