# Discourse connect avatar\_url isn't working

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-avatar-url-isnt-working/293036>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-avatar-url-isnt-working/293036 "2024-01-26T09:00:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-avatar-url-isnt-working/293036/1 "2024-01-26T09:00:12Z")

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Hi. Have faced issue with avatar update through discourse-connect.  
In sso payload is avarat\_force\_update = true and avatar\_url = [https://files.ekool.eu/ekool/202311/3011/00/-m-ae103b0bac1fa5fc3cb65217a0183ba7b2633edae6d4a4d3049a6245d4b49e46533c45dc7d0603fa1a02a9ee62f5a4afd3d945615a8f44ba3609cade095b5e5b.jpg](https://files.ekool.eu/ekool/202311/3011/00/-m-ae103b0bac1fa5fc3cb65217a0183ba7b2633edae6d4a4d3049a6245d4b49e46533c45dc7d0603fa1a02a9ee62f5a4afd3d945615a8f44ba3609cade095b5e5b.jpg)

Discourse UI sso payload

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/a/0/7a0f232ea884b515776f82953f56b123d048fd2f.png)

Discourse-connect overwrites avatar setting is enabled

But avatar isn’t updated to provided url. Instead it is changed for something like placeholder

Also no any logs/errors regarding avatar in server and verbose discourse-connect logs

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