diff --git a/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions b/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions
index 964e0c5bda0ea32decbcff40f21bde8d467eaa82..2f7c73751dbef159cf5699d73a67a0d40ea3f6c5 100755
--- a/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions
+++ b/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ class Customer
 
 	def notify(body)
 		jid = REDIS.get("jmp_customer_jid-#{@customer_id}")
+		raise "No JID for #{customer_id}" unless jid
 		tel = REDIS.lindex("catapult_cred-#{jid}", 3)
+		return unless tel
 		BlatherNotify.say(
 			CONFIG[:notify_using][:target].call(tel.to_s),
 			body