diff --git a/Controllers/UserController.php b/Controllers/UserController.php
index 2134123..fa2c2de 100644
--- a/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ final class UserController
 
         $O_userModel = new UserModel();
 
+        // TODO harmonize error handling here
+        if (isset($_FILES["profilPicture"])) {
+            
+            if ($_FILES['profilPicture']['error'] !== UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
+                die("Upload failed with error code " . $_FILES['profilPicture']['error']);
+            }
+
+            $info = getimagesize($_FILES['profilPicture']['tmp_name']);
+            if ($info === false) {
+                die("Unable to determine image type of uploaded file");
+            }
+
+            if (($info[2] !== IMAGETYPE_JPEG) && ($info[2] !== IMAGETYPE_PNG)) {
+                die("Not a jpeg/png");
+            }
+            
+            $fp = fopen($_FILES['profilPicture']['tmp_name'], 'rb');
+            $O_userModel->updateProfilePicByID($_SESSION["ID"], $fp);
+        }
         if (isset($_POST["email"])) {
             $S_email = $_POST["email"];
             if (!empty($S_email) && filter_var($S_email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
@@ -124,7 +143,7 @@ final class UserController
             }
         }
 
-        header("Location: /user");
+        // header("Location: /user");
     }
     
     public function deleteAction(Array $A_urlParams = null, Array $A_postParams = null)
diff --git a/Models/UserModel.php b/Models/UserModel.php
index 511effc..5119335 100644
--- a/Models/UserModel.php
+++ b/Models/UserModel.php
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ final class UserModel extends UserSessionModel
         return $row["USERNAME"];
     }
     
+    public function updateProfilePicByID($I_id, $profile_pic_fp){
+        $O_model = Model::get();
+        $stmt = $O_model->prepare("UPDATE USER SET PROFILE_PIC=:profile_pic WHERE ID=:id");
+        $stmt->bindParam("id", $I_id);
+        $stmt->bindParam("profile_pic", $profile_pic_fp, PDO::PARAM_LOB);
+        $stmt->execute();
+    }
+    
     public function updateEmailByID($I_id, $S_newEmail){
         $O_model = Model::get();
         $stmt = $O_model->prepare("UPDATE USER SET EMAIL=:new_email WHERE ID=:id");
diff --git a/Views/user/edit.php b/Views/user/edit.php
index ca2a9bf..3bd2f13 100644
--- a/Views/user/edit.php
+++ b/Views/user/edit.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <a href="/user/logout">Se déconnecter</a>
 
-    <form action="/user/update" method="post">
+    <form action="/user/update" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
         <label for="profilPicture">Changer l'image de profil&nbsp;</label>
         <input type="file" name="profilPicture" id="profilPicture" accept="image/*">