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+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
+from functools import wraps
+
+
+class MonkeyPatchMiddleware(object):
+    ''' Ensures that our monkey patching only gets called after it is safe to do so.'''
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        do_monkey_patch()
+
+
+def do_monkey_patch():
+    patch_stripe_card_defaults()
+
+    # Remove this function from existence
+    global do_monkey_patch
+    do_monkey_patch = lambda: None
+
+
+def patch_stripe_card_defaults():
+    from pinax.stripe.actions import sources
+    from collections import defaultdict
+
+    old_sync_card = sources.sync_card
+
+    def sync_card(customer, source):
+        d = defaultdict(str)
+        d.update(source)
+        return old_sync_card(customer, d)
+
+    sources.sync_card = sync_card