diff --git a/invenio_remote_user_data/cli.py b/invenio_remote_user_data/cli.py
index 99e65b2..19bc985 100644
--- a/invenio_remote_user_data/cli.py
+++ b/invenio_remote_user_data/cli.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def update_user_data(
     )
     counter = 0
     successes = []
+    unchanged = []
     failures = []
     not_found_remote = []
     not_found_local = []
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def update_user_data(
             for j in range(int(start), int(end) + 1):
                 expanded_ids.append(j)
         else:
-            expanded_ids.append(int(i))
+            expanded_ids.append(i)
     ids = expanded_ids
 
     # eliminate duplicates
@@ -132,12 +133,12 @@ def update_user_data(
                     ).one_or_none()
                 else:
                     user_ident = UserIdentity.query.filter_by(
-                        id_user=i, method=source
+                        id_user=int(i), method=source
                     ).one_or_none()
                 if not user_ident:
                     print(f"No remote registration found for {i}")
                     not_found_local.append(i)
-                    break
+                    continue
 
                 update_result = user_data_service.update_user_from_remote(
                     system_identity, user_ident.id_user, source, user_ident.id
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ def update_user_data(
             if not user_ident:
                 print(f"No remote registration found for {u.id}")
                 not_found_local.append(i)
-                break
+                continue
 
             try:
                 update_result = user_data_service.update_user_from_remote(
@@ -171,6 +172,12 @@ def update_user_data(
                 elif update_result[1].get("error", "") == "invalid_response":
                     print(f"Invalid response updating {u.id}")
                     invalid_responses.append(u.id)
+                elif (
+                    len(update_result[1].keys()) == 0
+                    and len(update_result[2]) == 0
+                ) and "error" not in update_result[1].keys():
+                    print(f"No new data on remote server for {u.id}")
+                    unchanged.append(u.id)
                 elif update_result:
                     print(f"Updated user {u.id}")
                     pprint(update_result)
@@ -179,6 +186,12 @@ def update_user_data(
                 print(f"Failed to update {u.id}")
                 failures.append(u.id)
     print(f"All done updating {counter} {'users' if not groups else 'groups'}")
+    if len(successes):
+        print(f"Successfully updated {len(successes)} records.")
+    if len(unchanged):
+        print(
+            f"No updates necessary for {len(unchanged)} records: {unchanged}"
+        )
     if len(not_found_local):
         print(
             f"No remote registration found in Invenio for "
diff --git a/invenio_remote_user_data/service.py b/invenio_remote_user_data/service.py
index 049c01a..23a9793 100644
--- a/invenio_remote_user_data/service.py
+++ b/invenio_remote_user_data/service.py
@@ -585,13 +585,21 @@ def compare_remote_with_local(
                    group memberships.
         """
         initial_user_data = {
-            "user_profile": user.user_profile,
             "username": user.username,
             "preferences": user.preferences,
             "roles": user.roles,
             "email": user.email,
             "active": user.active,
         }
+        try:
+            initial_user_data["user_profile"] = user.user_profile
+        except ValueError:
+            self.logger.error(
+                f"Error fetching initial user profile data for user {user.id}. "
+                f"Some data in db was invalid. Starting fresh with incoming "
+                "data."
+            )
+
         new_data: dict = {"active": True}
 
         local_groups = [r.name for r in user.roles]
@@ -630,7 +638,7 @@ def compare_remote_with_local(
                         for r in local_groups
                         if r not in group_changes["dropped_groups"]
                     ]
-            new_data["user_profile"] = user.user_profile
+            new_data["user_profile"] = initial_user_data["user_profile"]
             self.logger.debug(f"users data: {pformat(users)}")
             new_data["user_profile"].update(
                 {