diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell.swift
index 0de63d85..8e9d66b0 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell {
         fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
     }
     
-    func updateUI(item: MainSidebarViewController.Item, account: UserAccountInfo) async {
+    func updateUI(item: MainSidebarViewController.Item, account: UserAccountInfo) {
         var config = defaultContentConfiguration()
         config.text = item.title
         config.image = UIImage(systemName: item.imageName!)
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ class MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell {
             ]
         }
         
+        Task {
+            await updateAvatar(account: account)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private func updateAvatar(account: UserAccountInfo) async {
         let mastodonController = MastodonController.getForAccount(account)
         guard let account = try? await mastodonController.getOwnAccount(),
               let avatar = account.avatar else {
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
index 95732706..615457ab 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
         }
         
         let myProfileCell = UICollectionView.CellRegistration<MainSidebarMyProfileCollectionViewCell, Item> { [unowned self] cell, indexPath, item in
-            Task {
-                await cell.updateUI(item: item, account: self.mastodonController.accountInfo!)
-            }
+            cell.updateUI(item: item, account: self.mastodonController.accountInfo!)
         }
         
         let outlineHeaderCell = UICollectionView.CellRegistration<UICollectionViewListCell, Item> { (cell, indexPath, item) in