diff --git a/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m b/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m
index 93c585905..834bb6115 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m
+++ b/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
     // adding user avatar to left
     NSURL *imageURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",
                                             [appDelegate.dictSocialProfile
-                                             objectForKey:@"photo_url"]]];
+                                             objectForKey:@"large_photo_url"]]];
     userAvatarButton = [UIBarButtonItem barItemWithImage:[UIImage alloc]
                                                   target:self
                                                   action:@selector(showUserProfile)];
@@ -1806,8 +1806,10 @@ heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
     [avatarRequest setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:NO];
     [avatarRequest setHTTPShouldUsePipelining:YES];
     UIImageView *avatarImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:userAvatarButton.customView.frame];
+    CGSize avatarSize = avatarImageView.frame.size;
     [avatarImageView setImageWithURLRequest:avatarRequest placeholderImage:nil success:^(NSURLRequest *request, NSHTTPURLResponse *response, UIImage *image) {
-        image = [Utilities roundCorneredImage:image radius:3];
+        image = [Utilities imageWithImage:image convertToSize:CGSizeMake(avatarSize.width*2, avatarSize.height*2)];
+        image = [Utilities roundCorneredImage:image radius:6];
         [(UIButton *)userAvatarButton.customView setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
     } failure:nil];
     //    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = userInfoBarButton;
diff --git a/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.h b/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.h
index 13aa077a1..8d66499ce 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.h
+++ b/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ void drawLinearGradient(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect, CGColorRef startColor
 + (void)drawLinearGradientWithRect:(CGRect)rect startColor:(CGColorRef)startColor endColor:(CGColorRef)endColor;
 + (void)saveimagesToDisk;
 + (UIImage *)roundCorneredImage:(UIImage *)orig radius:(CGFloat)r;
++ (UIImage *)imageWithImage:(UIImage *)image convertToSize:(CGSize)size;
 + (NSString *)md5:(NSString *)string;
 + (NSString *)formatLongDateFromTimestamp:(NSInteger)timestamp;
 + (NSString *)formatShortDateFromTimestamp:(NSInteger)timestamp;
diff --git a/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.m b/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.m
index 90626d3d0..d825a836f 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.m
+++ b/clients/ios/Classes/Utilities.m
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ static NSMutableDictionary *imageCache;
     return result;
 }
 
++ (UIImage *)imageWithImage:(UIImage *)image convertToSize:(CGSize)size {
+    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);
+    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height)];
+    UIImage *destImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
+    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
+    return destImage;
+}
+
 + (NSString *)md5:(NSString *)string {
     const char *cStr = [string UTF8String];
     unsigned char result[16];