diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js b/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
index eec8c38bf..549028b5a 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
@@ -123,12 +123,23 @@ async function UIDesktop(options){
             $(`.window[data-path="${html_encode(window.trash_path)}" i]`).find('.item-container').empty();
     })
     
-    window.socket.on('notif.message', ({ uid, notification }) => {
-        const icon = window.icons[notification.icon];
+    window.socket.on('notif.message', async ({ uid, notification }) => {
+        let icon = window.icons[notification.icon];
+        let round_icon = false;
+        
+        if(notification.template === "file-shared-with-you" && notification.fields?.username){
+            let profile_pic = await get_profile_picture(notification.fields.username);
+            if(profile_pic){
+                icon = profile_pic;
+                round_icon = true;
+            }
+        }
+        
         UINotification({
             title: notification.title,
             text: notification.text,
             icon: icon,
+            round_icon: round_icon,
             value: notification,
             uid,
             close: async () => {
@@ -1756,5 +1767,5 @@ window.reset_window_size_and_position = (el_window)=>{
         left: 'calc(50% - 340px)',
     });
 }
-
-export default UIDesktop;
+  
+export default UIDesktop;
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diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/UINotification.js b/src/gui/src/UI/UINotification.js
index c5b64fe52..127007ab4 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/UINotification.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/UINotification.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function UINotification(options){
     h += `<div id="ui-notification__${window.global_element_id}" data-uid="${html_encode(options.uid)}" data-el-id="${window.global_element_id}" class="notification antialiased animate__animated animate__fadeInRight animate__slow">`;
         h += `<img class="notification-close disable-user-select" src="${html_encode(window.icons['close.svg'])}">`;
         h += `<div class="notification-icon">`;
-            h += `<img src="${html_encode(options.icon ?? window.icons['bell.svg'])}">`;
+            h += `<img style="${options.round_icon ? 'border-radius: 50%;' : ''}" src="${html_encode(options.icon ?? window.icons['bell.svg'])}">`;
         h += `</div>`;
         h += `<div class="notification-content">`;
             h += `<div class="notification-title">${html_encode(options.title)}</div>`;
diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers.js b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
index a968f59fe..afec23e07 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
@@ -2651,4 +2651,33 @@ window.update_profile = function(username, key_vals){
         // Ignored
         console.log(e);
     });
+}
+
+window.blob2str = (blob) => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const reader = new FileReader();
+      reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result);
+      reader.onerror = reject;
+      reader.readAsText(blob);
+    });
+}
+
+window.get_profile_picture = async function(username){
+    let icon;
+    // try getting profile pic
+    try{
+        let stat = await puter.fs.stat('/' + username + '/Public/.profile');
+        if(stat.size > 0 && stat.is_dir === false && stat.size < 1000000){
+            let profile_json = await puter.fs.read('/' + username + '/Public/.profile');
+            profile_json = await blob2str(profile_json);
+            const profile = JSON.parse(profile_json);
+
+            if(profile.picture && profile.picture.startsWith('data:image')){
+                icon = profile.picture;
+            }
+        }
+    }catch(e){
+    }
+
+    return icon;
 }
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