diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Agent/helpdesk/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Agent/helpdesk/UserController.php
index ccc0a6896..b6fb024c6 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Agent/helpdesk/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Agent/helpdesk/UserController.php
@@ -764,10 +764,12 @@ class UserController extends Controller
             if (Input::file('profile_pic')) {
                 // fetching picture name
                 $name = Input::file('profile_pic')->getClientOriginalName();
+                // dd($name);
+                // dd(str_replace(" ", "_", $name));
             // fetching upload destination path
                 $destinationPath = 'uploads/profilepic';
             // adding a random value to profile picture filename
-                $fileName = rand(0000, 9999).'.'.$name;
+                $fileName = rand(0000, 9999).'.'.str_replace(" ", "_", $name);
             // moving the picture to a destination folder
                 Input::file('profile_pic')->move($destinationPath, $fileName);
             // saving filename to database
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Client/helpdesk/GuestController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Client/helpdesk/GuestController.php
index 0b1281d8d..d1a0afd74 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Client/helpdesk/GuestController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Client/helpdesk/GuestController.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class GuestController extends Controller
             // fetching upload destination path
                 $destinationPath = 'uploads/profilepic';
             // adding a random value to profile picture filename
-                $fileName = rand(0000, 9999).'.'.$name;
+                $fileName = rand(0000, 9999).'.'.str_replace(" ", "_", $name);
             // moving the picture to a destination folder
                 Input::file('profile_pic')->move($destinationPath, $fileName);
             // saving filename to database
diff --git a/app/User.php b/app/User.php
index d6d573d21..1ce1abfa8 100644
--- a/app/User.php
+++ b/app/User.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract, CanResetPasswordCon
         }
         if (!$pic && $value) {
             $pic = "";
-            $file = public_path('uploads/profilepic/' . $value);
+            $file = asset('uploads/profilepic/' . $value);
             if ($file) {
                 $type = pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
                 $data = file_get_contents($file);