diff --git a/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb
index c0b814993..0581a3cfc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Registrar::ContactsController < Registrar::DeppController # EPP controller
 
     normalize_search_parameters do
       @q = contacts.search(search_params)
-      @contacts = @q.result.page(params[:page])
+      @contacts = @q.result(distinct: :true).page(params[:page])
     end
 
     @contacts = @contacts.per(params[:results_per_page]) if params[:results_per_page].to_i > 0