diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efe303c..a96aa39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -130,4 +130,4 @@ dmypy.json
 venv/
 env/
 
-testing/
+test/
diff --git a/src/forensicsim/backend.py b/src/forensicsim/backend.py
index ef4117a..e85be21 100644
--- a/src/forensicsim/backend.py
+++ b/src/forensicsim/backend.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def fetch_data(self):
                         (
                             objstore_id,
                             varint_raw,
-                        ) = ccl_chromium_indexeddb.le_varint_from_bytes(
+                        ) = ccl_chromium_indexeddb.custom_le_varint_from_bytes(
                             record.key[len(prefix_objectstore) :]
                         )
                     except TypeError:
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def iterate_records(self, do_not_filter=False):
                             (
                                 _value_version,
                                 varint_raw,
-                            ) = ccl_chromium_indexeddb.le_varint_from_bytes(
+                            ) = ccl_chromium_indexeddb.custom_le_varint_from_bytes(
                                 record.value
                             )
                             val_idx = len(varint_raw)
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ def iterate_records(self, do_not_filter=False):
                             val_idx += 1
 
                             (
-                                _blink_version,
+                                _,
                                 varint_raw,
-                            ) = ccl_chromium_indexeddb.le_varint_from_bytes(
+                            ) = ccl_chromium_indexeddb.custom_le_varint_from_bytes(
                                 record.value[val_idx:]
                             )
 
diff --git a/src/forensicsim/parser.py b/src/forensicsim/parser.py
index 2a5e45b..16839b9 100644
--- a/src/forensicsim/parser.py
+++ b/src/forensicsim/parser.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def _parse_people(people: list[dict]) -> set[Contact]:
     parsed_people = set()
     for p in people:
         p |= {"origin_file": p.get("origin_file")}
+        p |= p.get("value") 
         parsed_people.add(Contact.from_dict(p))
     return parsed_people