diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 79ca7c971..e0d808c1b 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
       }
 
       contact_hash[:code] = ph[:id] if type == :create
-
+      contact_hash[:auth_info] = ph[:authInfo][:pw] if type == :create
       contact_hash.delete_if { |_k, v| v.nil? }
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
index c264ce78e..944b8811d 100644
--- a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ end
 
 describe Contact, '.extract_params' do
   it 'returns params hash'do
-    ph = { id: '123123', email: 'jdoe@example.com', postalInfo: { name: 'fred', addr: { cc: 'EE' } }  }
+    ph = { id: '123123', email: 'jdoe@example.com', authInfo: { pw: 'asde' },
+           postalInfo: { name: 'fred', addr: { cc: 'EE' } }  }
     expect(Contact.extract_attributes(ph)).to eq({
       code: '123123',
-      email: 'jdoe@example.com'
+      email: 'jdoe@example.com',
+      auth_info: 'asde'
     })
   end
 end