diff --git a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
index e513b9935..e6fed3b59 100644
--- a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
+++ b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ const UserAvatar = {
     imageLoadError () {
       this.showPlaceholder = true
     }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    src () {
+      this.showPlaceholder = false
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
index 1bf4a86d2..82df4510f 100644
--- a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
+++ b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ const UserProfile = {
     },
     userInStore () {
       const routeParams = this.$route.params
-      return this.$store.getters.findUser(routeParams.name || routeParams.id)
+      // This needs fetchedUserId so that computed will be refreshed when user is fetched
+      return this.$store.getters.findUser(this.fetchedUserId || routeParams.name || routeParams.id)
     },
     user () {
       if (this.timeline.statuses[0]) {
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index e2812340b..1fe12fc82 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ export const mutations = {
   updateUserRelationship (state, relationships) {
     relationships.forEach((relationship) => {
       const user = state.usersObject[relationship.id]
-
-      user.follows_you = relationship.followed_by
-      user.following = relationship.following
-      user.muted = relationship.muting
-      user.statusnet_blocking = relationship.blocking
+      if (user) {
+        user.follows_you = relationship.followed_by
+        user.following = relationship.following
+        user.muted = relationship.muting
+        user.statusnet_blocking = relationship.blocking
+      }
     })
   },
   saveBlocks (state, blockIds) {
@@ -132,7 +133,14 @@ export const mutations = {
 }
 
 export const getters = {
-  findUser: state => query => state.usersObject[typeof query === 'string' ? query.toLowerCase() : query]
+  findUser: state => query => {
+    const result = state.usersObject[query]
+    // In case it's a screen_name, we can try searching case-insensitive
+    if (!result && typeof query === 'string') {
+      return state.usersObject[query.toLowerCase()]
+    }
+    return result
+  }
 }
 
 export const defaultState = {