diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index be33594e4..a3e485527 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -796,17 +796,17 @@ function profile_load(&$a, $nickname, $profile = 0) {
 
 	if($profile) {
 		$profile_int = intval($profile);
-		$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `profile`.* , `user`.* FROM `profile` 
-			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-			WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `profile`.`id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `profile`.* , `contact`.`avatar-date` AS picdate, `user`.* FROM `profile` 
+			left join `contact` on `contact`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
+			WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `profile`.`id` = %d and `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($nickname),
 			intval($profile_int)
 		);
 	}
 	if(! count($r)) {	
-		$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `profile`.* , `user`.* FROM `profile` 
-			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
-			WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `profile`.`is-default` = 1 LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `profile`.* , `contact`.`avatar-date` AS picdate, `user`.* FROM `profile` 
+			left join `contact` on `contact`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `profile`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
+			WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `profile`.`is-default` = 1 and `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($nickname)
 		);
 	}
@@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ function profile_sidebar($profile, $block = 0) {
 	if((! is_array($profile)) && (! count($profile)))
 		return $o;
 
+	$profile['picdate'] = urlencode($profile['picdate']);
+
 	call_hooks('profile_sidebar_enter', $profile);
 
 	
diff --git a/view/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/profile_vcard.tpl
index c78eb9b7f..5bcbfd0b0 100644
--- a/view/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 				
 	
 	{{ if $pdesc }}<div class="title">$profile.pdesc</div>{{ endif }}
-	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" width="175" height="175" src="$profile.photo" alt="$profile.name" /></div>
+	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" width="175" height="175" src="$profile.photo?rev=$profile.picdate" alt="$profile.name" /></div>
 
 
 
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/theme/duepuntozero/profile_vcard.tpl
index b3f5cc50d..154f22363 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 				
 	
 	{{ if $pdesc }}<div class="title">$profile.pdesc</div>{{ endif }}
-	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" width="175" height="175" src="$profile.photo" alt="$profile.name"></div>
+	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" width="175" height="175" src="$profile.photo?rev=$profile.picdate" alt="$profile.name"></div>