diff --git a/src/pp5/contacts.py b/src/pp5/contacts.py
index faa2693..2cf162e 100644
--- a/src/pp5/contacts.py
+++ b/src/pp5/contacts.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def _resolve_atom_contacts(
                 continue
 
             # Ignore any contacts with water
-            if tgt_resname == "HOH":
+            if tgt_resname == "HOH":  # TODO: also check for hydrogen 1HJE
                 continue
 
             src_chain = src_res.get_parent()
@@ -286,23 +286,23 @@ def _resolve_atom_contacts(
             contact_dist = src_atom - tgt_atom
             contact_dists.append(contact_dist)
 
-            # Key uniquely identifying the contact
-            contact_key = (tgt_chain_id, tgt_resname, tgt_seq_idx, tgt_altloc)
+            # Key uniquely identifying the contact target
+            contact_tgt_key = (tgt_chain_id, tgt_resname, tgt_seq_idx, tgt_altloc)
 
             # Check if contact is a ligand (check hetero flag)
             if tgt_hetflag.startswith("H_"):
-                res_contacts_non_aa.setdefault(contact_key, [])
-                res_contacts_non_aa[contact_key].append(contact_dist)
+                res_contacts_non_aa.setdefault(contact_tgt_key, [])
+                res_contacts_non_aa[contact_tgt_key].append(contact_dist)
 
             # Check if contact is out of chain
             elif src_chain != tgt_chain:
-                res_contacts_ooc.setdefault(contact_key, [])
-                res_contacts_ooc[contact_key].append(contact_dist)
+                res_contacts_ooc.setdefault(contact_tgt_key, [])
+                res_contacts_ooc[contact_tgt_key].append(contact_dist)
 
             # Regular AA contact in current chain
             else:
-                res_contacts_aas.setdefault(contact_key, [])
-                res_contacts_aas[contact_key].append(contact_dist)
+                res_contacts_aas.setdefault(contact_tgt_key, [])
+                res_contacts_aas[contact_tgt_key].append(contact_dist)
 
                 # Calculate sequence distance (only in-chain)
                 sequence_dists.append(abs(tgt_seq_idx - src_seq_idx))
@@ -315,37 +315,37 @@ def _resolve_atom_contacts(
         if sequence_dists:
             contact_smin, contact_smax = min(sequence_dists), max(sequence_dists)
 
-        def _format_unique_contacts(
-            _contacts: Dict[tuple, List[float]]
-        ) -> Sequence[str]:
+        def _aggregate(_contacts: Dict[tuple, List[float]]) -> Dict[tuple, float]:
             """
-            Formats multiple contacts as a list of strings, by merging the contacts
-            which have a unique key. For each unique contact key, calculates the
-            average distance, and uses that to format the contact.
-            :param _contacts: The contacts to format.
-            :return: A list of formatted contacts.
+            For each unique contact target key, aggregates the distances by taking
+            the minimum.
+
+            :param _contacts: The contacts to format: {tgt_key: [dist1, dist2, ...]}
+            :return: The aggregated contacts: {tgt_key: min_dist}
             """
             _contacts_to_dist: Dict[tuple, float] = {}
-            _formatted_contacts = []
+            for _tgt_key, _dists in _contacts.items():
+                _contacts_to_dist[_tgt_key] = np.min(_dists)
+            return _contacts_to_dist
 
-            # Aggregate distances
-            for _key, _dists in _contacts.items():
-                _mean_dist = np.mean(_dists)
-                _contacts_to_dist[_key] = _mean_dist
+        def _format(_contacts: Dict[tuple, float]) -> Sequence[str]:
+            """
+            Formats contacts as a list of strings, by merging the contacts
+            which have a unique target key.
 
+            :param _contacts: The contacts to format: {tgt_key: dist}
+            :return: A list of formatted contacts.
+            """
             # Sort by distance
-            _contacts_to_dist = dict(
-                sorted(_contacts_to_dist.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
-            )
-
-            for _key, _dist in _contacts_to_dist.items():
-                _tgt_chain_id, _tgt_resname, _tgt_seq_idx, _tgt_altloc = _key
+            _contacts = dict(sorted(_contacts.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]))
+            _formatted_contacts = []
+            for _tgt_key, _dist in _contacts.items():
+                _tgt_chain_id, _tgt_resname, _tgt_seq_idx, _tgt_altloc = _tgt_key
                 _formatted_contacts.append(
                     format_residue_contact(
                         _tgt_chain_id, _tgt_resname, _tgt_seq_idx, _tgt_altloc, _dist
                     )
                 )
-
             return tuple(_formatted_contacts)
 
         return ResidueContacts(
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ def _format_unique_contacts(
             contact_count=contact_count,
             contact_types="proximal",  # use arpeggio name, but not meaningful here
             contact_smax=contact_smax,
-            contact_ooc=_format_unique_contacts(res_contacts_ooc),
-            contact_non_aa=_format_unique_contacts(res_contacts_non_aa),
-            contact_aas=_format_unique_contacts(res_contacts_aas),
+            contact_ooc=_format(_aggregate(res_contacts_ooc)),
+            contact_non_aa=_format(_aggregate(res_contacts_non_aa)),
+            contact_aas=_format(_aggregate(res_contacts_aas)),
         )