diff --git a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
index 6e0609d6a..67035468a 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     </div>
   <% end %>
 
-  <%= avatar(@issue.author, :size => "50") %>
+  <!-- <%= avatar(@issue.author, :size => "50") %> -->
+ 
 
 	
 <div class="subject">
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
   rows.left l(:field_priority), h(@issue.priority.name), :class => 'priority'
 
   unless @issue.disabled_core_fields.include?('assigned_to_id')
-    rows.left l(:field_assigned_to), avatar(@issue.assigned_to, :size => "14").to_s.html_safe + (@issue.assigned_to ? link_to_user(@issue.assigned_to) : "-"), :class => 'assigned-to'
+  #modified by nie
+    rows.left l(:field_assigned_to), (image_tag url_to_avatar(@issue.author), :class => 'avatar').to_s.html_safe + (@issue.assigned_to ? link_to_user(@issue.assigned_to) : "-"), :class => 'assigned-to'
   end
   unless @issue.disabled_core_fields.include?('category_id')
     rows.left l(:field_category), h(@issue.category ? @issue.category.name : "-"), :class => 'category'