diff --git a/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb
index 756495457..85a1adce5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrar/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Registrar
 
     def update
       authorize! :edit, Depp::Contact
-      @contact = Depp::Contact.new(contact_params)
+      @contact = Depp::Contact.find_by_id(contact_params[:id])
 
       if @contact.update_attributes(contact_params)
         redirect_to registrar_contact_url(@contact.id)
diff --git a/app/models/depp/contact.rb b/app/models/depp/contact.rb
index 33b7545b7..9050d8ca1 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]