diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 260b5b7fa9e967fe963233cb578f22fc17a06b35..9fb2c2989bc2f5157cdc8e538fd5572a13bece39 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
       params[:profile].delete(:image_url)
     else
       url = APP_CONFIG[:pod_url].chop if APP_CONFIG[:pod_url][-1,1] == '/'
-      params[:profile][:image_url] = url + params[:profile][:image_url]
+      params[:profile][:image_url] = url + params[:profile][:image_url] if params[:profile][:image_url].at(0) == '/'
     end
   end