diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/helpers/Converters.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/helpers/Converters.kt
index 61250623..ee8aa14c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/helpers/Converters.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/helpers/Converters.kt
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import androidx.room.TypeConverter
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.models.PhoneNumber
-import com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro.models.Address
-import com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro.models.Email
-import com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro.models.Event
-import com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro.models.IM
+import com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro.models.*
 
 class Converters {
     private val gson = Gson()
     private val longType = object : TypeToken<List<Long>>() {}.type
     private val stringType = object : TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.type
     private val numberType = object : TypeToken<List<PhoneNumber>>() {}.type
+    private val numberConverterType = object : TypeToken<List<PhoneNumberConverter>>() {}.type
     private val emailType = object : TypeToken<List<Email>>() {}.type
     private val addressType = object : TypeToken<List<Address>>() {}.type
     private val eventType = object : TypeToken<List<Event>>() {}.type
@@ -31,8 +29,23 @@ class Converters {
     @TypeConverter
     fun longListToJson(list: ArrayList<Long>) = gson.toJson(list)
 
+    // some hacky converting is needed since PhoneNumber model has been added to proguard rules, but obfuscated json was stored in database
+    // convert [{"a":"678910","b":2,"c":"","d":"678910","e":false}] to PhoneNumber(value=678910, type=2, label=, normalizedNumber=678910, isPrimary=false)
     @TypeConverter
-    fun jsonToPhoneNumberList(value: String) = gson.fromJson<ArrayList<PhoneNumber>>(value, numberType)
+    fun jsonToPhoneNumberList(value: String): ArrayList<PhoneNumber> {
+        val numbers = gson.fromJson<ArrayList<PhoneNumber>>(value, numberType)
+        return if (numbers.any { it.value == null }) {
+            val phoneNumbers = ArrayList<PhoneNumber>()
+            val numberConverters = gson.fromJson<ArrayList<PhoneNumberConverter>>(value, numberConverterType)
+            numberConverters.forEach { converter ->
+                val phoneNumber = PhoneNumber(converter.a, converter.b, converter.c, converter.d, converter.e)
+                phoneNumbers.add(phoneNumber)
+            }
+            phoneNumbers
+        } else {
+            numbers
+        }
+    }
 
     @TypeConverter
     fun phoneNumberListToJson(list: ArrayList<PhoneNumber>) = gson.toJson(list)
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/models/PhoneNumberConverter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/models/PhoneNumberConverter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2072389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/pro/models/PhoneNumberConverter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro.models
+
+// need for hacky parsing of no longer minified PhoneNumber model in Converters.kt
+data class PhoneNumberConverter(var a: String, var b: Int, var c: String, var d: String, var e: Boolean = false)