diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt
index 8c677d66..5fb4a703 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
     private val COL_EVENTS = "events"
     private val COL_STARRED = "starred"
 
+    private val FIRST_CONTACT_ID = 1000000
+
     private val mDb: SQLiteDatabase = writableDatabase
 
     companion object {
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
     override fun onCreate(db: SQLiteDatabase) {
         db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE $CONTACTS_TABLE_NAME ($COL_ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, $COL_FIRST_NAME TEXT, $COL_MIDDLE_NAME TEXT, " +
                 "$COL_SURNAME TEXT, $COL_PHOTO BLOB, $COL_PHONE_NUMBERS TEXT, $COL_EMAILS TEXT, $COL_EVENTS TEXT, $COL_STARRED INTEGER)")
+
+        // start autoincrement ID from FIRST_CONTACT_ID to avoid conflicts
+        db.execSQL("REPLACE INTO sqlite_sequence (name, seq) VALUES ('$CONTACTS_TABLE_NAME', $FIRST_CONTACT_ID)")
     }
 
     override fun onUpgrade(db: SQLiteDatabase, oldVersion: Int, newVersion: Int) {