diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index a37e90fe1..e7463fcb5 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/models/messages.js'></script>
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/models/conversations.js'></script>
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/models/blockedNumbers.js'></script>
+  <script type='text/javascript' src='js/models/profile.js'></script>
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/expiring_messages.js'></script>
 
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/chromium.js'></script>
diff --git a/js/models/conversations.js b/js/models/conversations.js
index 7af61f601..0338278a0 100644
--- a/js/models/conversations.js
+++ b/js/models/conversations.js
@@ -1736,7 +1736,21 @@
         this.getProfiles();
       }
     },
+    // Update profile variables dynamically
+    async updateProfile() {
+      const profile = await storage.getProfile(this.id);
+      if (!profile) {
+        this.set({ profileName: null });
+      } else {
+        this.set({ profileName: profile.name.displayName });
+      }
 
+      if (this.hasChanged()) {
+        await window.Signal.Data.updateConversation(this.id, this.attributes, {
+          Conversation: Whisper.Conversation,
+        });
+      }
+    },
     getProfiles() {
       // request all conversation members' keys
       let ids = [];
@@ -1866,6 +1880,7 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    // Signal profile name
     async setProfileName(encryptedName) {
       if (!encryptedName) {
         return;
diff --git a/js/models/profile.js b/js/models/profile.js
index be551ca73..94edd1352 100644
--- a/js/models/profile.js
+++ b/js/models/profile.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* global storage */
+/* global storage, _ */
 /* global storage: false */
 
 /* eslint-disable more/no-then */
@@ -18,14 +18,17 @@
 
   storage.saveProfile = async (number, profile) => {
     const profiles = storage.get(PROFILE_ID, {});
-    if (profiles[number]) {
+    const storedProfile = profiles[number];
+
+    // Only store the profile if we have a different object
+    if (storedProfile && _.isEqual(storedProfile, profile)) {
       return;
     }
 
     window.log.info('adding profile ', profile, 'for ', number);
     await storage.put(PROFILE_ID, {
       ...profiles,
-      number: profile,
+      [number]: profile,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/js/modules/types/contact.js b/js/modules/types/contact.js
index 56baa425d..a031c56eb 100644
--- a/js/modules/types/contact.js
+++ b/js/modules/types/contact.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function idForLogging(message) {
 
 exports._validate = (contact, options = {}) => {
   const { messageId } = options;
-  const { name, number, email, address, organization } = contact;
+  const { name, organization } = contact;
 
   if ((!name || !name.displayName) && !organization) {
     return new Error(
@@ -74,15 +74,16 @@ exports._validate = (contact, options = {}) => {
     );
   }
 
-  if (
-    (!number || !number.length) &&
-    (!email || !email.length) &&
-    (!address || !address.length)
-  ) {
-    return new Error(
-      `Message ${messageId}: Contact had no included numbers, email or addresses`
-    );
-  }
+  // Disabled as we don't require the users to provide this
+  // if (
+  //   (!number || !number.length) &&
+  //   (!email || !email.length) &&
+  //   (!address || !address.length)
+  // ) {
+  //   return new Error(
+  //     `Message ${messageId}: Contact had no included numbers, email or addresses`
+  //   );
+  // }
 
   return null;
 };
diff --git a/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js b/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
index f92b65a54..29d5c86a7 100644
--- a/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
+++ b/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function Message(options) {
   this.needsSync = options.needsSync;
   this.expireTimer = options.expireTimer;
   this.profileKey = options.profileKey;
+  this.profile = options.profile;
 
   if (!(this.recipients instanceof Array) || this.recipients.length < 1) {
     throw new Error('Invalid recipient list');
@@ -132,6 +133,12 @@ Message.prototype = {
       proto.profileKey = this.profileKey;
     }
 
+    if (this.profile) {
+      const contact = new textsecure.protobuf.DataMessage.Contact();
+      contact.name = this.profile.name;
+      proto.contact.push(contact);
+    }
+
     this.dataMessage = proto;
     return proto;
   },
@@ -656,6 +663,8 @@ MessageSender.prototype = {
     profileKey,
     options
   ) {
+    const myNumber = textsecure.storage.user.getNumber();
+    const profile = textsecure.storage.impl.getProfile(myNumber);
     return this.sendMessage(
       {
         recipients: [number],
@@ -666,6 +675,7 @@ MessageSender.prototype = {
         needsSync: true,
         expireTimer,
         profileKey,
+        profile,
       },
       options
     );