diff --git a/app/controllers/profile_controller.rb b/app/controllers/profile_controller.rb
index 95f07f26e4f..3929633558c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/profile_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/profile_controller.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class ProfileController < ApplicationController
       data = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(url)) rescue nil
       if data
         @pics << {
-          :url => data['profile_image_url'],
+          :url => data['profile_image_url_https'],
           :type => 'twitter',
           :alt => 'twitter pic'
         }
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 430b835b23d..a1ed74abac9 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
           url = URI.parse("http://twitter.com/users/show.json?user_id=#{twitter.service_user_id}")
           data = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(url)) rescue nil
           if data
-            self.avatar_image_url = data['profile_image_url'] || self.avatar_image_url
+            self.avatar_image_url = data['profile_image_url_https'] || self.avatar_image_url
             self.avatar_image_updated_at = Time.now
           end
         end
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
         data = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(url)) rescue nil
         if data
           self.avatar_image_source = 'twitter'
-          self.avatar_image_url = data['profile_image_url'] || self.avatar_image_url
+          self.avatar_image_url = data['profile_image_url_https'] || self.avatar_image_url
           self.avatar_image_updated_at = Time.now
           self.avatar_state = 'submitted'
         end