diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index 89ed4bc9a..ea56ed81b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     # upload and set new profile photo
-    if params[:person][:profile][:image]
+    if params[:person][:profile][:image].present?
       raw_image = params[:person][:profile].delete(:image)
       params[:profile_image_hash] = { :user_file => raw_image, :to => "all" }
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
index c83bf221b..16b0968a4 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
@@ -37,32 +37,18 @@ describe PeopleController do
       it "doesn't overwrite the profile photo when an empty string is passed in" do
         user.person.profile.image_url = "http://tom.joindiaspora.com/images/user/tom.jpg"
         user.person.profile.save
-        
-        params = {"profile"=> 
-                   {"image_url"  => "",
-                    "last_name"  => user.person.profile.last_name,
-                    "first_name" => user.person.profile.first_name}}
+
+        params = { "profile" =>
+                   { "image" => "",
+                     "last_name"  => user.person.profile.last_name,
+                     "first_name" => user.person.profile.first_name }}
 
         image_url = user.person.profile.image_url
-        put("update", :id => user.person.id, "person" => params)
+        put :update, "id" => user.person.id.to_s, "person" => params
 
         user.person.reload
         user.person.profile.image_url.should == image_url
       end
-
-      it "doesn't prepend (https?://) if already present in image_url" do
-        params = {:profile=> 
-                   {:image_url  => "https://google.com/image.png",
-                    :last_name  => user.person.profile.last_name,
-                    :first_name => user.person.profile.first_name}}
-
-        put("update", :id => user.person.id, "person" => params)
-
-        user.person.reload
-        user.person.profile.image_url.should == params[:profile][:image_url]
-      end
-
     end
   end
-
 end