diff --git a/Demo/Views/ContactView.swift b/Demo/Views/ContactView.swift
index b58948b..4239074 100644
--- a/Demo/Views/ContactView.swift
+++ b/Demo/Views/ContactView.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct ContactView: View {
     @State private var error: Error?
 
     // We just pass along the identifier and then lets the property wrapper handle the fetch and observation
-    init(identifier: CNContact.ID) {
+    init(identifier: String) {
         _contact = FetchContact(
             idenfifier: identifier,
             keysToFetch: .allExcludingNote
diff --git a/Sources/Connections/Support/Identifiable.swift b/Sources/Connections/Support/Identifiable.swift
index f2b297a..2ed0f9c 100644
--- a/Sources/Connections/Support/Identifiable.swift
+++ b/Sources/Connections/Support/Identifiable.swift
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import Foundation
 import Contacts
 
-extension CNContact {
-    public var id: String { identifier }
+@available(iOS, obsoleted: 16, message: "Contacts module includes it in iOS17+, macOS14+")
+@available(macOS, obsoleted: 14, message: "Contacts module includes it in iOS17+, macOS14+")
+extension CNContact: Identifiable {
+    public typealias ID = UUID
+    public var id: UUID {
+        UUID(uuidString: identifier.replacingOccurrences(of: ":ABPerson", with: ""))! 
+    }
+
 }
 
 extension CNGroup: Identifiable {