diff --git a/src/libs/crypto/index.ts b/src/libs/crypto/index.ts
index a9846da..8260c88 100644
--- a/src/libs/crypto/index.ts
+++ b/src/libs/crypto/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   CONTACT_IMPORT_ONE_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI,
 } from "@/libs/endorserServer";
 import { DEFAULT_DID_PROVIDER_NAME } from "../veramo/setup";
-import { decodeEndorserJwt } from "@/libs/crypto/vc";
 
 export const DEFAULT_ROOT_DERIVATION_PATH = "m/84737769'/0'/0'/0'";
 
@@ -103,11 +102,9 @@ export const accessToken = async (did?: string) => {
 };
 
 /**
- @return payload of JWT pulled out of any recognized URL path (if any) and decoded:
- { iat: number, iss: string (DID), own: { name, publicEncKey (base64-encoded key) } }
-  ... or an array of such as { contacts: [ contact, ... ] }
+ @return payload of JWT pulled out of any recognized URL path (if any)
  */
-export const getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl = (jwtUrlText: string) => {
+export const getContactJwtFromJwtUrl = (jwtUrlText: string) => {
   let jwtText = jwtUrlText;
   const appImportConfirmUrlLoc = jwtText.indexOf(
     CONTACT_IMPORT_CONFIRM_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI,
@@ -132,11 +129,7 @@ export const getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl = (jwtUrlText: string) => {
       endorserUrlPathLoc + CONTACT_URL_PATH_ENDORSER_CH_OLD.length,
     );
   }
-
-  // JWT format: { header, payload, signature, data }
-  const jwt = decodeEndorserJwt(jwtText);
-
-  return jwt.payload;
+  return jwtText;
 };
 
 export const nextDerivationPath = (origDerivPath: string) => {
diff --git a/src/libs/endorserServer.ts b/src/libs/endorserServer.ts
index 42e1f3f..4255e90 100644
--- a/src/libs/endorserServer.ts
+++ b/src/libs/endorserServer.ts
@@ -294,7 +294,12 @@ export interface ErrorResult extends ResultWithType {
 
 export type CreateAndSubmitClaimResult = SuccessResult | ErrorResult;
 
+/**
+ * This is similar to Contact but it grew up in different logic paths.
+ * We may want to change this to be a Contact.
+ */
 export interface UserInfo {
+  did: string;
   name: string;
   publicEncKey: string;
   registered: boolean;
@@ -609,7 +614,17 @@ const planCache: LRUCache<string, PlanSummaryRecord> = new LRUCache({
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export function errorStringForLog(error: any) {
-  let fullError = "" + error + " - JSON: " + JSON.stringify(error);
+  let stringifiedError = "" + error;
+  try {
+    stringifiedError = JSON.stringify(error);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // can happen with Dexie, eg:
+    // TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON
+    // --> starting at object with constructor 'DexieError2'
+    // |     property '_promise' -> object with constructor 'DexiePromise'
+    // --- property '_value' closes the circle
+  }
+  let fullError = "" + error + " - JSON: " + stringifiedError;
   const errorResponseText = JSON.stringify(error.response);
   // for some reason, error.response is not included in stringify result (eg. for 400 errors on invite redemptions)
   if (!R.empty(errorResponseText) && !fullError.includes(errorResponseText)) {
@@ -1112,6 +1127,7 @@ export async function generateEndorserJwtUrlForAccount(
     iat: Date.now(),
     iss: account.did,
     own: {
+      did: account.did,
       name: name ?? "",
       publicEncKey,
       registered: !!isRegistered,
@@ -1137,7 +1153,7 @@ export async function generateEndorserJwtUrlForAccount(
 
   const vcJwt = await createEndorserJwtForDid(account.did, contactInfo);
 
