diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/events.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/events.cljs
index f664eb36fc..b876dca79c 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/events.cljs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
             [status-im.ethereum.ens :as ens]
             [status-im.ethereum.stateofus :as stateofus]
             [status-im.native-module.core :as status]
+            [status-im2.navigation.events :as navigation]
             [status-im2.utils.validators :as validators]
             [status-im.utils.utils :as utils]))
 
@@ -109,3 +110,10 @@
   {:events [:contacts/clear-new-identity :contacts/new-chat-focus]}
   [{:keys [db]}]
   {:db (dissoc db :contacts/new-identity)})
+
+(rf/defn qr-code-scanned
+  {:events [:contacts/qr-code-scanned]}
+  [{:keys [db] :as cofx} input]
+  (rf/merge cofx
+            (set-new-identity input)
+            (navigation/navigate-back)))
diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/views.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/views.cljs
index fa8e53ee02..ddcd2ce5e8 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/add_new_contact/views.cljs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require [quo2.core :as quo]
             [react-native.core :as rn]
             [status-im.react-native.resources :as resources]
+            [status-im.qr-scanner.core :as qr-scanner]
             [status-im2.contexts.add-new-contact.style :as style]
             [utils.debounce :as debounce]
             [utils.i18n :as i18n]
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
                                    600)})]
         [quo/button
          (merge style/button-qr
-                {:on-press #(js/alert "TODO: to be implemented")})
+                {:on-press #(rf/dispatch [::qr-scanner/scan-code
+                                          {:handler :contacts/qr-code-scanned}])})
          :i/scan]]
        (when error?
          [rn/view style/container-error