diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/API/Rest/ModifyCurrentUserParams.cs b/src/Discord.Net/API/Rest/ModifyCurrentUserParams.cs
index 7e9b668ef..01ab4e575 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/API/Rest/ModifyCurrentUserParams.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/API/Rest/ModifyCurrentUserParams.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Discord.API.Rest
     {
         [JsonProperty("username")]
         public Optional<string> Username { get; set; }
-        [JsonProperty("avatar"), Image]
+        [JsonProperty("avatar", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore), Image]
         public Optional<Stream> Avatar { get; set; }
     }
 }