diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 73ee0ec79bd8a65c82c210df1eb69a702d59ae41..4e9f94c2465373888a8c77c1172423c895d42ff7 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     image_location = person.profile.image_url
     image_location ||= "/images/user/default.png"
 
-    image_tag image_location, :class => "avatar", :alt => person.real_name, :title => person.real_name
+    image_tag image_location, :class => "avatar", :alt => person.real_name, :title => person.real_name, "data-person_id" => person.id
   end
 
   def person_image_link(person)
diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index 12b6a1af178b821e42c083d123f469e792a0b960..58f6a97bd69ea8d275af70b40738a4495e276806 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   %div{:id => @photo.id}
     #show_photo
       .edit_pane
-        .controls{:data=>{:actor=>"#{@photo.person.owner.id}",:image_url=>"#{@photo.url(:thumb_medium)}"}}
+        .controls{:data=>{:actor=>"#{@photo.person.owner.id}",:actor_person=>"#{@photo.person.id}",:image_url=>"#{@photo.url(:thumb_medium)}"}}
           = link_to 'make profile photo', '#', :class => "make_profile_photo"
         = linked_scaled_photo @photo, @album
       .caption
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 575007819da6a2573a303bad87234b49c49df554..74687f668f0e75e96b9eda7aa50db2c26d2a8398 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -107,12 +107,17 @@ function openVideo(type, videoid, link) {
 
 $(".make_profile_photo").live("click", function(){
   var user_id   = $(this).closest(".controls").attr('data-actor');
+      person_id = $(this).closest(".controls").attr('data-actor_person');
       photo_url = $(this).closest(".controls").attr('data-image_url');
 
   $.ajax({
     type: "PUT",
     url: '/users/'+user_id,
     data: {"user":{"profile":{ "image_url": photo_url }}},
-    success: window.location.reload()
+    success: function(){
+      $("img[data-person_id='"+ person_id +"']").each( function() {
+        $(this).attr('src', photo_url);
+      });
+    }
   });
 });