diff --git a/models/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/models/entity/EntityID.kt b/models/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/models/entity/EntityID.kt
index 54748950..35230e1a 100644
--- a/models/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/models/entity/EntityID.kt
+++ b/models/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/models/entity/EntityID.kt
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ sealed interface Entity { val id: String }
 data class KongConsumer(
     val entityId: String,
     val username: String?,
-    val customId: String,
+    val customId: String?,
 ) : Entity {
     override val id: String
-        get() = entityId
+        get() = customId ?: username ?: entityId
 }
 
 data class MemberUUID(val value: UUID) : Entity {
diff --git a/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/domain/usecase/provenance/account/models/GetSignerRequest.kt b/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/domain/usecase/provenance/account/models/GetSignerRequest.kt
index 3d2d52da..20f8ac8b 100644
--- a/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/domain/usecase/provenance/account/models/GetSignerRequest.kt
+++ b/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/domain/usecase/provenance/account/models/GetSignerRequest.kt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import java.util.UUID
 sealed interface GetSignerRequest {
 
     companion object {
-        operator fun invoke(id: Entity, account: AccountInfo): GetSignerRequest = when (id) {
-            is KongConsumer -> GetSignerByAddressRequest(id.customId, account)
-            is MemberUUID -> GetSignerByUUIDRequest(id.value, account)
+        operator fun invoke(entity: Entity, account: AccountInfo): GetSignerRequest = when (entity) {
+            is KongConsumer -> GetSignerByAddressRequest(entity.id, account)
+            is MemberUUID -> GetSignerByUUIDRequest(entity.value, account)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/external/provenance/ProvenanceHandler.kt b/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/external/provenance/ProvenanceHandler.kt
index f8983a00..43ceb322 100644
--- a/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/external/provenance/ProvenanceHandler.kt
+++ b/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/external/provenance/ProvenanceHandler.kt
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ class ProvenanceHandler(
         )
     }.foldToServerResponse()
 
-    suspend fun checkCustody(req: ServerRequest): ServerResponse = kotlin.runCatching {
+    suspend fun checkCustody(req: ServerRequest): ServerResponse = runCatching {
         getSigner.execute(
             GetSignerRequest(
-                id = req.getEntity(),
-                account = req.awaitBodyOrNull() ?: AccountInfo()
+                entity = req.getEntity(),
+                account = req.awaitBodyOrNull() ?: AccountInfo(),
             )
         )
     }.fold(
diff --git a/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/misc/ServerRequestExt.kt b/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/misc/ServerRequestExt.kt
index 77f33eab..275a5082 100644
--- a/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/misc/ServerRequestExt.kt
+++ b/service/src/main/kotlin/io/provenance/api/frameworks/web/misc/ServerRequestExt.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server.ServerRequest
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server.awaitBodyOrNull
 import java.util.UUID
 
-private val log = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+private val log = KotlinLogging.logger("ServerRequest")
 
 val ServerRequest.ipAddress: String
     get() = headers().firstHeader("x-real-ip") ?: remoteAddress().get().address.toString()
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ suspend inline fun <reified T> ServerRequest.requireBody(): T =
 
 fun ServerRequest.getEntity(): Entity {
     try {
+        log.info { "headers: ${headers().asHttpHeaders()}" }
         return requireNotNull(getMemberUUIDOrNull() ?: getConsumerOrNull())
     } catch (exception: IllegalArgumentException) {
         log.error(exception) { "error parsing headers for entity (x-uuid and x-consumer-id)" }
@@ -37,9 +38,7 @@ private fun ServerRequest.getConsumerOrNull(): KongConsumer? {
         KongConsumer(
             entityId = id,
             username = headers().firstHeader("x-consumer-username"),
-            customId = requireNotNull(headers().firstHeader("x-consumer-custom-id")) {
-                "Custom ID for consumer (x-consumer-custom-id) missing"
-            },
+            customId = headers().firstHeader("x-consumer-custom-id"),
         )
     }
 }