diff --git a/scripts/facebook_sync.py b/scripts/facebook_sync.py
index ca01a07..b1d8a03 100755
--- a/scripts/facebook_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/facebook_sync.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ for member in group_members:
     match = difflib.get_close_matches(member[0], names, 1) # max 1 match
     if match:
         u = UserProfile.objects.get(pk=name_lookup[match[0]])
-        # Note: This is not correct, image is only kind of a textfield
-        u.image = 'https://graph.facebook.com/{0}/picture'.format(member[1])
-        u.save()
+        if str(u.image) is "":
+            # Note: This is not correct, image is only kind of a textfield
+            u.image = 'https://graph.facebook.com/{0}/picture'.format(member[1])
+            u.save()