diff --git a/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb b/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb
index 735b142..99580df 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_having_image.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module ActsAsHavingImage
       image.attributes = img
     else
       build_image(img)
-    end
+    end unless img[:uploaded_data].blank?
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index 1187bf1..29bbea0 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -1352,6 +1352,16 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !profile.valid?
   end
 
+  should 'profile be valid when image is empty' do
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'Profile for testing ', :identifier => 'profilefortesting', :image_builder => {:uploaded_data => ""})
+    assert_valid profile
+  end
+
+  should 'profile be valid when has no image' do
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'Profile for testing ', :identifier => 'profilefortesting')
+    assert_valid profile
+  end
+
   should 'copy header and footer after create a person' do
     template = create_user('template').person
     template.custom_footer = "footer customized"
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