diff --git a/app/api/helpers.rb b/app/api/helpers.rb
index f6b21a2..946c05d 100644
--- a/app/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/app/api/helpers.rb
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ module Api
     end
 
     def asset_with_image params
-      if params.has_key? :image_builder
+      if !params.nil? && params.has_key?(:image_builder)
         asset_api_params = params
         asset_api_params[:image_builder] = base64_to_uploadedfile(asset_api_params[:image_builder])
         return asset_api_params
       end
-        params
+      params
     end
 
     def base64_to_uploadedfile(base64_image)
diff --git a/app/api/v1/profiles.rb b/app/api/v1/profiles.rb
index 42a69b4..b05ec57 100644
--- a/app/api/v1/profiles.rb
+++ b/app/api/v1/profiles.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Api
           authenticate!
           profile = environment.profiles.find_by(id: params[:id])
           return forbidden! unless profile.allow_edit?(current_person)
-          profile.update_attributes!(params[:profile])
+          profile.update_attributes!(asset_with_image(params[:profile]))
           present profile, :with => Entities::Profile, :current_person => current_person
         end
 
diff --git a/test/api/profiles_test.rb b/test/api/profiles_test.rb
index 6144b02..bd25de9 100644
--- a/test/api/profiles_test.rb
+++ b/test/api/profiles_test.rb
@@ -218,4 +218,18 @@ class ProfilesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
     assert_includes json["permissions"], 'allow_post_content'
   end
+
+  should 'update profile image' do
+    login_api
+    community = fast_create(Community)
+    community.add_member(person)
+    base64_image = create_base64_image
+    params.merge!({profile: {image_builder: base64_image}})
+    assert_nil person.image
+    post "/api/v1/profiles/#{community.id}?#{params.to_query}"
+    community.reload
+    assert_not_nil community.image
+    assert_equal community.image.filename, base64_image[:filename]
+  end
+
 end
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