diff --git a/.gdb_history b/.gdb_history
index 06f6849..4846c14 100644
--- a/.gdb_history
+++ b/.gdb_history
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ r
 s
 n
 q
+b FileSystem::readContactsOldFormat
+r
+n
+c
+q
diff --git a/peda-session-SilentDragonLite.txt b/peda-session-SilentDragonLite.txt
index 6f620bf..12c5dfb 100644
--- a/peda-session-SilentDragonLite.txt
+++ b/peda-session-SilentDragonLite.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-break FileEncryption::encrypt
+break FileSystem::readContactsOldFormat
 
diff --git a/src/FileSystem/FileSystem.cpp b/src/FileSystem/FileSystem.cpp
index 07d476c..f7d37be 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/src/FileSystem/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void FileSystem::writeContactsOldFormat(QString file, QList<ContactItem> contact
         c.push_back(item.getAvatar());
         _contacts.push_back(c);
     }
-    out << QString("v1") << _contacts;
+    out << QString("v2") << _contacts;
     _file.close();
 }
 
@@ -96,35 +96,68 @@ QList<ContactItem> FileSystem::readContactsOldFormat(QString file)
         contacts.clear();
         _file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
         QDataStream in(&_file);    // read the data serialized from the file
-        QString version;
-        in >> version;
-        qDebug() << "Read " << version << " Hush contacts from disk...";
-        qDebug() << "Detected old addressbook format";
         if(in.status() == QDataStream::ReadCorruptData)
         {
-           qDebug() << "Error reading contacts! ---> Your hush contacts from disk maybe corrupted";
-           QFile::rename(file, file +  QString(".corrupted"));
-           QMessageBox::critical(
-                nullptr, 
-                QObject::tr("Error reading contacts!"), 
-                QObject::tr("Your hush contacts from disk maybe corrupted"), 
-                QMessageBox::Ok
-            );
+            qDebug() << "Error reading contacts! ---> Your hush contacts from disk maybe corrupted";
+            QFile::rename(file, file +  QString(".corrupted"));
+            QMessageBox::critical(
+                    nullptr, 
+                    QObject::tr("Error reading contacts!"), 
+                    QObject::tr("Your hush contacts from disk maybe corrupted"), 
+                    QMessageBox::Ok
+                );
         }
-        else
+        else    
         {
-            qDebug() << "Read " << version << " Hush contacts from disk...";
-            QList<QList<QString>> stuff;
-            in >> stuff;
-            for (int i=0; i < stuff.size(); i++) 
+            QString version;
+            in >> version;
+            if(version == "v1")
             {
-                ContactItem contact = ContactItem(stuff[i][0],stuff[i][1], stuff[i][2], stuff[i][3],stuff[i][4]);
-                contacts.push_back(contact);
+                qDebug() << "Detected old addressbook format";
+                // Convert old addressbook format v1 to v2
+                QList<QPair<QString,QString>> stuff;
+                in >> stuff;
+                qDebug() << "Stuff: " << stuff;
+                for (int i=0; i < stuff.size(); i++) 
+                {
+                    ContactItem contact = ContactItem(stuff[i].first, stuff[i].second);
+                    contacts.push_back(contact);
+                    qDebug() << "contact=" << contact.toQTString();
+                }
+                
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                qDebug() << "Read " << version << " Hush contacts from disk...";
+                QList<QList<QString>> stuff;
+                in >> stuff;
+                qDebug() << "Dataarray size: " << stuff.size();
+                if(stuff.size() == 0)
+                    return contacts;
+
+                for (int i= 0; i < stuff.size(); i++) 
+                {
+                    qDebug() << stuff[i].size();
+                    ContactItem contact;
+                    if(stuff[i].size() == 4)
+                    {
+                        contact = ContactItem(stuff[i][0],stuff[i][1], stuff[i][2], stuff[i][3]);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        contact = ContactItem(stuff[i][0],stuff[i][1], stuff[i][2], stuff[i][3],stuff[i][4]);
+                    }
+                    
+                    qDebug() << contact.toQTString();
+                    contacts.push_back(contact);
+                }
+
+                
             }
 
             qDebug() << "Hush contacts readed from disk...";
         }
-        
+            
         _file.close();
     }
     else
diff --git a/src/Model/ContactItem.cpp b/src/Model/ContactItem.cpp
index d2321bd..589ca9f 100644
--- a/src/Model/ContactItem.cpp
+++ b/src/Model/ContactItem.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
 
 ContactItem::ContactItem() {}
 
+ContactItem::ContactItem(QString name, QString partnerAddress)
+{
+    _name = name;
+    _partnerAddress = partnerAddress;
+}
+
+ContactItem::ContactItem(QString name, QString partnerAddress, QString myAddress, QString cid)
+{
+    _name = name;
+    _myAddress = myAddress;
+    _partnerAddress = partnerAddress;
+    _cid = cid;
+}
+
 ContactItem::ContactItem(QString name, QString partnerAddress, QString myAddress, QString cid, QString avatar)
 {
     _name = name;
diff --git a/src/Model/ContactItem.h b/src/Model/ContactItem.h
index 7eda17d..edb512d 100644
--- a/src/Model/ContactItem.h
+++ b/src/Model/ContactItem.h
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ using json = nlohmann::json;
 class ContactItem
 {
 private:
-    QString _myAddress;
-    QString _partnerAddress;
-    QString _name;
-    QString _cid;
-    QString _avatar;
+    QString _myAddress = "";
+    QString _partnerAddress = "";
+    QString _name = "";
+    QString _cid = "";
+    QString _avatar = ":/icons/res/sdlogo.png";
     
 public:
     ContactItem();
+    ContactItem(QString name, QString partnerAddress);
+    ContactItem(QString name, QString partnerAddress, QString myAddress, QString cid);
     ContactItem(QString name, QString partnerAddress, QString myAddress, QString cid, QString avatar);
     QString getName() const;
     QString getMyAddress() const;
diff --git a/src/addressbook.cpp b/src/addressbook.cpp
index 808ca40..6d7f913 100644
--- a/src/addressbook.cpp
+++ b/src/addressbook.cpp
@@ -417,12 +417,7 @@ void AddressBook::readFromStorage()
     allLabels = FileSystem::getInstance()->readContacts(AddressBook::writeableFile());
 
     // test to see if the contact items in datastore are correctly dumped to json
-    for(ContactItem item: allLabels)
-    {
-        DataStore::getContactDataStore()->setData(item.getCid(), item);
-    }
     DataStore::getContactDataStore()->dump(); 
-    AddressBook::writeToStorage();
 }
 
 void AddressBook::writeToStorage()