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app/views/ostatus_posts/_ostatus_post.html.haml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %li.message{:id => post.id}
 
-  = image_tag post.author.avatar_thumbnail, :class => "person_picture"
+  = image_tag post.author.avatar_thumbnail, :class => "person_picture" if !post.author.author.avatar_thumnail.nil?
 
   %span.from
     = link_to post.author.username, author_path(post.author)

lib/common.rb

@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ module Diaspora
     end
 
     def self.parse_avatar_thumbnail(doc)
+      begin
         doc.xpath('//logo').first.inner_html
+      rescue
+        puts "user has no thumbnail"
+      end
     end
 
     def self.parse_username(doc)