diff --git a/app_users/models.py b/app_users/models.py
index 4c7e716e2..9299fba47 100644
--- a/app_users/models.py
+++ b/app_users/models.py
@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ def search_stripe_customer(self) -> stripe.Customer | None:
         if not self.uid:
             return None
         if self.stripe_customer_id:
-            return stripe.Customer.retrieve(self.stripe_customer_id)
+            try:
+                return stripe.Customer.retrieve(self.stripe_customer_id)
+            except stripe.error.InvalidRequestError as e:
+                if e.http_status != 404:
+                    raise
         try:
             customer = stripe.Customer.search(
                 query=f'metadata["uid"]:"{self.uid}"'