diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fa41ba5..5ee7b972 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ if(USE_BUNDLED_MTXCLIENT)
 	FetchContent_Declare(
 		MatrixClient
 		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/mtxclient.git
-		GIT_TAG        29b46c872576d88797178d3c147e8b12b1ac8693
+		GIT_TAG        8c03d9ac58274695a71d0eb32519ebce29bc536e
 		)
 	set(BUILD_LIB_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
 	set(BUILD_LIB_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
diff --git a/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.yaml b/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.yaml
index ed76deba..57140108 100644
--- a/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.yaml
+++ b/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.yaml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ modules:
     buildsystem: cmake-ninja
     name: mtxclient
     sources:
-      - commit: 29b46c872576d88797178d3c147e8b12b1ac8693
+      - commit: 8c03d9ac58274695a71d0eb32519ebce29bc536e
         #tag: v0.6.1
         type: git
         url: https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/mtxclient.git
diff --git a/src/timeline/TimelineModel.cpp b/src/timeline/TimelineModel.cpp
index d1613d5b..6fc10142 100644
--- a/src/timeline/TimelineModel.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/TimelineModel.cpp
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ TimelineModel::widgetLinks() const
     QStringList list;
 
     auto user  = utils::localUser();
-    auto av    = QUrl::toPercentEncoding(avatarUrl(user));
+    auto av    = QUrl::toPercentEncoding(QString::fromStdString(http::client()->mxc_to_download_url(avatarUrl(user).toStdString())));
     auto disp  = QUrl::toPercentEncoding(displayName(user));
     auto theme = UserSettings::instance()->theme();
     if (theme == QStringLiteral("system"))