diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 819a88d28..30555d20a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ 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] = params[:profile][:image_url]
     end
   end