diff --git a/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_contacts.ts b/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_contacts.ts
index cfae3911f..072873572 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_contacts.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_contacts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ContactInfo } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
+import { ContactInfo, ContactInfoSet } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
 import { ConversationModel } from '../../../models/conversation';
 import { getContactInfoFromDBValues } from '../../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
 import { ContactsWrapperActions } from '../../../webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface';
@@ -41,14 +41,16 @@ function isContactToStoreInWrapper(convo: ConversationModel): boolean {
  * Fetches the specified convo and updates the required field in the wrapper.
  * If that contact does not exist in the wrapper, it is created before being updated.
  */
-async function insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(id: string): Promise<void> {
+async function insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(
+  id: string
+): Promise<ContactInfoSet | null> {
   const foundConvo = getConversationController().get(id);
   if (!foundConvo) {
-    return;
+    return null;
   }
 
-  if (!isContactToStoreInWrapper(foundConvo)) {
-    return;
+  if (!SessionUtilContact.isContactToStoreInWrapper(foundConvo)) {
+    return null;
   }
 
   const dbName = foundConvo.get('displayNameInProfile') || undefined;
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ async function insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(id: string): Promise<voi
   const dbApprovedMe = !!foundConvo.get('didApproveMe') || false;
   const dbBlocked = !!foundConvo.isBlocked() || false;
   const priority = foundConvo.get('priority') || 0;
+  window.log.debug(`WIP: [unit testing]\nfoundConvo.get('priority') ${foundConvo.get('priority')}`);
   const expirationMode = foundConvo.getExpirationMode() || undefined;
   const expireTimer = foundConvo.getExpireTimer() || 0;
 
@@ -79,12 +82,15 @@ async function insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(id: string): Promise<voi
   try {
     window.log.debug('inserting into contact wrapper: ', JSON.stringify(wrapperContact));
     await ContactsWrapperActions.set(wrapperContact);
+    // returned testing purposes only
+    return wrapperContact;
   } catch (e) {
     window.log.warn(`ContactsWrapperActions.set of ${id} failed with ${e.message}`);
     // we still let this go through
   }
 
   await refreshMappedValue(id);
+  return null;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/ts/test/session/unit/libsession_wrapper/libsession_wrapper_contacts_test.ts b/ts/test/session/unit/libsession_wrapper/libsession_wrapper_contacts_test.ts
index f839159d3..b8fd23ec0 100644
--- a/ts/test/session/unit/libsession_wrapper/libsession_wrapper_contacts_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test/session/unit/libsession_wrapper/libsession_wrapper_contacts_test.ts
@@ -6,26 +6,35 @@ import {
   CONVERSATION_PRIORITIES,
   ConversationTypeEnum,
 } from '../../../../models/conversationAttributes';
+import { GetNetworkTime } from '../../../../session/apis/snode_api/getNetworkTime';
+import { getConversationController } from '../../../../session/conversations';
 import { UserUtils } from '../../../../session/utils';
 import { SessionUtilContact } from '../../../../session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_contacts';
+import { ContactsWrapperActions } from '../../../../webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface';
+import { stubWindowLog } from '../../../test-utils/utils/stubbing';
 
 describe('libsession_contacts', () => {
-  describe('filter contacts for wrapper', () => {
-    const ourNumber = '051234567890acbdef';
-    const validArgs = {
-      id: '050123456789abcdef050123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef050123456789ab',
-      type: ConversationTypeEnum.PRIVATE,
-      isApproved: true,
-      active_at: 123,
-      didApproveMe: true,
-    };
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      Sinon.stub(UserUtils, 'getOurPubKeyStrFromCache').returns(ourNumber);
-    });
-    afterEach(() => {
-      Sinon.restore();
-    });
+  stubWindowLog();
+
+  const getLatestTimestampOffset = 200000;
+  const ourNumber = '051234567890acbdef';
+  const validArgs = {
+    id: '050123456789abcdef050123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef050123456789ab',
+    type: ConversationTypeEnum.PRIVATE,
+    isApproved: true,
+    active_at: 123,
+    didApproveMe: true,
+  };
 
