diff --git a/scripts/core/sxmo_contacts.sh b/scripts/core/sxmo_contacts.sh
index 9785063..1acc638 100755
--- a/scripts/core/sxmo_contacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/sxmo_contacts.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # modem log merged with contact names defined in contacts file tsv.
 #   Wherein $CONTACTSFILE is tsv with two fields: number\tcontact name
 #   Wherein $LOGFILE is *sorted* tsv with three fields: date\tevt\tnumber
+#
+#   number should be a full phone number starting with + and the country number
 # 
 # Prints in output format: "number: contact"
 
@@ -14,14 +16,14 @@ contacts() {
 	RECENTCONTACTEDNUMBERSREVCHRON="$(
 		cut -f3 "$LOGFILE" |
 		tac |
-		awk '!($0 in a){a[$0];print}' |
+		awk '!($0 in a){a[$0]; if (substr($0,1,1) == "+") print}' |
 		sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d'
 	)"
 	printf %b "$RECENTCONTACTEDNUMBERSREVCHRON" | awk -F'\t' '
 		FNR==NR{a[$1]=$2; next}
 		{
 			if (!a[$1]) a[$1] = "Unknown Number";
-			print $0 ": " a[$1]
+			if (substr($0,1,1) == "+") print $0 ": " a[$1]
 		}
 	' "$CONTACTSFILE" -
 }
diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemcall.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemcall.sh
index d612bc0..279a36d 100755
--- a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemcall.sh
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemcall.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ vid_to_number() {
 	mmcli -m "$(modem_n)" -o "$1" -K | 
 	grep call.properties.number | 
 	cut -d ':' -f2 | 
-	tr -d  ' +'
+	tr -d  ' '
 }
 
 log_event() {
diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh
index 4707631..8c6c804 100755
--- a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ checkfornewtexts() {
 		NUM="$(
 			echo "$TEXTDATA" | 
 			grep sms.content.number | 
-			sed -E 's/^sms\.content\.number\s+:\s+[+]?//'
+			sed -E 's/^sms\.content\.number\s+:\s+//'
 		)"
 		TIME="$(echo "$TEXTDATA" | grep sms.properties.timestamp | sed -E 's/^sms\.properties\.timestamp\s+:\s+//')"
 
diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
index 3c0165d..0b62a3d 100755
--- a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sendtextmenu() {
 		awk NF |
 		menu sxmo_dmenu_with_kb.sh -p "Number" -fn "Terminus-20" -l 10 -c -i |
 		cut -d: -f1 |
-		tr -d -- '-+ '
+		tr -d -- '- '
 	)"
 	echo "$NUMBER" | grep -E "^Cancel$" && exit 1
 	echo "$NUMBER" | grep -qE '^[+0-9]+$' || err "That doesn't seem like a valid number"