diff --git a/src/Module/Contact.php b/src/Module/Contact.php
index 89a9891917..db30075984 100644
--- a/src/Module/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Module/Contact.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseModule
 
 		$contacts_id = $_POST['contact_batch'];
 
-		$stmt = DBA::select('contact', ['id'], ['id' => $contacts_id, 'uid' => local_user(), 'self' => false]);
+		$stmt = DBA::select('contact', ['id', 'archive'], ['id' => $contacts_id, 'uid' => local_user(), 'self' => false]);
 		$orig_records = DBA::toArray($stmt);
 
 		$count_actions = 0;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseModule
 
 	private static function archiveContact($contact_id, $orig_record)
 	{
-		$archived = (($orig_record['archive']) ? 0 : 1);
+		$archived = (defaults($orig_record, 'archive', '') ? 0 : 1);
 		$r = DBA::update('contact', ['archive' => $archived], ['id' => $contact_id, 'uid' => local_user()]);
 
 		return DBA::isResult($r);