diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/HomeActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/HomeActivity.kt
index 57292ae53d..583ea45279 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class HomeActivity : PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity, ConversationClickListe
     override fun onResume() {
         super.onResume()
         if (TextSecurePreferences.getLocalNumber(this) == null) { return; } // This can be the case after a secondary device is auto-cleared
+        profileButton.recycle() // clear cached image before update tje profilePictureView
         profileButton.update()
         val hasViewedSeed = TextSecurePreferences.getHasViewedSeed(this)
         if (hasViewedSeed) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/SettingsActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
index 29d058deed..fa21d1f162 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/loki/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ class SettingsActivity : PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity() {
                 TextSecurePreferences.setProfileAvatarId(this, SecureRandom().nextInt())
                 ProfileKeyUtil.setEncodedProfileKey(this, encodedProfileKey)
                 ApplicationContext.getInstance(this).updateOpenGroupProfilePicturesIfNeeded()
+                profilePictureView.recycle() // clear cached image before update tje profilePictureView
                 profilePictureView.update()
             }
             profilePictureToBeUploaded = null