diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a19de44..99f294b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "SignalCliAPi"
-version = "0.5.10.5"
+version = "0.5.10.6"
 authors = [
         { name="Peter Nearing", email="me@peternearing.ca" }
 ]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f7484f5..f0e93ea 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = SignalCliApi
-version = 0.5.10.5
+version = 0.5.10.6
 author = Peter Nearing
 author_email = me@peternearing.ca
 description = A python interface to the signal-cli found at https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli
diff --git a/src/signal_cli_api/__init__.py b/src/signal_cli_api/__init__.py
index 55a978f..3d7cfe8 100644
--- a/src/signal_cli_api/__init__.py
+++ b/src/signal_cli_api/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     File: __init__.py
     Description: A python3 interface to signal-cli.
 """
-__version__: str = '0.5.10.5'
+__version__: str = '0.5.10.6'
 __author__: str = 'Peter Nearing'
 __email__: str = 'me@peternearing.ca'
 
diff --git a/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contact.py b/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contact.py
index c41847d..6b9c03e 100644
--- a/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contact.py
+++ b/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contact.py
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Self) -> bool:
             if self.uuid == other.uuid or self.number == other.number:
                 self.__update__(other)
                 return True
-        # if super().__eq__(other):
-        #     self.__update__(other)
-        #     return True
+        if super().__eq__(other):
+            self.__update__(other)
+            return True
         return False
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
diff --git a/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py b/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py
index 4317891..6dc7b79 100644
--- a/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py
+++ b/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py
@@ -123,9 +123,20 @@ def __init__(self,
         else:
             logger.debug("self-contact found, ensuring name is '%s'", SELF_CONTACT_NAME)
             self_contact.set_name(SELF_CONTACT_NAME)
+        # Merge duplicate contacts:
+        self.__drop_duplicates__()
         self.__save__()
         logger.info("Initialization complete.")
 
+    def __drop_duplicates__(self):
+        orig_contacts = self._contacts.copy()
+        for orig_contact in orig_contacts:
+            for contact in orig_contacts:
+                if contact == orig_contact:
+                    self._contacts.remove(contact)
+
+
+
     ##########################
     # Overrides:
     ##########################