diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index c122737b32..b53b0adacf 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -1297,7 +1297,8 @@ processChatCommand' vr = \case
     CTContactConnection -> pure $ chatCmdError (Just user) "not supported"
     CTContactRequest -> pure $ chatCmdError (Just user) "not supported"
   APIAcceptContact incognito connReqId -> withUser $ \_ -> do
-    (user@User {userId}, cReq@UserContactRequest {userContactLinkId}) <- withFastStore $ \db -> getContactRequest' db connReqId
+    (user@User {userId}, cReq) <- withFastStore $ \db -> getContactRequest' db connReqId
+    let UserContactRequest {agentInvitationId = AgentInvId invId, userContactLinkId, cReqChatVRange, localDisplayName = cName, profileId, profile = cp, xContactId, pqSupport} = cReq
     withUserContactLock "acceptContact" userContactLinkId $ do
       -- TODO conn prepare
       -- add connection_id to contact_requests; read in getContactRequest
@@ -1308,11 +1309,21 @@ processChatCommand' vr = \case
       -- case connection Just:
       --   use it
       -- acceptContactRequest to work with prepared connection, pass connId to agent's acceptContact
+
+      incognitoProfile <- if incognito then Just . NewIncognito <$> liftIO generateRandomProfile else pure Nothing
+      connId <- withAgent $ \a -> prepareConnectionToAccept a True invId pqSupport
+      let chatV = vr `peerConnChatVersion` cReqChatVRange
+      subMode <- chatReadVar subscriptionMode
+      conn <- withFastStore' $ \db -> createContactRequestConn db user connId chatV cReqChatVRange userContactLinkId incognitoProfile subMode pqSupport
+
       ucl <- withFastStore $ \db -> getUserContactLinkById db userId userContactLinkId
       let contactUsed = (\(_, groupId_, _) -> isNothing groupId_) ucl
       -- [incognito] generate profile to send, create connection with incognito profile
-      incognitoProfile <- if incognito then Just . NewIncognito <$> liftIO generateRandomProfile else pure Nothing
-      ct <- acceptContactRequest user cReq incognitoProfile contactUsed
+      let profileToSend = profileToSendOnAccept user incognitoProfile False
+      dm <- encodeConnInfoPQ pqSupport chatV $ XInfo profileToSend
+      (acId, sqSecured) <- withAgent $ \a -> acceptContact a "" True invId dm pqSupport subMode
+      let connStatus = if sqSecured then ConnSndReady else ConnNew
+      ct <- withStore' $ \db -> createAcceptedContact db user acId connStatus chatV cReqChatVRange cName profileId cp userContactLinkId xContactId incognitoProfile subMode pqSupport contactUsed
       pure $ CRAcceptingContactRequest user ct
   APIRejectContact connReqId -> withUser $ \user -> do
     cReq@UserContactRequest {userContactLinkId, agentContactConnId = AgentConnId connId, agentInvitationId = AgentInvId invId} <-
@@ -3681,21 +3692,6 @@ getRcvFilePath fileId fPath_ fn keepHandle = case fPath_ of
               liftIO $ B.hPut h "" >> hFlush h
           | otherwise = liftIO $ B.writeFile fPath ""
 
-acceptContactRequest :: User -> UserContactRequest -> Maybe IncognitoProfile -> Bool -> CM Contact
-acceptContactRequest user UserContactRequest {agentInvitationId = AgentInvId invId, cReqChatVRange, localDisplayName = cName, profileId, profile = cp, userContactLinkId, xContactId, pqSupport} incognitoProfile contactUsed = do
-  subMode <- chatReadVar subscriptionMode
-  let pqSup = PQSupportOn
-  vr <- chatVersionRange
-  let profileToSend = profileToSendOnAccept user incognitoProfile False
-      chatV = vr `peerConnChatVersion` cReqChatVRange
-      pqSup' = pqSup `CR.pqSupportAnd` pqSupport
-  dm <- encodeConnInfoPQ pqSup' chatV $ XInfo profileToSend
-  -- TODO conn prepare
-  -- use prepared conn id
-  (acId, sqSecured) <- withAgent $ \a -> acceptContact a "" True invId dm pqSup' subMode
-  let connStatus = if sqSecured then ConnSndReady else ConnNew
-  withStore' $ \db -> createAcceptedContact db user acId connStatus chatV cReqChatVRange cName profileId cp userContactLinkId xContactId incognitoProfile subMode pqSup' contactUsed
-
 acceptContactRequestAsync :: User -> UserContactRequest -> Maybe IncognitoProfile -> Bool -> PQSupport -> CM Contact
