diff --git a/rowers/tasks.py b/rowers/tasks.py
index eb68297f..b69a44c7 100644
--- a/rowers/tasks.py
+++ b/rowers/tasks.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def handle_sendemail_invite(email,name,code,teamname,manager):
     message += 'https://rowsandall.com/rowers/me/invitation/'+code+' \n\n'
 
     message += 'You can also manually accept your team membership with the code.\n'
-    message += 'You will need to do this if you registered under a differnt email address than this one.\n'
+    message += 'You will need to do this if you registered under a different email address than this one.\n'
     message += 'Code: '+code+'\n'
     message += 'Link to manually accept your team membership: '
     message += 'https://rowsandall.com/rowers/me/invitation\n\n'
diff --git a/rowers/teams.py b/rowers/teams.py
index 6c3eef22..8531e037 100644
--- a/rowers/teams.py
+++ b/rowers/teams.py
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ def create_invite(team,manager,user=None,email=''):
             return (0,'Already member of that team')
     elif email==None or email=='':
         return (0,'Invalid request - missing email or user')
+    else:
+        try:
+            r2 = Rower.objects.get(user__email=email)
+            user = User.objects.get(rower=r2)
+        except Rower.DoesNotExist:
+            user=None
             
     if count_club_members(team.manager)+count_invites(team.manager) < r.clubsize:
         codes = [i.code for i in TeamInvite.objects.all()]
@@ -242,7 +248,11 @@ def reject_invitation(user,id):
 
 
 def send_invite_email(id):
-    invitation = TeamInvite.objects.get(id=id)
+    try:
+        invitation = TeamInvite.objects.get(id=id)
+    except TeamInvite.DoesNotExist:
+        return (0,'Invitation doesn not exist')
+        
     if invitation.user:
         email = invitation.user.email
         name = invitation.user.first_name + " " + invitation.user.last_name