Okay, so then how about this:

```javascript
return res.json({
  error: err,
  persona: {
    status: "okay",
    email: email
  },
  webmaker: {
    exists: false
    // , user: null
  }
```

There are two problems: 
1) I'm trying to establish a pattern, where API returns contain an "error" key relating the call itself and secondary keys for the data from the call.

2) All of these keys are expected at this point.  I think my snippet here is a better way to do it, but it will force a cascade of fixes for any code expecting this stuff.

For the record, this is what has always been being returned.