-  const viewPrefix = APP_SERVER + CONTACT_IMPORT_ONE_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI;
+  const viewPrefix = APP_SERVER + CONTACT_IMPORT_CONFIRM_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI;
   return viewPrefix + vcJwt;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/views/ContactImportView.vue b/src/views/ContactImportView.vue
index 6fd71ce..15e42e4 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactImportView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactImportView.vue
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts">
-import { JWTPayload, JWTVerified } from "did-jwt";
 import * as R from "ramda";
 import { Component, Vue } from "vue-facing-decorator";
 import { RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded, Router } from "vue-router";
@@ -138,13 +137,13 @@ import {
 } from "@/db/index";
 import { Contact, ContactMethod } from "@/db/tables/contacts";
 import * as libsUtil from "@/libs/util";
-import { decodeAndVerifyJwt } from "@/libs/crypto/vc";
+import { decodeEndorserJwt } from "@/libs/crypto/vc";
 import {
   capitalizeAndInsertSpacesBeforeCaps,
   errorStringForLog,
   setVisibilityUtil,
 } from "@/libs/endorserServer";
-import { getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl } from "@/libs/crypto";
+import { getContactJwtFromJwtUrl } from "@/libs/crypto";
 
 @Component({
   components: { EntityIcon, OfferDialog, QuickNav },
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ export default class ContactImportView extends Vue {
     this.activeDid = settings.activeDid || "";
     this.apiServer = settings.apiServer || "";
 
-    // look for any imported contacts from the query parameter
+    // look for any imported contact array from the query parameter
     const importedContacts = (this.$route as RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded)
       .query["contacts"] as string;
     if (importedContacts) {
@@ -194,10 +193,36 @@ export default class ContactImportView extends Vue {
       /\/contact-import\/(ey.+)$/,
     )?.[1];
     if (jwt) {
-      // decode the JWT
+      // would prefer to validate but we've got an error with JWTs on QR codes generated in the future
       // eslint-disable-next-line prettier/prettier
-      const parsedJwt: Omit<JWTVerified, "didResolutionResult" | "signer" | "jwt"> = await decodeAndVerifyJwt(jwt);
-      await this.setContactsSelected(parsedJwt.payload.contacts as Contact[]);
+      // const parsedJwt: Omit<JWTVerified, "didResolutionResult" | "signer" | "jwt"> = await decodeAndVerifyJwt(jwt);
+      // decode the JWT
+      const parsedJwt = decodeEndorserJwt(jwt);
+
+      const contacts: Array<Contact> =
+        parsedJwt.payload.contacts || // someday this will be the only payload sent to this page
+        (Array.isArray(parsedJwt.payload) ? parsedJwt.payload : undefined);
+      if (!contacts && parsedJwt.payload.own) {
+        // handle this single-contact JWT in the contacts page, better suited to single additions
+        (this.$router as Router).push({
+          name: "contacts",
+          query: { contactJwt: jwt },
+        });
+      }
+      if (contacts) {
+        await this.setContactsSelected(contacts);
+      } else {
+        // no contacts found so default message should be OK
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (
+      this.contactsImporting.length === 1 &&
+      R.isEmpty(this.contactsExisting)
+    ) {
+      // if there is only one contact and it's new, then we will automatically import it
+      this.contactsSelected[0] = true;
+      this.importContacts(); // ... which routes to the contacts list
     }
   }
 
@@ -269,7 +294,10 @@ export default class ContactImportView extends Vue {
 
     try {
       // (For another approach used with invites, see InviteOneAcceptView.processInvite)
-      const payload: JWTPayload = getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl(jwtInput);
+      const jwt: string = getContactJwtFromJwtUrl(jwtInput);
+      // JWT format: { header, payload, signature, data }
+      const payload = decodeEndorserJwt(jwt).payload;
+
       if (Array.isArray(payload.contacts)) {
         await this.setContactsSelected(payload.contacts);
       } else {
@@ -304,6 +332,7 @@ export default class ContactImportView extends Vue {
           updatedCount++;
         } else {
           // without explicit clone on the Proxy, we get: DataCloneError: Failed to execute 'add' on 'IDBObjectStore': #<Object> could not be cloned.
+          // DataError: Failed to execute 'add' on 'IDBObjectStore': Evaluating the object store's key path yielded a value that is not a valid key.
           await db.contacts.add(R.clone(contact));
           importedCount++;
         }
diff --git a/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue b/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue
index 54271f4..29ae293 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ import { AxiosError } from "axios";
 import QRCodeVue3 from "qr-code-generator-vue3";
 import { Component, Vue } from "vue-facing-decorator";
 import { QrcodeStream } from "vue-qrcode-reader";
-import { Router } from "vue-router";
 import { useClipboard } from "@vueuse/core";
 
