diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Controls/MultiselectInput.vue b/frontend/src/components/Controls/MultiselectInput.vue
index 78d582c5..0a89312b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Controls/MultiselectInput.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Controls/MultiselectInput.vue
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ import {
   ComboboxOption,
 } from '@headlessui/vue'
 import UserAvatar from '@/components/UserAvatar.vue'
-import { contactsStore } from '@/stores/contacts'
 import { Popover, createResource } from 'frappe-ui'
 import { ref, computed, nextTick } from 'vue'
 import { watchDebounced } from '@vueuse/core'
@@ -111,8 +110,6 @@ const props = defineProps({
 
 const values = defineModel()
 
-const { getContactByName } = contactsStore()
-
 const emails = ref([])
 const search = ref(null)
 const error = ref(null)
@@ -153,13 +150,13 @@ const filterOptions = createResource({
   transform: (data) => {
     let allData = data
       .filter((c) => {
-        return getContactByName(c.value).email_id
+        return c.description.split(', ')[1]
       })
       .map((option) => {
-        let c = getContactByName(option.value)
+        let email = option.description.split(', ')[1]
         return {
-          label: c.full_name || c.email_id,
-          value: c.email_id,
+          label: option.label || email,
+          value: email,
         }
       })
     return allData
@@ -222,19 +219,19 @@ const removeValue = (value) => {
 const removeLastValue = () => {
   if (query.value) return
 
-  let emailRef = emails.value[emails.value.length - 1].$el
+  let emailRef = emails.value[emails.value.length - 1]?.$el
   if (document.activeElement === emailRef) {
     values.value.pop()
     nextTick(() => {
       if (values.value.length) {
         emailRef = emails.value[emails.value.length - 1].$el
-        emailRef.focus()
+        emailRef?.focus()
       } else {
         setFocus()
       }
     })
   } else {
-    emailRef.focus()
+    emailRef?.focus()
   }
 }