diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/stores/ContactsStore.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/stores/ContactsStore.qml
index 0f219aca1b..b2e017caca 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/stores/ContactsStore.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/stores/ContactsStore.qml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import utils 1.0
 QtObject {
     id: root
 
+    signal contactInfoRequestFinished(string publicKey, bool ok)
+
     readonly property QtObject _d: QtObject {
         id: d
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ QtObject {
         Component.onCompleted: {
             mainModuleInst.resolvedENS.connect(root.resolvedENS)
             contactsModuleInst.trustStatusRemoved.connect(root.trustStatusRemoved)
+            contactsModuleInst.contactInfoRequestFinished.connect(root.contactInfoRequestFinished)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/imports/shared/popups/SendContactRequestModal.qml b/ui/imports/shared/popups/SendContactRequestModal.qml
index 41c5f12014..cbdd372b68 100644
--- a/ui/imports/shared/popups/SendContactRequestModal.qml
+++ b/ui/imports/shared/popups/SendContactRequestModal.qml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import StatusQ.Core.Theme 0.1
 import StatusQ.Controls 0.1
 import StatusQ.Controls.Validators 0.1
 import StatusQ.Popups.Dialog 0.1
+import StatusQ.Core.Utils 0.1 as SQUtils
 
 import AppLayouts.stores 1.0 as AppLayoutStores
 
@@ -44,13 +45,16 @@ CommonContactDialog {
     }
 
     readonly property var _conn: Connections {
-        target: root.rootStore.contactStore.contactsModule
+        enabled: root.loadingContactDetails
+        target: root.rootStore.contactStore
 
         function onContactInfoRequestFinished(publicKey, ok) {
-            if (publicKey !== root.publicKey)
+            if (publicKey !== root.publicKey) {
                 return
-            if (ok)
-                root.contactDetails = Utils.getContactDetailsAsJson(root.publicKey, false)
+            }
+            if (ok) {
+                root.contactDetails = SQUtils.ModelUtils.getByKey(root.rootStore.contactStore.contactsModel, "pubKey", root.publicKey)
+            }
             root.loadingContactDetails = false
         }
     }