 import QuickNav from "@/components/QuickNav.vue";
@@ -102,14 +101,14 @@ import { NotificationIface } from "@/constants/app";
 import { db, retrieveSettingsForActiveAccount } from "@/db/index";
 import { Contact } from "@/db/tables/contacts";
 import { MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY } from "@/db/tables/settings";
-import { getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl } from "@/libs/crypto";
+import { getContactJwtFromJwtUrl } from "@/libs/crypto";
 import {
   generateEndorserJwtUrlForAccount,
   isDid,
   register,
   setVisibilityUtil,
 } from "@/libs/endorserServer";
-import { ETHR_DID_PREFIX } from "@/libs/crypto/vc";
+import { decodeEndorserJwt, ETHR_DID_PREFIX } from "@/libs/crypto/vc";
 import { retrieveAccountMetadata } from "@/libs/util";
 
 @Component({
@@ -180,8 +179,8 @@ export default class ContactQRScanShow extends Vue {
     if (url) {
       let newContact: Contact;
       try {
-        const payload = getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl(url);
-        if (!payload) {
+        const jwt = getContactJwtFromJwtUrl(url);
+        if (!jwt) {
           this.$notify(
             {
               group: "alert",
@@ -193,15 +192,9 @@ export default class ContactQRScanShow extends Vue {
           );
           return;
         }
-        if (Array.isArray(payload.contacts)) {
-          // reroute to the ContactsImport
-          (this.$router as Router).push({
-            path: "/contact-import/" + url.substring(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1),
-          });
-          return;
-        }
+        const { payload } = decodeEndorserJwt(jwt);
         newContact = {
-          did: payload.iss as string,
+          did: payload.own.did || payload.iss, // ".own.did" is reliable as of v 0.3.49
           name: payload.own.name,
           nextPubKeyHashB64: payload.own.nextPublicEncKeyHash,
           profileImageUrl: payload.own.profileImageUrl,
diff --git a/src/views/ContactsView.vue b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
index 311ef0d..8d553e2 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactsView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ import {
   updateDefaultSettings,
 } from "@/db/index";
 import { Contact } from "@/db/tables/contacts";
-import { getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl } from "@/libs/crypto";
+import { getContactJwtFromJwtUrl } from "@/libs/crypto";
 import { decodeEndorserJwt } from "@/libs/crypto/vc";
 import {
   CONTACT_CSV_HEADER,
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
     this.apiServer = settings.apiServer || "";
     this.isRegistered = !!settings.isRegistered;
 
+    // if these detect a query parameter, they can and then redirect to this URL without a query parameter
+    // to avoid problems when they reload or they go forward & back and it tries to reprocess
+    await this.processContactJwt();
+    await this.processInviteJwt();
+
     this.showGiveNumbers = !!settings.showContactGivesInline;
     this.hideRegisterPromptOnNewContact =
       !!settings.hideRegisterPromptOnNewContact;
@@ -430,11 +435,13 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
     this.contacts = baseContacts.sort((a, b) =>
       (a.name || "").localeCompare(b.name || ""),
     );
+  }
 
