diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
index 7da729e8..81926dac 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
@@ -2497,6 +2497,7 @@ long LoginWrenchPromoAccount( CVars in, CVars &out ){
             if ( load_db_record(y, "SELECT  firstname , lastname , middlename , status,email FROM market_import  WHERE uid::text ='%s' AND status = 1", in["promo_owner"].c_str())> 0){
                 if ( load_db_record(out, "SELECT  id FROM members   WHERE LOWER(username)  = LOWER('%s')", y["email"].c_str())> 0){
                     out["status_message"] = "INVALID_LINK";
+                    pgsql_query("UPDATE  market_import SET status = 4 WHERE uid::text = '%s' AND status = 1 ", in["promo_owner"].c_str());
                     return PHP_API_BAD_PARAM;
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/market.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/market.cc
index 8fbe36c7..842137fc 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/market.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/market.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ long WrenchPromoLoad(CVars in, CVars &out) {
             load_db_record(out, "SELECT to_char(now(), 'yyyy') AS YYYY");
 
             if ( load_db_record(out, "SELECT  firstname , lastname , middlename , status,email FROM market_import  WHERE uid::text ='%s' AND status = 1", in["promo_owner"].c_str())> 0){
-                if ( load_db_record(out, "SELECT  id FROM members   WHERE LOWER(username)  = LOWER('%s')", out["username"].c_str())> 0){
+                if ( load_db_record(out, "SELECT  id FROM members   WHERE LOWER(username)  = LOWER('%s')", out["email"].c_str())> 0){
+                  pgsql_query("UPDATE  market_import SET status = 4 WHERE uid::text = '%s' AND status = 1 ", in["promo_owner"].c_str());
                   out["status_message"] = "VALID_LINK_NOT_FOUND";
                 }
                 else