diff --git a/src/components/ContactDetails.vue b/src/components/ContactDetails.vue
index 5ce82a865..e1a433c21 100644
--- a/src/components/ContactDetails.vue
+++ b/src/components/ContactDetails.vue
@@ -432,6 +432,15 @@ export default {
 			this.loadingUpdate = true
 			await this.$store.dispatch('updateContact', this.localContact)
 			this.loadingUpdate = false
+
+			// if we just created the contact, we need to force update the
+			// localContact to match the proper store contact
+			if (!this.localContact.dav) {
+				console.debug('New contact synced!', this.localContact)
+				// fetching newly created & storred contact
+				const contact = this.$store.getters.getContact(this.localContact.key)
+				await this.updateLocalContact(contact)
+			}
 		},
 
 		/**
@@ -481,8 +490,9 @@ export default {
 		 * @param {string} key the contact key
 		 */
 		async selectContact(key) {
-			// local version of the contact
 			this.loadingData = true
+
+			// local version of the contact
 			const contact = this.$store.getters.getContact(key)
 
 			if (contact) {
@@ -491,7 +501,7 @@ export default {
 					try {
 						await this.$store.dispatch('fetchFullContact', { contact })
 						// clone to a local editable variable
-						this.updateLocalContact(contact)
+						await this.updateLocalContact(contact)
 					} catch (error) {
 						if (error.name === 'ParserError') {
 							OC.Notification.showTemporary(t('contacts', 'Syntax error. Cannot open the contact.'))
@@ -506,9 +516,11 @@ export default {
 					}
 				} else {
 					// clone to a local editable variable
-					this.updateLocalContact(contact)
+					await this.updateLocalContact(contact)
 				}
 			}
+
+			this.loadingData = false
 		},
 
 		/**
@@ -570,7 +582,7 @@ export default {
 		 *
 		 * @param {Contact} contact the contact to clone
 		 */
-		updateLocalContact(contact) {
+		async updateLocalContact(contact) {
 			// create empty contact and copy inner data
 			const localContact = Object.assign(
 				Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(contact)),
@@ -580,7 +592,6 @@ export default {
 			this.fixed = validate(localContact)
 
 			this.localContact = localContact
-			this.loadingData = false
 		},
 
 		onCtrlSave(e) {
diff --git a/src/store/contacts.js b/src/store/contacts.js
index 3cb1ec7ac..f2602f36f 100644
--- a/src/store/contacts.js
+++ b/src/store/contacts.js
@@ -335,31 +335,29 @@ const actions = {
 		// if no dav key, contact does not exists on server
 		if (!contact.dav) {
 			// create contact
-			return contact.addressbook.dav.createVCard(vData)
-				.then(dav => {
-					context.commit('setContactDav', { contact, dav })
-				})
-				.catch(error => { throw error })
+			const dav = await contact.addressbook.dav.createVCard(vData)
+			context.commit('setContactDav', { contact, dav })
+			return
 		}
 
 		// if contact already exists
 		if (!contact.conflict) {
 			contact.dav.data = vData
-			return contact.dav.update()
-				.then(() => {
-					// all clear, let's update the store
-					context.commit('updateContact', contact)
-				})
-				.catch(error => {
-					console.info(error)
-					// wrong etag, we most likely have a conflict
-					if (error && error.status === 412) {
-						// saving the new etag so that the user can manually
-						// trigger a fetchCompleteData without any further errors
-						context.commit('setContactAsConflict', { contact, etag: error.xhr.getResponseHeader('etag') })
-						console.error('This contact is outdated, the server refused it', contact)
-					}
-				})
+			try {
+				await contact.dav.update()
+				// all clear, let's update the store
+				context.commit('updateContact', contact)
+			} catch (error) {
+				console.error(error)
+
+				// wrong etag, we most likely have a conflict
+				if (error && error.status === 412) {
+					// saving the new etag so that the user can manually
+					// trigger a fetchCompleteData without any further errors
+					context.commit('setContactAsConflict', { contact, etag: error.xhr.getResponseHeader('etag') })
+					console.error('This contact is outdated, the server refused it', contact)
+				}
+			}
 		} else {
 			console.error('This contact is outdated, refusing to push', contact)
 		}