diff --git a/app/controllers/api/teams.php b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
index 6e6ca758c9..633a95c01e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/teams.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
@@ -463,17 +463,17 @@ Http::post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
             $name = empty($name) ? $invitee->getAttribute('name', '') : $name;
         } elseif (!empty($email)) {
             $invitee = $dbForProject->findOne('users', [Query::equal('email', [$email])]); // Get user by email address
-            if (!empty($invitee) && !empty($phone) && $invitee->getAttribute('phone', '') !== $phone) {
+            if ($invitee->isEmpty() && !empty($phone) && $invitee->getAttribute('phone', '') !== $phone) {
                 throw new Exception(Exception::USER_ALREADY_EXISTS, 'Given email and phone doesn\'t match', 409);
             }
         } elseif (!empty($phone)) {
             $invitee = $dbForProject->findOne('users', [Query::equal('phone', [$phone])]);
-            if (!empty($invitee) && !empty($email) && $invitee->getAttribute('email', '') !== $email) {
+            if ($invitee->isEmpty() && !empty($email) && $invitee->getAttribute('email', '') !== $email) {
                 throw new Exception(Exception::USER_ALREADY_EXISTS, 'Given phone and email doesn\'t match', 409);
             }
         }
 
-        if (empty($invitee)) { // Create new user if no user with same email found
+        if ($invitee->isEmpty()) { // Create new user if no user with same email found
             $limit = $project->getAttribute('auths', [])['limit'] ?? 0;
 
             if (!$isPrivilegedUser && !$isAppUser && $limit !== 0 && $project->getId() !== 'console') { // check users limit, console invites are allways allowed.
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ Http::post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
                     'memberships' => null,
                     'search' => implode(' ', [$userId, $email, $name]),
                 ])));
+
             } catch (Duplicate $th) {
                 throw new Exception(Exception::USER_ALREADY_EXISTS);
             }
@@ -572,6 +573,7 @@ Http::post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
             $dbForProject->purgeCachedDocument('users', $invitee->getId());
         } else {
             try {
+                print_r($membership);
                 $membership = $dbForProject->createDocument('memberships', $membership);
             } catch (Duplicate $th) {
                 throw new Exception(Exception::TEAM_INVITE_ALREADY_EXISTS);