diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 44275ae44c..b67ad8da40 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		$item["contact-id"] = self::contactId($item);
 
 		$default = ['url' => $item['author-link'], 'name' => $item['author-name'],
-			'avatar' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
+			'photo' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 
 		$item['author-id'] = defaults($item, 'author-id', Contact::getIdForURL($item["author-link"], 0, false, $default));
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		}
 
 		$default = ['url' => $item['owner-link'], 'name' => $item['owner-name'],
-			'avatar' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
+			'photo' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 
 		$item['owner-id'] = defaults($item, 'owner-id', Contact::getIdForURL($item["owner-link"], 0, false, $default));
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 1a6bcdf7b2..e85641007d 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function update_1260() {
 		WHERE `owner-id` = 0 AND `owner-link` != ''");
 	while ($item = dba::fetch($items)) {
 		$contact = ['url' => $item['owner-link'], 'name' => $item['owner-name'],
-			'avatar' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
+			'photo' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['owner-link'], 0, false, $contact);
 		if (empty($cid)) {
 			continue;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function update_1260() {
 		WHERE `author-id` = 0 AND `author-link` != ''");
 	while ($item = dba::fetch($items)) {
 		$contact = ['url' => $item['author-link'], 'name' => $item['author-name'],
-			'avatar' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
+			'photo' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, false, $contact);
 		if (empty($cid)) {
 			continue;