diff --git a/.changeset/seven-deer-marry.md b/.changeset/seven-deer-marry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a845151cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-deer-marry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/server/src/addie/services/feed-fetcher.ts b/server/src/addie/services/feed-fetcher.ts
index a995687248..709b02a6ed 100644
--- a/server/src/addie/services/feed-fetcher.ts
+++ b/server/src/addie/services/feed-fetcher.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function validateRssContent(content: string, contentType: string): { valid: bool
 }
 
 interface FeedItem {
-  guid?: string;
+  guid?: string | { _: string };
   link?: string;
   title?: string;
   pubDate?: string;
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ async function fetchFeed(feed: IndustryFeed): Promise<RssArticleInput[]> {
     }
 
     // Generate a stable GUID
-    const guid = item.guid || item.link;
+    // Handle RSS guids that may be objects with _ property (from XML attributes)
+    const rawGuid = item.guid;
+    const guid = typeof rawGuid === 'object' && rawGuid !== null && '_' in rawGuid
+      ? rawGuid._
+      : (rawGuid || item.link);
 
     // Parse publication date
     let publishedAt: Date | undefined;
diff --git a/server/src/db/industry-feeds-db.ts b/server/src/db/industry-feeds-db.ts
index 0ee2c4d99c..c22f15fc05 100644
--- a/server/src/db/industry-feeds-db.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/industry-feeds-db.ts
@@ -243,8 +243,14 @@ function generateSlug(title: string, guid: string): string {
     .replace(/^-|-$/g, '')
     .substring(0, 80);
 
+  // Ensure guid is a string (defensive against RSS parser quirks)
+  if (typeof guid !== 'string') {
+    logger.warn({ guid, title }, 'generateSlug received non-string guid');
+  }
+  const guidStr = String(guid || '');
+
   // Add a hash of the guid to ensure uniqueness
-  const hash = Math.abs(guid.split('').reduce((a, b) => {
+  const hash = Math.abs(guidStr.split('').reduce((a, b) => {
     a = ((a << 5) - a) + b.charCodeAt(0);
     return a & a;
   }, 0)).toString(36).substring(0, 6);
diff --git a/server/src/routes/admin/organizations.ts b/server/src/routes/admin/organizations.ts
index 8675afeb50..1200d98c8b 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/admin/organizations.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/admin/organizations.ts
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ export function setupOrganizationRoutes(
             // Add membership to the new org
             await pool.query(
               `INSERT INTO organization_memberships
-               (workos_user_id, workos_organization_id, email, first_name, last_name, role)
-               VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, 'member')
+               (workos_user_id, workos_organization_id, email, first_name, last_name)
+               VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
                ON CONFLICT (workos_user_id, workos_organization_id)
                DO UPDATE SET email = EXCLUDED.email, first_name = EXCLUDED.first_name, last_name = EXCLUDED.last_name`,
               [userId, orgId, user.email, user.first_name, user.last_name]