diff --git a/src/authentic2_gnm/management/commands/sync-cut.py b/src/authentic2_gnm/management/commands/sync-cut.py
index d1095ff..247f308 100644
--- a/src/authentic2_gnm/management/commands/sync-cut.py
+++ b/src/authentic2_gnm/management/commands/sync-cut.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import requests
 import sys
 
+import django.db
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         User = get_user_model()
         OU = get_ou_model()
 
+        verbose = int(options['verbosity']) > 0
+
         cut_agents = OIDCProvider.objects.get(name='cut-agents')
 
         ou_mapping = settings.CUT_GNM_OU_MAPPING
@@ -47,13 +50,18 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     # fallback to getting the user from its (email, ou)
                     try:
                         user = User.objects.get(email=cut_user_data['email'], ou=ou_gnm)
+                    except User.MultipleObjectsReturned:
+                        if verbose:
+                            print 'bad duplicated email', cut_user_data['email']
+                        continue
                     except User.DoesNotExist:
                         # uuid?
                         try:
                             user = User.objects.get(uuid=cut_user_data['sub'])
                         except User.DoesNotExist:
                             # at last, create new user
-                            print 'creating', cut_user_data['email']
+                            if verbose:
+                                print 'creating', cut_user_data['email']
                             user = User()
 
                 if (user.uuid != cut_user_data['sub'] or
@@ -61,6 +69,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                         user.email != cut_user_data['email'] or
                         user.first_name != cut_user_data['first_name'] or
                         user.last_name != cut_user_data['last_name']):
+                    if verbose:
+                        print 'updating', user.email, '->', ou_gnm
                     # only touch user if there are changes
                     user.uuid = cut_user_data['sub']
                     user.ou = ou_gnm
@@ -69,4 +79,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     user.last_name = cut_user_data['last_name']
                     user.save()
 
-                OIDCAccount.objects.get_or_create(provider=cut_agents, user=user, sub=cut_user_data['sub'])
+                try:
+                    OIDCAccount.objects.get_or_create(provider=cut_agents, user=user, sub=cut_user_data['sub'])
+                except django.db.utils.IntegrityError:
+                    if verbose:
+                        print 'oops duplicated email?', cut_user_data['email']