diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99f294b..cb999dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "SignalCliAPi"
-version = "0.5.10.6"
+version = "0.5.10.7"
 authors = [
         { name="Peter Nearing", email="me@peternearing.ca" }
 ]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f0e93ea..d069fa4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = SignalCliApi
-version = 0.5.10.6
+version = 0.5.10.7
 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 3d7cfe8..693728b 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 = '0.5.10.6'
+__version__: str = '0.5.10.7'
 __author__: str = 'Peter Nearing'
 __email__: str = 'me@peternearing.ca'
 
diff --git a/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py b/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py
index 6dc7b79..7a042af 100644
--- a/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py
+++ b/src/signal_cli_api/signal_contacts.py
@@ -131,9 +131,12 @@ def __init__(self,
     def __drop_duplicates__(self):
         orig_contacts = self._contacts.copy()
         for orig_contact in orig_contacts:
-            for contact in orig_contacts:
+            for contact in self._contacts.copy():
                 if contact == orig_contact:
-                    self._contacts.remove(contact)
+                    try:
+                        self._contacts.remove(contact)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        pass