diff --git a/app/models/depp/contact.rb b/app/models/depp/contact.rb
index 710fff9f7..33b7545b7 100644
--- a/app/models/depp/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/depp/contact.rb
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ module Depp
     end
 
     def update_attributes(params)
-      self.ident_country_code ||= params[:ident_country_code]
-      self.ident_type ||= params[:ident_type]
-      self.ident ||= params[:ident]
+      self.ident_country_code = params[:ident_country_code]
+      self.ident_type   = params[:ident_type]
+      self.ident        = params[:ident]
 
       self.name  = params[:name]
       self.email = params[:email]