diff --git a/frontend b/frontend
index b01072f..3518c80 160000
--- a/frontend
+++ b/frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b01072f52f41be7213a20b02ac51242d0c6d1be5
+Subproject commit 3518c80b92f0c95b2ace564f7eeca3fe7d053937
diff --git a/telegram_backend/src/profile-state.ts b/telegram_backend/src/profile-state.ts
index 51540d1..95aeeb8 100644
--- a/telegram_backend/src/profile-state.ts
+++ b/telegram_backend/src/profile-state.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Pool } from "pg";
 import type { OmniInboundEnvelopeV1 } from "./types";
 
 const TELEGRAM_FILE_MARKER = "tg-file:";
+const TELEGRAM_API_BASE_DEFAULT = "https://api.telegram.org";
 
 type AvatarStateRow = {
   avatar_fingerprint: string | null;
@@ -28,6 +29,64 @@ function parseTelegramFileId(avatarUrl: string | null) {
   return fileId || null;
 }
 
+function parseTelegramUserId(value: string | null) {
+  const raw = asString(value);
+  if (!raw || !/^\d+$/.test(raw)) return null;
+  const userId = Number.parseInt(raw, 10);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(userId) || userId <= 0) return null;
+  return userId;
+}
+
+function telegramApiBase() {
+  return asString(process.env.TELEGRAM_API_BASE) ?? TELEGRAM_API_BASE_DEFAULT;
+}
+
+type TelegramUserProfilePhotosResponse = {
+  ok?: boolean;
+  result?: {
+    photos?: Array<Array<{ file_id?: string }>>;
+  };
+  description?: string;
+};
+
+function pickProfilePhotoFileId(payload: TelegramUserProfilePhotosResponse) {
+  const groups = payload.result?.photos;
+  if (!Array.isArray(groups) || !groups.length) return null;
+  const firstGroup = groups[0];
+  if (!Array.isArray(firstGroup) || !firstGroup.length) return null;
+
+  for (let index = firstGroup.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+    const fileId = asString(firstGroup[index]?.file_id);
+    if (fileId) return fileId;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function resolveProfileAvatarFileId(contactExternalId: string | null) {
+  const userId = parseTelegramUserId(contactExternalId);
+  if (!userId) return null;
+
+  const token = asString(process.env.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN);
+  if (!token) return null;
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${telegramApiBase().replace(/\/+$/, "")}/bot${token}/getUserProfilePhotos`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      user_id: userId,
+      offset: 0,
+      limit: 1,
+    }),
+  });
+
+  if (!response.ok) return null;
+  const payload = (await response.json()) as TelegramUserProfilePhotosResponse;
+  if (!payload.ok) return null;
+
+  return pickProfilePhotoFileId(payload);
+}
+
 const pool = new Pool({
   connectionString: requiredEnv("TELEGRAM_PROFILE_STATE_DATABASE_URL"),
 });
@@ -101,8 +160,19 @@ async function detectAvatarChange(input: {
 export async function applyAvatarProfileState(envelope: OmniInboundEnvelopeV1): Promise<OmniInboundEnvelopeV1> {
   const payload = envelope.payloadNormalized;
   const contactExternalId = asString(payload.contactExternalId);
-  const contactAvatarUrl = asString(payload.contactAvatarUrl);
-  const contactAvatarFingerprint = asString(payload.contactAvatarFingerprint);
+  let contactAvatarUrl = asString(payload.contactAvatarUrl);
+  let contactAvatarFingerprint = asString(payload.contactAvatarFingerprint);
+
+  if (!contactAvatarUrl) {
+    const profileFileId = await resolveProfileAvatarFileId(contactExternalId);
+    if (profileFileId) {
+      contactAvatarUrl = `${TELEGRAM_FILE_MARKER}${profileFileId}`;
+      if (!contactAvatarFingerprint) {
+        contactAvatarFingerprint = profileFileId;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   const avatarFileId = parseTelegramFileId(contactAvatarUrl);
 
   const avatarState = await detectAvatarChange({
@@ -117,6 +187,7 @@ export async function applyAvatarProfileState(envelope: OmniInboundEnvelopeV1):
       ...payload,
       contactAvatarChanged: avatarState.changed,
       contactAvatarUrl: avatarState.changed ? contactAvatarUrl : null,
+      contactAvatarFingerprint,
     },
   };
 }