diff --git a/Example/example.ts b/Example/example.ts
index d3e56ab..56efc2c 100644
--- a/Example/example.ts
+++ b/Example/example.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ async function example() {
         if (chat.presences) { // receive presence updates -- composing, available, etc.
             Object.values(chat.presences).forEach(presence => console.log( `${presence.name}'s presence is ${presence.lastKnownPresence} in ${chat.jid}`))
         }
+        if(chat.imgUrl) {
+            console.log('imgUrl of chat changed ', chat.imgUrl)
+            return
+        }
         // only do something when a new message is received
         if (!chat.hasNewMessage) {
             if(chat.messages) {
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts b/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts
index cb01ddd..c265a58 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ export class WAConnection extends EventEmitter {
     messageLog: { tag: string, json: string, fromMe: boolean, binaryTags?: any[] }[] = []
 
     maxCachedMessages = 50
-    /** @deprecated won't be supported soon */
+    /** 
+     * @deprecated 
+     * does not do anything
+     * */
     loadProfilePicturesForChatsAutomatically = false
 
     lastChatsReceived: Date
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/4.Events.ts b/src/WAConnection/4.Events.ts
index 909a537..f9252b3 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/4.Events.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/4.Events.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
         })
         // profile picture updates
         this.on('CB:Cmd,type:picture', async json => {
-            const jid = whatsappID(json[1].jid)
+            json = json[1]
+            const jid = whatsappID(json.jid)
             const imgUrl = await this.getProfilePicture(jid).catch(() => '')
             const contact = this.contacts[jid]
             if (contact) {
@@ -340,8 +341,10 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
         this.on ('CB:Conn,pushname', json => {
             if (this.user) {
                 const name = json[1].pushname
-                this.user.name = name // update on client too
-                this.emit ('contact-update', { jid: this.user.jid, name })
+                if(this.user.name !== name) {
+                    this.user.name = name // update on client too
+                    this.emit ('contact-update', { jid: this.user.jid, name })
+                }   
             }
         })
         // read updates
@@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
         }
     }
     /** inserts an empty chat into the DB */
-    protected async chatAdd (jid: string, name?: string) {        
+    protected chatAdd (jid: string, name?: string) {        
         const chat: WAChat = {
             jid,
             name,
@@ -416,11 +419,7 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
             modify_tag: '',
             spam: 'false'
         }
-
         if(this.chats.insertIfAbsent (chat).length) {
-            if (this.loadProfilePicturesForChatsAutomatically) {
-                await this.setProfilePicture (chat)
-            }
             this.emit ('chat-new', chat)
             return chat
         }   
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/5.User.ts b/src/WAConnection/5.User.ts
index 1e3a206..3eb8ba3 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/5.User.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/5.User.ts
@@ -139,21 +139,12 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
      * @param searchString optionally search for users
      * @returns the chats & the cursor to fetch the next page
      */
-    async loadChats (count: number, before: string | null, options: WALoadChatOptions = {}) {
+    loadChats (count: number, before: string | null, options: WALoadChatOptions = {}) {
         const searchString = options.searchString?.toLowerCase()
         const chats = this.chats.paginated (before, count, options && (chat => (
             (typeof options?.custom !== 'function' || options?.custom(chat)) &&
             (typeof searchString === 'undefined' || chat.name?.toLowerCase().includes (searchString) || chat.jid?.includes(searchString))
         )))
-        let loadPP = this.loadProfilePicturesForChatsAutomatically
-        if (typeof options.loadProfilePicture !== 'undefined') loadPP = options.loadProfilePicture
-        if (loadPP) {
-            await Promise.all (
-                chats.map (async chat => (
-                    typeof chat.imgUrl === 'undefined' && await this.setProfilePicture (chat)
-                ))
-            )
-        }
         const cursor = (chats[chats.length-1] && chats.length >= count) && this.chatOrderingKey.key (chats[chats.length-1])
         return { chats, cursor }
     }
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts b/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts
index 1a639a5..4c3e95d 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ export enum ReconnectMode {
 export type WALoadChatOptions = {
     searchString?: string
     custom?: (c: WAChat) => boolean
+    /** 
+     * @deprecated
+     * does not do anything now
+     */
     loadProfilePicture?: boolean
 }
 export type WAConnectOptions = {