diff --git a/app/Services/Model/SpeakerService.php b/app/Services/Model/SpeakerService.php
index cbbd50eb..72d4bbfc 100644
--- a/app/Services/Model/SpeakerService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Model/SpeakerService.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use App\Models\Foundation\Summit\Speakers\SpeakerEditPermissionRequest;
 use App\Services\Model\AbstractService;
 use App\Services\Model\IFolderService;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
 use libs\utils\ITransactionService;
 use models\exceptions\EntityNotFoundException;
@@ -210,8 +211,14 @@ final class SpeakerService
             }
 
             if ($member_id == 0 && !empty($emai)) {
+                Log::debug(sprintf("SpeakerService::addSpeaker: member id is zero email is %s", $emai));
                 $member = $this->member_repository->getByEmail($email);
+                if (!is_null($member)) {
+                    Log::debug(sprintf("SpeakerService::addSpeaker: member %s found, setting it to speaker", $emai));
+                    $speaker->setMember($member);
+                }
                 if (is_null($member)) {
+                    Log::debug(sprintf("SpeakerService::addSpeaker: member %s not found", $emai));
                     $existent_speaker = $this->speaker_repository->getByMember($member);
                     if (!is_null($existent_speaker))
                         throw new ValidationException
@@ -223,11 +230,6 @@ final class SpeakerService
                                 ])
 
                         );
-                    $speaker->setMember($member);
-
-                }
-
-                if(!$speaker->hasMember()){
                     $this->registerSpeaker($speaker, $email);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/app/Services/Model/SummitTrackTagGroupService.php b/app/Services/Model/SummitTrackTagGroupService.php
index 4779ba4d..1c4e0534 100644
--- a/app/Services/Model/SummitTrackTagGroupService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Model/SummitTrackTagGroupService.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use App\Models\Foundation\Summit\Factories\TrackTagGroupFactory;
 use App\Models\Foundation\Summit\Repositories\IDefaultTrackTagGroupRepository;
 use App\Models\Foundation\Summit\TrackTagGroup;
 use App\Models\Foundation\Summit\TrackTagGroupAllowedTag;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use libs\utils\ITransactionService;
 use models\exceptions\EntityNotFoundException;
 use models\exceptions\ValidationException;
@@ -165,9 +166,13 @@ implements ISummitTrackTagGroupService
             if (isset($data['allowed_tags'])) {
                 $track_tag_group->clearAllowedTags();
                 foreach ($data['allowed_tags'] as $str_tag) {
+                    Log::debug("updating allowed tags for track group");
+                    Log::debug(sprintf("trying to get tag %s ...", $str_tag));
                     $tag = $this->tag_repository->getByTag($str_tag);
-                    if(is_null($tag))
+                    if(is_null($tag)) {
+                        Log::debug(sprintf("creating tag %s ...", $str_tag));
                         $tag = new Tag(trim($str_tag));
+                    }
                     $track_tag_group->addTag($tag);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/OAuth2TrackTagGroupsApiTest.php b/tests/OAuth2TrackTagGroupsApiTest.php
index b18edda9..91866cb5 100644
--- a/tests/OAuth2TrackTagGroupsApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/OAuth2TrackTagGroupsApiTest.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ final class OAuth2TrackTagGroupsApiTest extends ProtectedApiTest
         //$new_track_tag_group = $this->testAddTrackTagGroup($summit_id);
         $params = [
             'id' => $summit_id,
-            'track_tag_group_id' => 26,
+            'track_tag_group_id' => 25,
             'expand' => 'allowed_tags,tag'
         ];
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ final class OAuth2TrackTagGroupsApiTest extends ProtectedApiTest
             'name'           => $name,
             'label'         => $label,
             'order'  => 1,
-            'allowed_tags' => ['101','Case Study', 'Demo', 'Demo2'],
+            'allowed_tags' => ['Symantec','Platinum Member', 'Marketplace', 'Enterprise', 'Tag Loco'],
         ];
 
         $headers = [