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    Sinon.stub(GetNetworkTime, 'getLatestTimestampOffset').returns(getLatestTimestampOffset);
+    Sinon.stub(UserUtils, 'getOurPubKeyStrFromCache').returns(ourNumber);
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    Sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  describe('isContactToStoreInWrapper', () => {
     it('excludes ourselves', () => {
       expect(
         SessionUtilContact.isContactToStoreInWrapper(
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ describe('libsession_contacts', () => {
       ).to.be.eq(false);
     });
 
-    it('excludes non approved by us nor did approveme and not active', () => {
+    it('excludes non approved by us nor did approveMe and not active', () => {
       expect(
         SessionUtilContact.isContactToStoreInWrapper(
           new ConversationModel({
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ describe('libsession_contacts', () => {
       ).to.be.eq(false);
     });
 
-    it('includes non approved by us nor did approveme but active', () => {
+    it('includes non approved by us nor did approveMe but active', () => {
       expect(
         SessionUtilContact.isContactToStoreInWrapper(
           new ConversationModel({
@@ -201,4 +210,116 @@ describe('libsession_contacts', () => {
       ).to.be.eq(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh', () => {
+    const contactArgs = {
+      displayNameInProfile: 'Tester',
+      nickname: 'Testie',
+      avatarPointer: 'http://filev2.abcdef.com/file/abcdefghijklmnop',
+      profileKey: 'profileKey',
+      isBlocked: () => false,
+      expirationMode: 'off',
+      expireTimer: 0,
+    };
+
+    const contact = new ConversationModel({
+      ...validArgs,
+      ...contactArgs,
+      id: ourNumber,
+    } as any);
+    Sinon.stub(getConversationController(), 'get').returns(contact);
+    Sinon.stub(SessionUtilContact, 'isContactToStoreInWrapper').returns(true);
+    Sinon.stub(ContactsWrapperActions, 'set').resolves();
+
+    it('the returned wrapper values matche with the inputted contact', async () => {
+      const wrapperContact = await SessionUtilContact.insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(
+        ourNumber
+      );
+
+      expect(wrapperContact, 'something should be returned from the wrapper').to.not.be.null;
+      if (!wrapperContact) {
+        throw Error('something should be returned from the wrapper');
+      }
+
+      expect(wrapperContact.id, 'id in the wrapper should match the inputted contact').to.equal(
+        contact.id
+      );
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.approved,
+        'approved in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.isApproved());
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.approvedMe,
+        'approvedMe in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.didApproveMe());
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.blocked,
+        'blocked in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.isBlocked());
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.priority,
+        'priority in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('priority'));
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.nickname,
+        'nickname in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('nickname'));
+      expect(wrapperContact.name, 'name in the wrapper should match the inputted contact').to.equal(
+        contact.get('displayNameInProfile')
+      );
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.expirationMode,
+        'expirationMode in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('expirationMode'));
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.expirationTimerSeconds,
+        'expirationTimerSeconds in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('expireTimer'));
+    });
+    it('if disappearing messages is on then the wrapper returned values should match the inputted contact', async () => {
+      const wrapperContact = await SessionUtilContact.insertContactFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(
+        ourNumber
+      );
+
+      expect(wrapperContact, 'something should be returned from the wrapper').to.not.be.null;
+      if (!wrapperContact) {
+        throw Error('something should be returned from the wrapper');
+      }
+
+      expect(wrapperContact.id, 'id in the wrapper should match the inputted contact').to.equal(
+        contact.id
+      );
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.approved,
+        'approved in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.isApproved());
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.approvedMe,
+        'approvedMe in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.didApproveMe());
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.blocked,
+        'blocked in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.isBlocked());
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.priority,
+        'priority in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('priority'));
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.nickname,
+        'nickname in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('nickname'));
+      expect(wrapperContact.name, 'name in the wrapper should match the inputted contact').to.equal(
+        contact.get('displayNameInProfile')
+      );
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.expirationMode,
+        'expirationMode in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('expirationMode'));
+      expect(
+        wrapperContact.expirationTimerSeconds,
+        'expirationTimerSeconds in the wrapper should match the inputted contact'
+      ).to.equal(contact.get('expireTimer'));
+    });
+  });
 });