diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c6bc817..49624ad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.9
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1
-	github.com/jordan-wright/email v4.0.1-0.20210109023952-943e75fe5223+incompatible
-	github.com/stripe/stripe-go v70.15.0+incompatible
+	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74 v74.7.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 872a20d..de5f0d4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,23 +4,26 @@ github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.9 h1:Sl3u+2BI/kk+VEatbj0scLdrFhjPmbxOc1myhDP41ws
 github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.9/go.mod h1:7ArFNvsTjH8GMMzB4uy1snslv2BwmginuMs06a1uzZE=
 github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1 h1:miw7JPhV+b/lAHSXz4qd/nN9jRiAFV5FwjeKyCS8BvQ=
 github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1/go.mod h1:ra0sb63/xPlUeL+yeDciTfxMRAA+MP+HVt/4epWDjd4=
-github.com/jordan-wright/email v4.0.1-0.20210109023952-943e75fe5223+incompatible h1:jdpOPRN1zP63Td1hDQbZW73xKmzDvZHzVdNYxhnTMDA=
-github.com/jordan-wright/email v4.0.1-0.20210109023952-943e75fe5223+incompatible/go.mod h1:1c7szIrayyPPB/987hsnvNzLushdWf4o/79s3P08L8A=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stripe/stripe-go v70.15.0+incompatible h1:hNML7M1zx8RgtepEMlxyu/FpVPrP7KZm1gPFQquJQvM=
-github.com/stripe/stripe-go v70.15.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:A1dQZmO/QypXmsL0T8axYZkSN/uA/T/A64pfKdBAMiY=
+github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74 v74.7.0 h1:KHlyslQj9YOv62b1sycQ31LFj7KlqR+seHsSowAWrjc=
+github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74 v74.7.0/go.mod h1:5PoXNp30AJ3tGq57ZcFuaMylzNi8KpwlrYAFmO1fHZw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d h1:sK3txAijHtOK88l68nt020reeT1ZdKLIYetKl95FzVY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200324143707-d3edc9973b7e/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2 h1:CIJ76btIcR3eFI5EgSo6k1qKw9KJexJuRLI9G7Hp5wE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 h1:aRYxNxv6iGQlyVaZmk6ZgYEDa+Jg18DxebPSrd6bg1M=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/persistence.go b/persistence.go
index 9e2a8f7..ce926d3 100644
--- a/persistence.go
+++ b/persistence.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func newPool() *redis.Pool {
 		// Dial is an application supplied function for creating and
 		// configuring a connection.
 		Dial: func() (redis.Conn, error) {
-                        c, err := redis.Dial("tcp", getenv("REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING", ":6379"))
+			c, err := redis.Dial("tcp", getenv("REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING", ":6379"))
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err.Error())
 			}
diff --git a/stripe.go b/stripe.go
index 5db8a65..2a37ac7 100644
--- a/stripe.go
+++ b/stripe.go
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/stripe/stripe-go"
-	"github.com/stripe/stripe-go/paymentintent"
+	"github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74"
+	"github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74/customer"
+	"github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v74/paymentintent"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -21,6 +22,33 @@ func getStripePK() string {
 	return os.Getenv("STRIPE_PK")
 }
 
+func getCustomerid(name string) string {
+	// if customer does not already exist, create it...
+	var cid = ""
+	params := &stripe.CustomerSearchParams{}
+	params.Query = *stripe.String("name:'" + name + "'")
+	customers := customer.Search(params)
+	for customers.Next() {
+		fmt.Printf("%s\n", customers.Current().(*stripe.Customer).ID)
+		cid = customers.Current().(*stripe.Customer).ID
+	}
+
+	if cid == "" {
+		// create new customer
+		paramsc := &stripe.CustomerParams{
+			Name: stripe.String(name),
+		}
+
+		customer, err := customer.New(paramsc)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Error Creating Customer: " + name)
+		}
+		cid = customer.ID
+	}
+
+	return cid
+}
+
 func getstripepaymentintentHandler(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	name := getUserName(request)
 	if name != "" {
@@ -51,7 +79,12 @@ func getstripepaymentintentHandler(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.R
 
 		stripe.Key = getStripeKey()
 
+		// if customer does not already exist, create it...
+		customerid := getCustomerid(name)
+
+		// define payment
 		params := &stripe.PaymentIntentParams{
+			Customer: stripe.String(customerid),
 			Amount:   stripe.Int64(abo_amount),
 			Currency: stripe.String(string(stripe.CurrencyCHF)),
 		}