diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/repository/workspace.repository.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/repository/workspace.repository.ts
index 28e060e30..05e6eed8a 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/repository/workspace.repository.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/twenty-orm/repository/workspace.repository.ts
@@ -662,6 +662,10 @@ export class WorkspaceRepository<
 
     transformedOptions.where = await this.formatData(options.where);
 
+    if (options.withDeleted) {
+      transformedOptions.withDeleted = true;
+    }
+
     return transformedOptions;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/contact-creation-manager/services/create-company-and-contact.service.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/contact-creation-manager/services/create-company-and-contact.service.ts
index d36935179..f391ab713 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/contact-creation-manager/services/create-company-and-contact.service.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/contact-creation-manager/services/create-company-and-contact.service.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export class CreateCompanyAndContactService {
     }
 
     const alreadyCreatedContacts = await personRepository.find({
+      withDeleted: true,
       where: {
         emails: { primaryEmail: Any(uniqueHandles) },
       },