diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/_hx_contributor_comparison.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/_hx_contributor_comparison.html
index 16f0951616b9496f8d3626d3e75315a23a4b6039..cf9e3caf5403fb827212be95b480f5b4ce27276a 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/_hx_contributor_comparison.html
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/_hx_contributor_comparison.html
@@ -14,20 +14,23 @@
 
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-12">
+
     {% if contributor_to_merge.user.is_active and not contributor_to_merge_into.user.is_active %}
       <h3 class="text-danger">
         Warning: the contributor to merge is active, while the one to merge into is not. Consider swapping the order with "Swap & Merge".
       </h3>
-      <div id="contributor-swap-merge-btn"
-           class="btn btn-warning me-2"
-           hx-post="{% url "scipost:_hx_contributor_merge" to_merge=contributor_to_merge.id to_merge_into=contributor_to_merge_into.id %}">
-        Swap & Merge
-      </div>
     {% endif %}
+
     <div id="contributor-merge-btn"
-         class="btn btn-primary"
-         hx-post="{% url "scipost:_hx_contributor_merge" to_merge=contributor_to_merge_into.id to_merge_into=contributor_to_merge.id %}">
+         class="btn btn-primary me-3"
+         hx-post="{% url "scipost:_hx_contributor_merge" to_merge=contributor_to_merge.id to_merge_into=contributor_to_merge_into.id %}">
       Merge
     </div>
+
+    <div id="contributor-swap-merge-btn"
+         class="btn btn-secondary"
+         hx-post="{% url "scipost:_hx_contributor_merge" to_merge=contributor_to_merge_into.id to_merge_into=contributor_to_merge.id %}">
+      Swap & Merge
+    </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/views.py b/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
index b5f72a54844d76ce99f33e4da48df1901b67f34d..5ab19f51a5e37e5a6f242248224a9bda053a050b 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
@@ -1625,12 +1625,14 @@ def _hx_contributor_merge(request, to_merge: int, to_merge_into: int):
     to solve one person - multiple registrations issues.
     """
 
+    post_data = {
+        **(request.POST or {}),
+        "to_merge": to_merge,
+        "to_merge_into": to_merge_into,
+    }
+
     merge_form = ContributorMergeForm(
-        request.POST or None,
-        initial={
-            "to_merge": to_merge,
-            "to_merge_into": to_merge_into,
-        },
+        post_data,
         queryset=Contributor.objects.filter(id__in=[to_merge, to_merge_into]),
     )