diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomController.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomController.groovy
index cbf9ed30..a77e3865 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomController.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomController.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.muwire.gui
 
 import com.muwire.core.chat.LocalChatLink
+import com.muwire.core.profile.MWProfileHeader
 
 import static com.muwire.gui.Translator.trans
 
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ class ChatRoomController {
             case ChatAction.JOIN : processJoin(e.timestamp, e.sender); break
             case ChatAction.JOINED : processJoined(command.payload); break
             case ChatAction.LEAVE : processLeave(e.timestamp, e.sender); break
+            case ChatAction.PROFILE : processProfile(command.payload); break;
         }
     }
     
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ class ChatRoomController {
     private void processJoin(long timestamp, Persona p) {
         String toDisplay = DataHelper.formatTime(timestamp) + " " + trans("JOINED_ROOM", p.getHumanReadableName()) + "\n"
         runInsideUIAsync {
-            model.members.add(p)
+            model.members.add(model.buildChatPOP(p))
             view.appendGray(toDisplay)
             trimLines()
             view.membersTable?.model?.fireTableDataChanged()
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ class ChatRoomController {
         runInsideUIAsync {
             list.split(",").each { 
                 Persona p = new Persona(new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.decode(it)))
-                model.members.add(p)
+                model.members.add(model.buildChatPOP(p))
             }
             view.membersTable?.model?.fireTableDataChanged()
         }
@@ -229,17 +231,27 @@ class ChatRoomController {
     private void processLeave(long timestamp, Persona p) {
         String toDisplay = DataHelper.formatTime(timestamp) + " " + trans("LEFT_ROOM",p.getHumanReadableName()) + "\n"
         runInsideUIAsync {
-            model.members.remove(p)
+            model.members.remove(model.buildChatPOP(p))
             view.appendGray(toDisplay)
             trimLines()
             view.membersTable?.model?.fireTableDataChanged()
         }
     }
     
+    private processProfile(String payload) {
+        byte[] decoded = Base64.decode(payload)
+        MWProfileHeader header = new MWProfileHeader(new ByteArrayInputStream(decoded))
+        runInsideUIAsync {
+            model.profileHeaders.put(header.getPersona(), header)
+            view.membersTable?.model?.fireTableDataChanged()
+        }
+    }
+    
     void handleLeave(Persona p) {
         String toDisplay = DataHelper.formatTime(System.currentTimeMillis()) + " " + trans("USER_DISCONNECTED",p.getHumanReadableName()) + "\n"
         runInsideUIAsync {
-            if (model.members.remove(p)) {
+            if (model.members.remove(model.buildChatPOP(p))) {
+                model.profileHeaders.remove(p)
                 view.appendGray(toDisplay)
                 trimLines()
                 view.membersTable?.model?.fireTableDataChanged()
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy
index bc8a722d..4fad24b9 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ package com.muwire.gui
 
 import com.muwire.core.Core
 import com.muwire.core.Persona
-
+import com.muwire.core.profile.MWProfileHeader
+import com.muwire.gui.profile.PersonaOrProfile
+import com.muwire.gui.profile.ThumbnailIcon
 import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonModel
 import griffon.transform.Observable
 import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
 
+import javax.swing.Icon
+
 @ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonModel)
 class ChatRoomModel {
     Core core
@@ -16,13 +20,61 @@ class ChatRoomModel {
     boolean console
     boolean privateChat
     String roomTabName
+    Map<Persona, MWProfileHeader> profileHeaders = new HashMap<>() 
     
-    def members = []
+    List<ChatPOP> members = []
     
     UISettings settings
     
     void mvcGroupInit(Map<String,String> args) {
-        members.add(core.me)
+        members.add(new ChatPOP(core.me))
+        if (core.myProfile != null)
+            profileHeaders.put(core.me, core.myProfile.getHeader())
         settings = application.context.get("ui-settings")
     }
+    
+    ChatPOP buildChatPOP(Persona persona) {
+        new ChatPOP(persona)
+    }
+    
+    class ChatPOP implements PersonaOrProfile {
+        final Persona persona
+        Icon icon
+        
+        ChatPOP(Persona persona) {
+            this.persona = persona
+        }
+        
+        public Persona getPersona() {
+            return persona
+        }
+        
+        public String getTitle() {
+            MWProfileHeader header = profileHeaders.get(persona)
+            if (header == null)
+                return ""
+            return HTMLSanitizer.sanitize(header.getTitle())
+        }
+        
+        public Icon getThumbnail() {
+            MWProfileHeader header = profileHeaders.get(persona)
+            if (header == null)
+                return null
+            if (icon == null) {
+                icon = new ThumbnailIcon(header.getThumbNail())
+            }
+            return icon
+        }
+        
+        public int hashCode() {
+            persona.hashCode()
+        }
+        
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (!(o instanceof ChatPOP))
+                return false
+            ChatPOP other = (ChatPOP)o
+            persona == other.persona
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
index 24514a5e..bcde1d0b 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.muwire.gui
 
+import com.muwire.gui.profile.PersonaOrProfile
+import com.muwire.gui.profile.PersonaOrProfileCellRenderer
+import com.muwire.gui.profile.PersonaOrProfileComparator
 import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
 import static com.muwire.gui.Translator.trans
 import griffon.inject.MVCMember
@@ -77,8 +80,9 @@ class ChatRoomView {
                             scrollPane {
                                 membersTable = table(autoCreateRowSorter : true, rowHeight : rowHeight) {
                                     tableModel(list : model.members) {
-                                        closureColumn(header : trans("NAME"), preferredWidth: 100, type: Persona, read : {it})
-                                        closureColumn(header : trans("TRUST_STATUS"), preferredWidth: 30, type : String, read : {trans(model.core.trustService.getLevel(it.destination).name())})
+                                        closureColumn(header : trans("NAME"), preferredWidth: 100, type: PersonaOrProfile, read : {it})
+                                        closureColumn(header : trans("TRUST_STATUS"), preferredWidth: 30, type : String, 
+                                                read : {trans(model.core.trustService.getLevel(it.getPersona().destination).name())})
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
@@ -124,8 +128,8 @@ class ChatRoomView {
             
         if (membersTable != null) {
             
-            membersTable.setDefaultRenderer(Persona.class, new PersonaCellRenderer())
-            membersTable.rowSorter.setComparator(0, new PersonaComparator())
+            membersTable.setDefaultRenderer(PersonaOrProfile.class, new PersonaOrProfileCellRenderer())
+            membersTable.rowSorter.setComparator(0, new PersonaOrProfileComparator())
             membersTable.rowSorter.addRowSorterListener({evt -> lastMembersTableSortEvent = evt})
             membersTable.rowSorter.setSortsOnUpdates(true)
             membersTable.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION)