diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4fbc339..b8c8327 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anymap2"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d301b3b94cb4b2f23d7917810addbbaff90738e0ca2be692bd027e70d7e0330c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -2434,6 +2440,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
  "yew",
+ "yew-agent",
  "yew-router",
  "yew_form",
  "yew_form_derive",
@@ -4798,6 +4805,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "yew-macro",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yew-agent"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "616700dc3851945658c44ba4477ede6b77c795462fbbb9b0ad9a8b6273a3ca77"
+dependencies = [
+ "anymap2",
+ "bincode",
+ "gloo-console",
+ "gloo-utils",
+ "js-sys",
+ "serde",
+ "slab",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "yew",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yew-macro"
 version = "0.19.3"
diff --git a/app/Cargo.toml b/app/Cargo.toml
index cc489be..3dcd0ab 100644
--- a/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "*"
 yew = "0.19.3"
 yew-router = "0.16"
+yew-agent = "0.1.0"
 
 # Needed because of https://github.com/tkaitchuck/aHash/issues/95
 indexmap = "=1.6.2"
diff --git a/app/src/components/app.rs b/app/src/components/app.rs
index 7cd1ee7..6292896 100644
--- a/app/src/components/app.rs
+++ b/app/src/components/app.rs
@@ -350,15 +350,7 @@ impl App {
                   id="dropdownUser"
                   data-bs-toggle="dropdown"
                   aria-expanded="false">
-                  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                    width="32"
-                    height="32"
-                    fill="currentColor"
-                    class="bi bi-person-circle"
-                    viewBox="0 0 16 16">
-                    <path d="M11 6a3 3 0 1 1-6 0 3 3 0 0 1 6 0z"/>
-                    <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M0 8a8 8 0 1 1 16 0A8 8 0 0 1 0 8zm8-7a7 7 0 0 0-5.468 11.37C3.242 11.226 4.805 10 8 10s4.757 1.225 5.468 2.37A7 7 0 0 0 8 1z"/>
-                  </svg>
+                  <Avatar username={user_id.clone()} width=32 height=32 />
                   <span class="ms-2">
                     {user_id}
                   </span>
diff --git a/app/src/components/avatar.rs b/app/src/components/avatar.rs
index 50ccee0..947fc3c 100644
--- a/app/src/components/avatar.rs
+++ b/app/src/components/avatar.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-use crate::infra::common_component::{CommonComponent, CommonComponentParts};
+use crate::{
+    components::avatar_event_bus::AvatarEventBus,
+    infra::common_component::{CommonComponent, CommonComponentParts}};
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use graphql_client::GraphQLQuery;
-use yew::prelude::*;
+use yew::{prelude::*};
+use yew_agent::{Bridge, Bridged};
 
 #[derive(GraphQLQuery)]
 #[graphql(
@@ -16,7 +19,8 @@ pub struct Avatar {
     common: CommonComponentParts<Self>,
     /// The user info. If none, the error is in `error`. If `error` is None, then we haven't
     /// received the server response yet.
-    avatar: Option<String>,
+    avatar: Option<String>,    
+    _producer: Box<dyn Bridge<AvatarEventBus>>,
 }
 
 /// State machine describing the possible transitions of the component state.
@@ -35,16 +39,16 @@ pub struct Props {
 }
 
 impl CommonComponent<Avatar> for Avatar {
-    fn handle_msg(&mut self, msg: <Self as Component>::Message) -> Result<bool> {
+    fn handle_msg(&mut self, ctx: &Context<Self>, msg: <Self as Component>::Message) -> Result<bool> {
         match msg {
             Msg::UserAvatarResponse(response) => match response {
                 Ok(user) => self.avatar = user.user.avatar,
                 Err(e) => {
                     self.avatar = None;
-                    bail!("Error getting user details: {}", e);
+                    bail!("Error getting user avatar: {}", e);
                 }
             },
-            Msg::Update => self.get_user_avatar(),
+            Msg::Update => self.get_user_avatar(ctx),
         }
         Ok(true)
     }
@@ -55,16 +59,15 @@ impl CommonComponent<Avatar> for Avatar {
 }
 
 impl Avatar {
-    fn get_user_avatar(&mut self) {
-        if self.common.username.len() > 0 {
-            self.common.call_graphql::<GetUserAvatar, _>(
-                get_user_avatar::Variables {
-                    id: self.common.username.clone(),
-                },
-                Msg::UserAvatarResponse,
-                "Error trying to fetch user avatar",
-            )
-        }
+    fn get_user_avatar(&mut self, ctx: &Context<Self>) {
+        self.common.call_graphql::<GetUserAvatar, _>(
+            ctx,
+            get_user_avatar::Variables {
+                id: ctx.props().username.clone(),
+            },
+            Msg::UserAvatarResponse,
+            "Error trying to fetch user avatar",
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -72,36 +75,33 @@ impl Component for Avatar {
     type Message = Msg;
     type Properties = Props;
 
