diff --git a/assets/images/users/9869519f5f02861e6471bb2219173462.webp b/assets/images/users/9869519f5f02861e6471bb2219173462.webp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1016a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/users/9869519f5f02861e6471bb2219173462.webp differ
diff --git a/includes/app.php b/includes/app.php
index ed95c85..0cbdd7b 100644
--- a/includes/app.php
+++ b/includes/app.php
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ if (session_status() !== PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) {
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../db/config.php';
 
+// Auto-migrate newly added columns
+try {
+    $flagFile = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/.migrated_avatar_col_' . md5(__DIR__);
+    if (!file_exists($flagFile)) {
+        $pdo = db();
+        $stmt = $pdo->query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM users LIKE 'avatar'");
+        if ($stmt->rowCount() === 0) {
+            $pdo->exec("ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN avatar varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL");
+        }
+        $stmt2 = $pdo->query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM branches LIKE 'avatar'");
+        if ($stmt2->rowCount() === 0) {
+            $pdo->exec("ALTER TABLE branches ADD COLUMN avatar varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL");
+        }
+        @file_put_contents($flagFile, '1');
+    }
+} catch (\Throwable $e) {}
+
 
 
 function get_settings(): array
diff --git a/patch_avatar.php b/patch_avatar.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ab02f2d..0000000
--- a/patch_avatar.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-require_once __DIR__ . '/db/config.php';
-try {
-    $pdo = db();
-    $pdo->exec("ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `avatar` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL;");
-    echo "Added avatar\n";
-} catch (PDOException $e) {
-    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
-}
-