diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db4556f..e0cc684 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - ability for admins to delete posts
 - ability to upload file at `/upload` with the name profilePicture
 - publicPath to config file to configure the directory for public files
+- profilePicture property to User model which is an url to the users profile picture
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 8036b3c..8c64094 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import * as socketIoRedis from "socket.io-redis";
 import {resolver} from "./graphql/resolvers";
 import dataaccess from "./lib/dataAccess";
 import globals from "./lib/globals";
+import {User} from "./lib/models";
 import routes from "./routes";
 
 const SequelizeStore = require("connect-session-sequelize")(session.Store);
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ class App {
                     .toFile(path.join(dir, req.session.userId + ".png"));
                 success = true;
                 fileName = `/data/profilePictures/${req.session.userId}.png`;
+                const user = await User.findByPk(req.session.userId);
+                user.profilePicture = fileName;
+                await user.save();
             } else {
                 res.status(400);
             }
diff --git a/src/lib/models/User.ts b/src/lib/models/User.ts
index 5901054..8db31e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/models/User.ts
+++ b/src/lib/models/User.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ export class User extends Model<User> {
     @Column({defaultValue: false, allowNull: false})
     public isAdmin: boolean;
 
+    @Column({type: sqz.STRING(512)})
+    public profilePicture: string;
+
     @BelongsToMany(() => User, () => Friendship, "userId")
     public rFriends: User[];