diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Subscription/RecurlyWrapper.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Subscription/RecurlyWrapper.coffee
index e49cb12b39..69210cbd52 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Subscription/RecurlyWrapper.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Subscription/RecurlyWrapper.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = RecurlyWrapper =
 	apiUrl : "https://api.recurly.com/v2"
 
 	_addressToXml: (address) ->
-		allowedKeys = ['address1', 'address2', 'city', 'country', 'state', 'zip', 'postal_code']
+		allowedKeys = ['address1', 'address2', 'city', 'country', 'state', 'zip']
 		resultString = "<billing_info>\n"
 		for k, v of address
 			if v and (k in allowedKeys)
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ module.exports = RecurlyWrapper =
 						url:    "accounts/#{user._id}"
 						method: "GET"
 					}, (error, response, responseBody) ->
+						result = {userExists: true}
 						if error
+							if response.statusCode == 404  # actually not an error in this case, just no existing account
+								result.userExists = false
+								return next(null, result)
 							logger.error {error, user_id: user._id, recurly_token_id}, "error response from recurly while checking account"
 							return next(error)
-						result = {userExists: true}
-						if response.statusCode == 404
-							result.userExists = false
-							return next(null, result)
 						logger.log {user_id: user._id, recurly_token_id}, "user appears to exist in recurly"
 						RecurlyWrapper._parseAccountXml responseBody, (err, account) ->
 							if err
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/main/new-subscription.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/main/new-subscription.coffee
index 0dc2d68e52..b507690f4e 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/main/new-subscription.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/main/new-subscription.coffee
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ define [
 							address2:    $scope.data.address2
 							country:     $scope.data.country
 							state:       $scope.data.state
-							postal_code: $scope.date.postal_code
+							postal_code: $scope.data.postal_code
 							zip:         $scope.data.zip
 				$http.post("/user/subscription/create", postData)
 					.success (data, status, headers)->
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Subscription/RecurlyWrapperTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Subscription/RecurlyWrapperTests.coffee
index 143085b402..3fb5590018 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Subscription/RecurlyWrapperTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Subscription/RecurlyWrapperTests.coffee
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ describe "RecurlyWrapper", ->
 				country:  "some_country"
 				state:    "some_state"
 				zip:      "some_zip"
+				postal_code: "some_postal_code"
 				nonsenseKey: "rubbish"
 
 		it 'should generate the correct xml', () ->
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ describe "RecurlyWrapper", ->
 				<country>some_country</country>
 				<state>some_state</state>
 				<zip>some_zip</zip>
+				<postal_code>some_postal_code</postal_code>
 				</billing_info>\n
 				"""
 			)