diff --git a/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/RemoteAvatarFetchFromUrl.php b/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/RemoteAvatarFetchFromUrl.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cee52f6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/RemoteAvatarFetchFromUrl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Jobs\AvatarPipeline;
+
+use App\Avatar;
+use App\Profile;
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use App\Util\ActivityPub\Helpers;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Zttp\Zttp;
+use App\Http\Controllers\AvatarController;
+use Storage;
+use Log;
+use Illuminate\Http\File;
+use App\Services\MediaStorageService;
+use App\Services\ActivityPubFetchService;
+
+class RemoteAvatarFetchFromUrl implements ShouldQueue
+{
+	use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+	protected $profile;
+	protected $url;
+
+	/**
+	* Delete the job if its models no longer exist.
+	*
+	* @var bool
+	*/
+	public $deleteWhenMissingModels = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * The number of times the job may be attempted.
+	 *
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	public $tries = 1;
+	public $timeout = 300;
+	public $maxExceptions = 1;
+
+	/**
+	* Create a new job instance.
+	*
+	* @return void
+	*/
+	public function __construct(Profile $profile, $url)
+	{
+		$this->profile = $profile;
+		$this->url = $url;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Execute the job.
+	*
+	* @return void
+	*/
+	public function handle()
+	{
+		$profile = $this->profile;
+
+		if(boolval(config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage')) == false && boolval(config_cache('federation.avatars.store_local')) == false) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		if($profile->domain == null || $profile->private_key) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		$avatar = Avatar::whereProfileId($profile->id)->first();
+
+		if(!$avatar) {
+			$avatar = new Avatar;
+			$avatar->profile_id = $profile->id;
+			$avatar->is_remote = true;
+			$avatar->remote_url = $this->url;
+			$avatar->save();
+		} else {
+			$avatar->remote_url = $this->url;
+			$avatar->is_remote = true;
+			$avatar->save();
+		}
+
+		MediaStorageService::avatar($avatar, boolval(config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage')) == false);
+
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ProfilePipeline/HandleUpdateActivity.php b/app/Jobs/ProfilePipeline/HandleUpdateActivity.php
index 2c5a4456b..3fe49b3d7 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ProfilePipeline/HandleUpdateActivity.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ProfilePipeline/HandleUpdateActivity.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use App\Profile;
 use App\Util\ActivityPub\Helpers;
 use Cache;
 use Purify;
-use App\Jobs\AvatarPipeline\RemoteAvatarFetch;
+use App\Jobs\AvatarPipeline\RemoteAvatarFetchFromUrl;
 use App\Util\Lexer\Autolink;
 
 class HandleUpdateActivity implements ShouldQueue
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ class HandleUpdateActivity implements ShouldQueue
             $profile->save();
         }
 
-        if(isset($payload['object']['icon'])) {
-            RemoteAvatarFetch::dispatch($profile)->onQueue('low');
+        if(isset($payload['object']['icon']) && isset($payload['object']['icon']['url'])) {
+            RemoteAvatarFetch::dispatch($profile, $payload['object']['icon']['url'])->onQueue('low');
         } else {
             $profile->avatar->update(['remote_url' => null]);
             Cache::forget('avatar:' . $profile->id);