# Discourse /tmp/avatar\_proxy folder

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tmp-avatar-proxy-folder/325846
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tmp-avatar-proxy-folder/325846 "2024-09-10T13:29:56Z")
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### Author: ![LeBlanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@LeBlanc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeBlanc)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tmp-avatar-proxy-folder/325846/1 "2024-09-10T13:29:56Z")

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I found that each time discourse was rebuilt, the user’s default avatar was re-requested after startup. After doing some learning about it, I discovered that there is a default avatar whose data is stored in a temporary file inside a container “Rails.root/tmp/avatar\_proxy”. My question is whether I can consider making this temporary file persistent to reduce the time it takes to rebuild a discourse default profile picture request.