diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fe69ce7..e50553b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "git-config-user-profiles",
-  "version": "1.3.1",
+  "version": "1.3.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "git-config-user-profiles",
-      "version": "1.3.1",
+      "version": "1.3.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "simple-git": "~3.22.0",
diff --git a/src/commands/EditUserProfileCommand.ts b/src/commands/EditUserProfileCommand.ts
index 3b4236c..fc454ec 100644
--- a/src/commands/EditUserProfileCommand.ts
+++ b/src/commands/EditUserProfileCommand.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { Profile } from "../models";
 import * as util from "../util";
 import * as gm from "../util/gitManager";
 import { ICommand, Result } from "./ICommand";
-
 export class EditUserProfileCommand implements ICommand<boolean> {
   private static instance: EditUserProfileCommand | null = null;
 
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ export class EditUserProfileCommand implements ICommand<boolean> {
           if (updatedProfile.id) {
             await saveVscProfile(updatedProfile, updatedProfile.id);
           } else {
-            // backward compatibility
             await saveVscProfile(updatedProfile, updatedProfile.label);
           }
           vscode.commands.executeCommand(constants.CommandIds.GET_USER_PROFILE, "edited profile");
diff --git a/src/commands/PickUserProfileCommand.ts b/src/commands/PickUserProfileCommand.ts
index 7d4a5c3..9160e52 100644
--- a/src/commands/PickUserProfileCommand.ts
+++ b/src/commands/PickUserProfileCommand.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { Profile } from "../models";
 import * as util from "../util";
 import * as gm from "../util/gitManager";
 import { ICommand, Result } from "./ICommand";
-
 export class PickUserProfileCommand implements ICommand<Profile> {
   private static instance: PickUserProfileCommand | null = null;
 
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 819d796..8fa1194 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { ConfigurationTarget, workspace } from "vscode";
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { Profile } from "./models";
 import * as util from "./util";
 
 export function getProfilesInSettings(): Profile[] {
-  const profiles = workspace.getConfiguration("gitConfigUser").get<Profile[]>("profiles");
+  const profiles = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("gitConfigUser").get<Profile[]>("profiles");
 
-  if (profiles) {
+  if (profiles && profiles.length > 0) {
     // map all profiles in to profiles entity and return
     return profiles;
   }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function saveVscProfile(profile: Profile, oldProfileId?: string): P
     // user is updating existing profile, no need to make changes to selected field
     existingProfileIndex = profiles.findIndex((x) => {
       if (x.id) {
-        return x.id?.toLowerCase() === oldProfileId.toLowerCase();
+        return x.id === oldProfileId;
       } else {
         // for backward compatibility with old profiles without id
         return x.label.toLowerCase() === oldProfileId.toLowerCase();
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function saveVscProfile(profile: Profile, oldProfileId?: string): P
     // user is making a selection of profile (not updating the profile), so set selected to false
     existingProfileIndex = profiles.findIndex((x) => {
       if (x.id) {
-        return x.id?.toLowerCase() === profile.id?.toLowerCase();
+        return x.id === profile.id;
       } else {
         // for backward compatibility with old profiles without id
         return x.label.toLowerCase() === profile.label.toLowerCase();
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export async function saveVscProfile(profile: Profile, oldProfileId?: string): P
   } else {
     profiles.push(profile);
   }
-  await workspace.getConfiguration("gitConfigUser").update("profiles", profiles, ConfigurationTarget.Global);
+  await vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("gitConfigUser").update("profiles", profiles, true);
 }
 
 export function getVscProfile(profileName: string): Profile | undefined {
diff --git a/src/util/gitManager.ts b/src/util/gitManager.ts
index 279851d..99eca38 100644
--- a/src/util/gitManager.ts
+++ b/src/util/gitManager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { basename } from "path";
 import { simpleGit, SimpleGit } from "simple-git";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { Result } from "../commands/ICommand";
 import { getProfilesInSettings } from "../config";
@@ -161,6 +162,22 @@ export async function getWorkspaceStatus(): Promise<{
     };
   }
   const profilesInVscConfig = getProfilesInSettings();
+  //migrate all old profiles to new format
+  let saveConfig = false;
+  profilesInVscConfig.forEach((x) => {
+    if (x.id === undefined || x.id === "" || x.signingKey == undefined || x.signingKey == null) {
+      saveConfig = true;
+    }
+    if (!x.id) {
+      x.id = uuidv4();
+    }
+    if (!x.signingKey) {
+      x.signingKey = "";
+    }
+  });
+  if (saveConfig) {
+    await vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("gitConfigUser").update("profiles", profilesInVscConfig, true);
+  }
   const selectedProfileInVscConfig = profilesInVscConfig.filter((x) => x.selected === true) || [];
   const selectedVscProfile: Profile | undefined = selectedProfileInVscConfig.length > 0 ? selectedProfileInVscConfig[0] : undefined;
   const currentGitConfig = await getCurrentGitConfig(folder);
diff --git a/src/util/utils.ts b/src/util/utils.ts
index b70dbba..872b233 100644
--- a/src/util/utils.ts
+++ b/src/util/utils.ts
@@ -57,20 +57,32 @@ export function trimProperties(profile: Profile): Profile {
     selected: profile.selected,
     detail: undefined,
     id: profile.id,
-    signingKey: profile.signingKey.trim(),
+    signingKey: profile.signingKey?.trim(),
   };
 }
 export function isConfigInSync(profile1?: { email: string; userName: string; signingKey: string }, profile2?: { email: string; userName: string; signingKey: string }): boolean {
   if (!profile1 || !profile2) {
     return false;
   }
-  return (
-    !isNameAndEmailEmpty(profile1) &&
-    !isNameAndEmailEmpty(profile2) &&
-    profile1.email.toLowerCase() === profile2.email.toLowerCase() &&
-    profile1.userName.toLowerCase() === profile2.userName.toLowerCase() &&
-    profile1.signingKey.toLowerCase() === profile2.signingKey.toLowerCase()
-  );
+  let userNameSame = false;
+  let emailSame = false;
+  let signingKeySame = false;
+  if (profile1.userName && profile2.userName) {
+    userNameSame = profile1.userName.toLowerCase() === profile2.userName.toLowerCase();
+  }
+  if (profile1.email && profile2.email) {
+    emailSame = profile1.email.toLowerCase() === profile2.email.toLowerCase();
+  }
+  if (profile1.signingKey && profile2.signingKey) {
+    signingKeySame = profile1.signingKey.toLowerCase() === profile2.signingKey.toLowerCase();
+  }
+  if (profile1.signingKey === undefined || profile2.signingKey === undefined || profile1.signingKey === "" || profile2.signingKey === "") {
+    // backward compatibility with old profiles without signingKey
+    // if any profile does not have signing key, user is comparing old vs new profile, dont compare signing key
+    signingKeySame = true;
+  }
+
+  return userNameSame && emailSame && signingKeySame;
 }
 
 export function isNameAndEmailEmpty(profile: { email: string; userName: string }): boolean {
@@ -128,7 +140,7 @@ export async function loadProfileInWizard(preloadedProfile: Profile): Promise<Pr
     profileEmail: preloadedProfile.email,
     profileUserName: preloadedProfile.userName,
     profileName: preloadedProfile.label || "",
-    profileId: preloadedProfile.id,
+    profileId: preloadedProfile.id || "",
     profileSelected: preloadedProfile.selected,
     profileSigningKey: preloadedProfile.signingKey,
   };