diff --git a/src/components/UserAvatar/UserAvatar.js b/src/components/UserAvatar/UserAvatar.js
index c88c50e..c4cab9c 100644
--- a/src/components/UserAvatar/UserAvatar.js
+++ b/src/components/UserAvatar/UserAvatar.js
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { Avatar } from "@material-ui/core";
 
 export default function UserAvatar({ name, alias }) {
-    const [userImage, setUserImage] = useState([]);
+    const [userImageURL, setUserImageURL] = useState([]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        const getImage = async () => {
+        const getImageURL = async () => {
             const response = await fetch(`https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/PersonPhotos/getPhoto?json=1&alias=${alias}`);
             const jsonResponse = await response.json();
-            setUserImage(jsonResponse);
+            setUserImageURL(jsonResponse);
         };
-        getImage();
+        getImageURL();
     }, [alias])
 
     return (
-        <Avatar src={`https://engineering.purdue.edu/${userImage.imagePath}`}>
+        <Avatar src={`https://engineering.purdue.edu/${userImageURL.imagePath}`}>
             {name === "" ? null : name.charAt(0)}
         </Avatar>
     );