 acceptContactRequestAsync user UserContactRequest {agentInvitationId = AgentInvId invId, cReqChatVRange, localDisplayName = cName, profileId, profile = p, userContactLinkId, xContactId} incognitoProfile contactUsed pqSup = do
   subMode <- chatReadVar subscriptionMode
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Direct.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Direct.hs
index c0f007b6ac..cf1cc7f556 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Direct.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Direct.hs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ module Simplex.Chat.Store.Direct
     getContactRequest,
     getContactRequestIdByName,
     deleteContactRequest,
+    createContactRequestConn,
     createAcceptedContact,
     getUserByContactRequestId,
     getPendingContactConnections,
@@ -766,20 +767,30 @@ deleteContactRequest db User {userId} contactRequestId = do
     (userId, userId, contactRequestId, userId)
   DB.execute db "DELETE FROM contact_requests WHERE user_id = ? AND contact_request_id = ?" (userId, contactRequestId)
 
-createAcceptedContact :: DB.Connection -> User -> ConnId -> ConnStatus -> VersionChat -> VersionRangeChat -> ContactName -> ProfileId -> Profile -> Int64 -> Maybe XContactId -> Maybe IncognitoProfile -> SubscriptionMode -> PQSupport -> Bool -> IO Contact
-createAcceptedContact db user@User {userId, profile = LocalProfile {preferences}} agentConnId connStatus connChatVersion cReqChatVRange localDisplayName profileId profile userContactLinkId xContactId incognitoProfile subMode pqSup contactUsed = do
-  DB.execute db "DELETE FROM contact_requests WHERE user_id = ? AND local_display_name = ?" (userId, localDisplayName)
+createContactRequestConn :: DB.Connection -> User -> ConnId -> VersionChat -> VersionRangeChat -> Int64 -> Maybe IncognitoProfile -> SubscriptionMode -> PQSupport -> IO Connection
+createContactRequestConn db User {userId} connId connChatVersion cReqChatVRange userContactLinkId incognitoProfile subMode pqSup = do
   createdAt <- getCurrentTime
   customUserProfileId <- forM incognitoProfile $ \case
     NewIncognito p -> createIncognitoProfile_ db userId createdAt p
     ExistingIncognito LocalProfile {profileId = pId} -> pure pId
+  createConnection_ db userId ConnContact Nothing connId ConnNew connChatVersion cReqChatVRange Nothing (Just userContactLinkId) customUserProfileId 0 createdAt subMode pqSup
+
+createAcceptedContact :: DB.Connection -> User -> ConnStatus -> ContactName -> ProfileId -> Profile -> Maybe XContactId -> Connection -> Bool -> IO Contact
+createAcceptedContact db user@User {userId, profile = LocalProfile {preferences}} connStatus localDisplayName profileId profile xContactId conn@Connection {connId, customUserProfileId} contactUsed = do
+  DB.execute db "DELETE FROM contact_requests WHERE user_id = ? AND local_display_name = ?" (userId, localDisplayName)
+  createdAt <- getCurrentTime
+  incognitoProfile <- forM customUserProfileId $ \cupId -> runExceptT $ getProfileById db userId cupId
   let userPreferences = fromMaybe emptyChatPrefs $ incognitoProfile >> preferences
   DB.execute
     db
     "INSERT INTO contacts (user_id, local_display_name, contact_profile_id, enable_ntfs, user_preferences, created_at, updated_at, chat_ts, xcontact_id, contact_used) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)"
     (userId, localDisplayName, profileId, True, userPreferences, createdAt, createdAt, createdAt, xContactId, contactUsed)
   contactId <- insertedRowId db
-  conn <- createConnection_ db userId ConnContact (Just contactId) agentConnId connStatus connChatVersion cReqChatVRange Nothing (Just userContactLinkId) customUserProfileId 0 createdAt subMode pqSup
+  -- todo update conn: set contact id, update conn status, conn type
+  DB.execute
+    db
+    "UPDATE connections SET contact_id = ?, conn_status = ?, conn_type = ? WHERE connection_id = ?"
+    (contactId, connStatus, ConnContact, connId)
   let mergedPreferences = contactUserPreferences user userPreferences preferences $ connIncognito conn
   pure $
     Contact