diff --git a/internal/api/handler/user.go b/internal/api/handler/user.go
index f281090..d3be142 100644
--- a/internal/api/handler/user.go
+++ b/internal/api/handler/user.go
@@ -61,11 +61,23 @@ func (h *UserHandler) CreateUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	err = h.InviteService.ConsumeInvite(ctx, invite.ID, user.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to consume invite", slog.Any("error", err))
-		// TODO: As long as this is not executed within a transaction, the user will still be created,
-		//		 so we can actually return the success JSON
+
+		// TODO: This should be a transaction rollback, once we have db transactions in the handler
+		err = h.UserService.DeleteUser(ctx, user.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to delete user again",
+				slog.Any("error", err),
+				slog.String("user_id", user.ID),
+			)
+		}
+		response.Error(ctx, w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "failed to consume invite")
+		return
 	}
 
-	slog.InfoContext(ctx, "created user successfully", slog.Any("user_id", user.ID))
+	slog.InfoContext(ctx, "created user successfully",
+		slog.String("user_id", user.ID),
+		slog.String("invite_id", invite.ID),
+	)
 	response.JSON(ctx, w, http.StatusCreated, user)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/domain/user.go b/internal/domain/user.go
index d61d871..852a565 100644
--- a/internal/domain/user.go
+++ b/internal/domain/user.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type User struct {
 
 type UserRepository interface {
 	CreateUser(ctx context.Context, email string, name string, passwordHash string) (*User, error)
+	DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) error
 	ChangePassword(ctx context.Context, userID string, passwordHash string) error
 	GetUserByEmail(ctx context.Context, email string) (*User, error)
 }
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ func (s *UserService) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, email string, name string,
 	return s.repo.CreateUser(ctx, email, name, string(hash))
 }
 
+func (s *UserService) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) error {
+	if len(userID) == 0 {
+		return ErrUserIDMissing
+	}
+
+	return s.repo.DeleteUser(ctx, userID)
+}
+
 func (s *UserService) ChangePassword(ctx context.Context, userID string, password string) error {
 	if len(userID) == 0 {
 		return ErrUserIDMissing
diff --git a/internal/repository/user.go b/internal/repository/user.go
index eff6efe..e385fb1 100644
--- a/internal/repository/user.go
+++ b/internal/repository/user.go
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ func (r *UserRepo) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, email string, name string, pa
 	return user, nil
 }
 
+func (r *UserRepo) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) error {
+	_, err := r.db.ExecContext(ctx,
+		"DELETE FROM users WHERE id = $1",
+		userID,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete user: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r *UserRepo) ChangePassword(ctx context.Context, userID string, passwordHash string) error {
 	_, err := r.db.ExecContext(ctx,
 		"UPDATE users SET password_hash = $1 WHERE id = $2",