-    fn create(props: Self::Properties, link: ComponentLink<Self>) -> Self {
+    fn create(ctx: &Context<Self>) -> Self {
         let mut avatar = Self {
-            common: CommonComponentParts::<Self>::create(props, link),
+            common: CommonComponentParts::<Self>::create(),
             avatar: None,
+            _producer: AvatarEventBus::bridge(ctx.link().callback(|_| Msg::Update)),
         };
-        avatar.get_user_avatar();
+        avatar.get_user_avatar(ctx);
         avatar
     }
 
-    fn update(&mut self, msg: Self::Message) -> ShouldRender {
-        CommonComponentParts::<Self>::update(self, msg)
+    fn update(&mut self, ctx: &Context<Self>, msg: Self::Message) -> bool {
+        CommonComponentParts::<Self>::update(self, ctx, msg)
     }
 
-    fn change(&mut self, props: Self::Properties) -> ShouldRender {
-        self.common.change(props)
-    }
-
-    fn view(&self) -> Html {
+    fn view(&self, ctx: &Context<Self>) -> Html {
         match &self.avatar {
             Some(avatar) => html! {
                 <img
                         id="avatarDisplay"
                         src={format!("data:image/jpeg;base64, {}", avatar)}
-                        style={format!("max-height:{}px;max-width:{}px;height:auto;width:auto;", self.common.props.height,self.common.props.width)}
+                        style={format!("max-height:{}px;max-width:{}px;height:auto;width:auto;", ctx.props().height,ctx.props().width)}
                         alt="Avatar" />
             },
             None => html! {
                 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                      width={self.common.props.width.to_string()}
-                      height={self.common.props.height.to_string()}
+                      width={ctx.props().width.to_string()}
+                      height={ctx.props().height.to_string()}
                       fill="currentColor"
                       class="bi bi-person-circle"
                       viewBox="0 0 16 16">
diff --git a/app/src/components/avatar_event_bus.rs b/app/src/components/avatar_event_bus.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1ea81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/components/avatar_event_bus.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use yew_agent::{Agent, AgentLink, Context, HandlerId};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub enum Request {
+    Update,
+}
+
+pub struct AvatarEventBus {
+    link: AgentLink<AvatarEventBus>,
+    subscribers: HashSet<HandlerId>,
+}
+
+impl Agent for AvatarEventBus {
+    type Reach = Context<Self>;
+    type Message = ();
+    type Input = Request;
+    type Output = ();
+
+    fn create(link: AgentLink<Self>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            link,
+            subscribers: HashSet::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update(&mut self, _msg: Self::Message) {}
+
+    fn handle_input(&mut self, msg: Self::Input, _id: HandlerId) {
+        match msg {
+            Request::Update => {
+                for sub in self.subscribers.iter() {
+                    self.link.respond(*sub, ());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn connected(&mut self, id: HandlerId) {
+        self.subscribers.insert(id);
+    }
+
+    fn disconnected(&mut self, id: HandlerId) {
+        self.subscribers.remove(&id);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/components/mod.rs b/app/src/components/mod.rs
index 9dbe562..c406b64 100644
--- a/app/src/components/mod.rs
+++ b/app/src/components/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub mod add_group_member;
 pub mod add_user_to_group;
 pub mod app;
 pub mod avatar;
+pub mod avatar_event_bus;
 pub mod change_password;
 pub mod create_group;
 pub mod create_user;
diff --git a/app/src/components/user_details_form.rs b/app/src/components/user_details_form.rs
index 3ad9530..6ff366b 100644
--- a/app/src/components/user_details_form.rs
+++ b/app/src/components/user_details_form.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::{
     components::user_details::User,
+    components::avatar_event_bus::{AvatarEventBus, Request},
     infra::common_component::{CommonComponent, CommonComponentParts},
 };
 use anyhow::{bail, Error, Result};
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use validator_derive::Validate;
 use web_sys::{FileList, HtmlInputElement, InputEvent};
 use yew::prelude::*;
 use yew_form_derive::Model;
+use yew_agent::{Dispatched, Dispatcher};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct JsFile {
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ pub struct UserDetailsForm {
     /// True if we just successfully updated the user, to display a success message.
     just_updated: bool,
     user: User,
+    avatar_event_bus: Dispatcher<AvatarEventBus>,
 }
 
 pub enum Msg {
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ impl Component for UserDetailsForm {
             just_updated: false,
             reader: None,
             user: ctx.props().user.clone(),
+            avatar_event_bus: AvatarEventBus::dispatcher(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -402,6 +406,7 @@ impl UserDetailsForm {
             self.user.avatar = Some(avatar);
         }
         self.just_updated = true;
+        self.avatar_event_bus.send(Request::Update);
         Ok(true)
     }