diff --git a/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py b/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
index 1c9d5f0..2cc36ad 100644
--- a/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
+++ b/wp_oauth_backend/wp_oauth.py
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
     def _urlopen(self, url):
         return urlopen(url).read().decode("utf-8")
 
+    def is_valid_user_details(self, response) -> bool:
+        if not type(response) == dict: return False
+        qc_keys = ['id', 'date_joined', 'email', 'first_name', 'fullname', 'is_staff', 'is_superuser', 'last_name', 'username']
+        if all(key in response for key in qc_keys): return True
+        return False
+
+    def is_wp_oauth_response(self, response) -> bool:
+        if not type(response) == dict: return False
+        qc_keys = ['ID' 'display_name', 'user_email', 'user_login', 'user_roles']
+        if all(key in response for key in qc_keys): return True
+        return False
+
     # override Python Social Auth default end points.
     # see https://wp-oauth.com/docs/general/endpoints/
     #
@@ -135,13 +147,12 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
 
     @user_details.setter
     def user_details(self, value: dict):
-        self._user_details = value
-
-    def is_valid_user_details(self, response) -> bool:
-        if not type(response) == dict: return False
-        qc_keys = ['id', 'date_joined', 'email', 'first_name', 'fullname', 'is_staff', 'is_superuser', 'last_name', 'username']
-        if all(key in response for key in qc_keys): return True
-        return False
+        if self.is_valid_user_details(value):
+            self._user_details = value
+        else:
+            logger.error('user_details.setter: tried to pass an invalid object {value}'.format(
+                value=json.dumps(value, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+            ))
 
     # see https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/implementation.html
     # Return user details from the Wordpress user account
@@ -179,8 +190,7 @@ class StepwiseMathWPOAuth2(BaseOAuth2):
             # otherwise we pobably received the default response from the oauth provider based on 
             # the scopes 'basic' 'email' 'profile'. We'll check a few of the most important keys to see
             # if they exist.
-            qc_keys = ['ID' 'display_name', 'user_email', 'user_login', 'user_roles']
-            if not all(key in response for key in qc_keys):
+            if not self.is_wp_oauth_response(response):
                 logger.warning('get_user_details() -  response object is missing one or more required keys: {response}'.format(
                     response=json.dumps(response, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
                 ))