+  private async processContactJwt() {
     // handle a contact sent via URL
     //
-    // Prefer use  of /contact-import/:jwt with a JWT that has an array of contacts
-    // unless you want them to import a single contact without confirmation.
+    // For external links, use /contact-import/:jwt with a JWT that has an array of contacts
+    // because that will do better error checking for things like missing data on iOS platforms.
     const importedContactJwt = (this.$route as RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded)
       .query["contactJwt"] as string;
     if (importedContactJwt) {
@@ -442,21 +449,25 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
       const { payload } = decodeEndorserJwt(importedContactJwt);
       const userInfo = payload["own"] as UserInfo;
       const newContact = {
-        did: payload["iss"],
+        did: userInfo.did || payload["iss"], // ".did" is reliable as of v 0.3.49
         name: userInfo.name,
         nextPubKeyHashB64: userInfo.nextPublicEncKeyHash,
         profileImageUrl: userInfo.profileImageUrl,
         publicKeyBase64: userInfo.publicEncKey,
         registered: userInfo.registered,
       } as Contact;
-      this.addContact(newContact);
+      await this.addContact(newContact);
+      // if we're here, they haven't redirected anywhere, so we'll redirect here without a query parameter
+      (this.$router as Router).push({ path: "/contacts" });
     }
+  }
 
+  private async processInviteJwt() {
     // handle an invite JWT sent via URL
     const importedInviteJwt = (this.$route as RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded)
       .query["inviteJwt"] as string;
     if (importedInviteJwt === "") {
-      // this happens when a platform (usually iOS) doesn't include anything after the "=" in a shared link.
+      // this happens when a platform (eg iOS) doesn't include anything after the "=" in a shared link.
       this.$notify(
         {
           group: "alert",
@@ -555,6 +566,8 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
           5000,
         );
       }
+      // if we're here, they haven't redirected anywhere, so we'll redirect here without a query parameter
+      (this.$router as Router).push({ path: "/contacts" });
     }
   }
 
@@ -717,12 +730,30 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (contactInput.includes(CONTACT_IMPORT_CONFIRM_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI)) {
+      const jwt = getContactJwtFromJwtUrl(contactInput);
+      (this.$router as Router).push({
+        path: "/contact-import/" + jwt,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (
-      contactInput.includes(CONTACT_IMPORT_CONFIRM_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI) ||
       contactInput.includes(CONTACT_IMPORT_ONE_URL_PATH_TIME_SAFARI) ||
       contactInput.includes(CONTACT_URL_PATH_ENDORSER_CH_OLD)
     ) {
-      await this.addContactFromScan(contactInput);
+      const jwt = getContactJwtFromJwtUrl(contactInput);
+      const { payload } = decodeEndorserJwt(jwt);
+      const userInfo = payload["own"] as UserInfo;
+      const newContact = {
+        did: userInfo.did || payload["iss"], // "did" is reliable as of v 0.3.49
+        name: userInfo.name,
+        nextPubKeyHashB64: userInfo.nextPublicEncKeyHash,
+        profileImageUrl: userInfo.profileImageUrl,
+        publicKeyBase64: userInfo.publicEncKey,
+        registered: userInfo.registered,
+      } as Contact;
+      await this.addContact(newContact);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -870,38 +901,6 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
     return db.contacts.add(newContact);
   }
 
-  private async addContactFromScan(url: string): Promise<void> {
-    const payload = getContactPayloadFromJwtUrl(url);
-    if (!payload) {
-      this.$notify(
-        {
-          group: "alert",
-          type: "danger",
-          title: "No Contact Info",
-          text: "The contact info could not be parsed.",
-        },
-        3000,
-      );
-      return;
-    } else {
-      if (Array.isArray(payload.contacts)) {
-        // reroute to the ContactsImport
-        (this.$router as Router).push({
-          path: "/contact-import/" + url.substring(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1),
-        });
-        return;
-      }
-      return this.addContact({
-        did: payload.iss,
-        name: payload.own.name,
-        nextPubKeyHashB64: payload.own.nextPublicEncKeyHash,
-        profileImageUrl: payload.own.profileImageUrl,
-        publicKeyBase64: payload.own.publicEncKey,
-        registered: payload.own.registered,
-      } as Contact);
-    }
-  }
-
   private async addContact(newContact: Contact) {
     if (!newContact.did) {
       this.danger("Cannot add a contact without a DID.", "Incomplete Contact");
@@ -961,7 +960,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
                 },
                 -1,
               );
-            }, 500);
+            }, 1000);
           }
         }
         this.$notify(