diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
index 039786905..e6270c807 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ContactsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
   before_action :set_include_contact_inboxes, only: [:index, :active, :search, :filter, :show, :update]
 
   def index
-    @contacts_count = resolved_contacts.count
     @contacts = fetch_contacts(resolved_contacts)
+    @contacts_count = @contacts.total_count
   end
 
   def search
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ContactsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
         OR contacts.additional_attributes->>\'company_name\' ILIKE :search',
       search: "%#{params[:q].strip}%"
     )
-    @contacts_count = contacts.count
     @contacts = fetch_contacts(contacts)
+    @contacts_count = @contacts.total_count
   end
 
   def import
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ContactsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
   def active
     contacts = Current.account.contacts.where(id: ::OnlineStatusTracker
                   .get_available_contact_ids(Current.account.id))
-    @contacts_count = contacts.count
     @contacts = fetch_contacts(contacts)
+    @contacts_count = @contacts.total_count
   end
 
   def show; end
@@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ContactsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
   end
 
   def fetch_contacts(contacts)
-    contacts_with_avatar = filtrate(contacts)
-                           .includes([{ avatar_attachment: [:blob] }])
-                           .page(@current_page).per(RESULTS_PER_PAGE)
+    # Build includes hash to avoid separate query when contact_inboxes are needed
+    includes_hash = { avatar_attachment: [:blob] }
+    includes_hash[:contact_inboxes] = { inbox: :channel } if @include_contact_inboxes
 
-    return contacts_with_avatar.includes([{ contact_inboxes: [:inbox] }]) if @include_contact_inboxes
-
-    contacts_with_avatar
+    filtrate(contacts)
+      .includes(includes_hash)
+      .page(@current_page)
+      .per(RESULTS_PER_PAGE)
   end
 
   def build_contact_inbox
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder
index cde9e5445..577dff4be 100644
--- a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ end
 
 json.payload do
   json.array! @contacts do |contact|
-    json.partial! 'api/v1/models/contact', formats: [:json], resource: contact, with_contact_inboxes: true
+    json.partial! 'api/v1/models/contact', formats: [:json], resource: contact, with_contact_inboxes: @include_contact_inboxes
   end
 end