diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
index bf1cb122e..dba3ce9da 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ impl CommandApi {
         let ctx = self.get_context(account_id).await?;
         let contact_id = ContactId::new(contact_id);
 
-        ContactObject::from_dc_contact(
+        ContactObject::try_from_dc_contact(
             &ctx,
             deltachat::contact::Contact::get_by_id(&ctx, contact_id).await?,
         )
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ impl CommandApi {
         let mut contacts: Vec<ContactObject> = Vec::with_capacity(blocked_ids.len());
         for id in blocked_ids {
             contacts.push(
-                ContactObject::from_dc_contact(
+                ContactObject::try_from_dc_contact(
                     &ctx,
                     deltachat::contact::Contact::get_by_id(&ctx, id).await?,
                 )
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ impl CommandApi {
         let mut contacts: Vec<ContactObject> = Vec::with_capacity(contact_ids.len());
         for id in contact_ids {
             contacts.push(
-                ContactObject::from_dc_contact(
+                ContactObject::try_from_dc_contact(
                     &ctx,
                     deltachat::contact::Contact::get_by_id(&ctx, id).await?,
                 )
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ impl CommandApi {
         for id in ids {
             contacts.insert(
                 id,
-                ContactObject::from_dc_contact(
+                ContactObject::try_from_dc_contact(
                     &ctx,
                     deltachat::contact::Contact::get_by_id(&ctx, ContactId::new(id)).await?,
                 )
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs
index 33a2d332e..1bc5920a0 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/chat.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl FullChat {
 
         for contact_id in &contact_ids {
             contacts.push(
-                ContactObject::from_dc_contact(
+                ContactObject::try_from_dc_contact(
                     context,
                     Contact::load_from_db(context, *contact_id).await?,
                 )
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
index 9e2bb9656..c34097723 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/contact.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct ContactObject {
 }
 
 impl ContactObject {
-    pub async fn from_dc_contact(
+    pub async fn try_from_dc_contact(
         context: &Context,
         contact: deltachat::contact::Contact,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/message.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/message.rs
index ab6101674..5c860c74e 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/message.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/types/message.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl MessageObject {
             .map(|m| m.get_id().to_u32());
 
         let sender_contact = Contact::load_from_db(context, message.get_from_id()).await?;
-        let sender = ContactObject::from_dc_contact(context, sender_contact).await?;
+        let sender = ContactObject::try_from_dc_contact(context, sender_contact).await?;
         let file_bytes = message.get_filebytes(context).await;
         let override_sender_name = message.get_override_sender_name();