diff --git a/src/components/SpotMap.tsx b/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
index bda9fc5..04195db 100644
--- a/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
@@ -193,11 +193,22 @@ const createShopIcon = () => L.divIcon({
 
 // "You are here" user-location marker — SkateSpots logo in a circular badge
 // with a pulsing accuracy halo (Google-Maps-style, brand-flavored).
-const createUserLocationIcon = () => {
+const createUserLocationIcon = (picture?: string | null) => {
   // BASE_URL resolves correctly for both web ('/') and the Capacitor APK ('./').
   // Reuse the small (~24 KB) brand logo for the marker instead of the old
   // 2.9 MB user-location.png — same artwork, ~99% smaller payload.
   const logoUrl = `${import.meta.env.BASE_URL}images/logo.png`;
+
+  // Show the user's own Nostr profile picture (their npub's "logo") when set.
+  // Layered CSS backgrounds mean a broken/expired avatar URL silently reveals
+  // the brand logo underneath — no inline JS (CSP-safe).
+  const safeAvatar = picture ? sanitizeUrl(picture) : null;
+  const avatarCss = safeAvatar
+    ? encodeURI(safeAvatar).replace(/[()'"]/g, (c) => `%${c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase()}`)
+    : '';
+  const backgroundImage = avatarCss ? `url('${avatarCss}'), url('${logoUrl}')` : `url('${logoUrl}')`;
+  const backgroundSize = avatarCss ? 'cover, cover' : 'cover';
+
   return L.divIcon({
     className: 'user-location-marker',
     html: `
@@ -212,15 +223,15 @@ const createUserLocationIcon = () => {
           background: rgba(255,0,64,0.25);
           animation: ssPulse 2s ease-out infinite;
         "></span>
-        <!-- logo badge -->
+        <!-- avatar / logo badge -->
         <div style="
           position: absolute;
           left: 50%; top: 50%;
           width: 40px; height: 40px;
           margin: -20px 0 0 -20px;
           border-radius: 50%;
-          background-image: url('${logoUrl}');
-          background-size: cover;
+          background-image: ${backgroundImage};
+          background-size: ${backgroundSize};
           background-position: center;
           background-color: #fff;
           border: 3px solid #ff0040;
@@ -527,6 +538,8 @@ interface SpotMapProps {
   flyTo?: { lat: number; lng: number; zoom?: number } | null;
   /** The current user's location — renders a "you are here" pin when set. */
   userLocation?: { lat: number; lng: number } | null;
+  /** The current user's Nostr profile picture, used on the "you are here" pin. */
+  userPicture?: string | null;
 }
 
 function createPopupContent(
@@ -793,6 +806,7 @@ export function SpotMap({
   showBtcMap = false,
   flyTo = null,
   userLocation = null,
+  userPicture = null,
 }: SpotMapProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const mapRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -1041,12 +1055,14 @@ export function SpotMap({
     }
 
     if (userMarkerRef.current) {
-      // Move the existing marker to the new position.
+      // Move the existing marker to the new position and refresh its icon
+      // (the profile picture can arrive after the marker was first created).
       userMarkerRef.current.setLatLng([userLocation.lat, userLocation.lng]);
+      userMarkerRef.current.setIcon(createUserLocationIcon(userPicture));
     } else {
       // Create it, on top of everything else.
       userMarkerRef.current = L.marker([userLocation.lat, userLocation.lng], {
-        icon: createUserLocationIcon(),
+        icon: createUserLocationIcon(userPicture),
         zIndexOffset: 1000,
         interactive: true,
         keyboard: false,
@@ -1054,7 +1070,7 @@ export function SpotMap({
         .addTo(map)
         .bindPopup(`<b>${escapeHtml(t('mapUi.youAreHere'))}</b>`);
     }
-  }, [userLocation, t]);
+  }, [userLocation, userPicture, t]);
 
   // Update markers
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/pages/MapPage.tsx b/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
index f1dca5d..91f678b 100644
--- a/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ export default function MapPage() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
   const { user } = useCurrentUser();
+  // The user's own profile picture, shown on the "you are here" pin.
+  const meAuthor = useAuthor(user?.pubkey || '');
+  const userPicture = meAuthor.data?.metadata?.picture ?? null;
   const { data: followingList } = useFollowing(user?.pubkey);
   const followCount = followingList?.length ?? 0;
   const { data: spots, isLoading: spotsLoading, refetch: refetchSpots } = useSkateSpots(2000);
@@ -1674,6 +1677,7 @@ export default function MapPage() {
                   showBtcMap={showBtcMap}
                   flyTo={flyTo}
                   userLocation={isMobile && userLocation ? { lat: userLocation.lat, lng: userLocation.lon } : null}
+                  userPicture={userPicture}
                 />
               </Suspense>
               {/* Loading indicator — a slim, honest top bar. The map stays