diff --git a/app/controllers/repp/v1/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repp/v1/contacts_controller.rb
index eea6767f7..a6cd7d07d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repp/v1/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repp/v1/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module Repp
 
       def contact_create_params(required: true)
         params.require(:contact).require(%i[name email phone]) if required
-        params.require(:contact).permit(:name, :email, :phone)
+        params.require(:contact).permit(:name, :email, :phone, :code)
       end
 
       def contact_ident_params(required: true)
diff --git a/app/models/epp/contact.rb b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
index 50ebac065..3f0f3e8ab 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
       attrs = epp ? attrs_from(frame, new_record: true) : frame
       super(
         attrs.merge(
-          code: epp ? frame.css('id').text : frame[:id],
+          code: epp ? frame.css('id').text : frame[:code],
           registrar: registrar
         )
       )
diff --git a/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb b/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb
index 4dd29c683..7c8404916 100644
--- a/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb
+++ b/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module Deserializers
           email: if_present('email'),
           fax: if_present('fax'),
           phone: if_present('voice'),
+          id: if_present('id'),
 
           # Address fields
           city: if_present('postalInfo addr city'),