diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/API/FileUploadAPIController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/API/FileUploadAPIController.php
index 9f9b2c6..41035bc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/API/FileUploadAPIController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/API/FileUploadAPIController.php
@@ -5,18 +5,41 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers\API;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Services\Assets\FileUploadService;
+use App\Interfaces\MemberRepositoryInterface;
+use App\Services\Data\SettingsService;
 
 class FileUploadAPIController extends Controller
 {
     protected $upload;
+    protected $member;
+    protected $settings;
 
-    public function __construct(FileUploadService $fileUploadService)
-    {
-        $this->upload = $fileUploadService;
+    public function __construct(
+        FileUploadService $fileUploadService,
+        MemberRepositoryInterface $memberRepo,
+        SettingsService $settingsService
+    ) {
+        $this->upload   = $fileUploadService;
+        $this->member   = $memberRepo;
+        $this->settings = $settingsService;
     }
 
     public function upload(Request $request, $type = null)
     {
-        return $this->upload->handleFile($request, $type);
+        $result = $this->upload->handleFile($request, $type);
+        //update configs for specfic uploads
+        switch ($request['source']) {
+            case 'avatar-upload':
+                $member           = [];
+                $member           = session('member');
+                $member['avatar'] = $result['filePath'];
+                $member           = (object) $member;
+                $this->member->update($member);
+                break;
+            case 'background-upload':
+                $this->settings->updateGlobalData('background', $result['filePath']);
+                break;
+        }
+        return $result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/MemberRepository.php b/app/Repositories/MemberRepository.php
index fe511ab..5432673 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/MemberRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/MemberRepository.php
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ class MemberRepository implements MemberRepositoryInterface
 
     public function update($member)
     {
-        //TODO: need to add member avatar updating
         $index                          = findIndex($this->folks, ['id' => $member->id]);
         $this->folks[$index]['handle']  = $member->handle;
         $this->folks[$index]['email']   = $member->email;
+        $this->folks[$index]['avatar']  = $member->avatar;
         $this->folks[$index]['updated'] = Carbon::now();
         //save new folks file
         $this->docs::writeSettings($this->folks, env('FOLKS_PATH'));
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class MemberRepository implements MemberRepositoryInterface
                     'handle' => $found['handle'],
                     'email'  => $found['email'],
                     'role'   => $found['role'],
-                    'avatar' => $found['avi'],
+                    'avatar' => $found['avatar'],
                     'key'    => $found['key'],
                     'secret' => $found['secret'],
                 ];
diff --git a/app/Services/Assets/FileUploadService.php b/app/Services/Assets/FileUploadService.php
index 513a1f5..c8c3e78 100644
--- a/app/Services/Assets/FileUploadService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Assets/FileUploadService.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class FileUploadService
             case 'jpg':
             case 'png':
             case 'gif':
-                if (isset($options["source"])) {
-                    if ($options["source"] == "avatar-upload") {
+                if (isset($request["source"])) {
+                    if ($request["source"] == "avatar-upload") {
                         $filesPath = '/assets/images/user/' . $path . '/';
                     //Member::updateData('avi', $filesPath . $file->getClientFileName());
                     } else {
diff --git a/content/init/folks-template.json b/content/init/folks-template.json
index 0933e36..e09c9eb 100644
--- a/content/init/folks-template.json
+++ b/content/init/folks-template.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   {
     "id": "",
     "handle": "",
-    "avi": "/assets/images/global/default-avi.png",
+    "avatar": "/assets/images/global/default-avi.png",
     "email": "",
     "password": "",
     "key": "",