diff --git a/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.jsx b/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.jsx
index c5cda964..90b56680 100644
--- a/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.jsx
+++ b/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.jsx
@@ -2,24 +2,26 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { TopicItemWrapper } from './TopicItem.styled';
 import ReactResizeDetector from 'react-resize-detector';
 import { useTopicItem } from './useTopicItem.hook';
+import { Avatar } from 'avatar/Avatar';
 
 export function TopicItem({ topic }) {
 
-  const { state, actions } = useTopicItem();
-  const [ text, setText ] = useState(null);
+  const { state, actions } = useTopicItem(topic);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    try {
-      setText(JSON.parse(topic.data.topicDetail.data).text);
-    }
-    catch(err) {
-      console.log("invalid topic", topic);
-    }
-  }, [topic]);
+  let name = state.name ? state.name : state.handle;
+  let nameClass = state.name ? 'set' : 'unset';
 
   return (
     <TopicItemWrapper>
-      <div>{ text }</div>
+      <div class="avatar">
+        <Avatar imageUrl={state.imageUrl} />
+      </div>
+      <div class="topic">
+        <div class="info">
+          <div class={nameClass}>{ name }</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="message">{ state.message }</div>
+      </div>
     </TopicItemWrapper>
   )
 }
diff --git a/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.styled.js b/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.styled.js
index a5bbbb91..64875042 100644
--- a/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.styled.js
+++ b/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/TopicItem.styled.js
@@ -1,7 +1,39 @@
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 export const TopicItemWrapper = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
   width: 100%;
+  padding-left: 8px;
+  padding-right: 8px;
+
+  .avatar {
+    height: 32px;
+    width: 32px;
+  }
+
+  .topic {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    padding-left: 8px;
+ 
+    .info {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: row;
+      .set {
+        font-weight: bold;
+        color: #444444;
+      }
+      .unset {
+        font-weight: bold;
+        font-style: italic;
+        color: #888888;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .message {
+    }
+  }
 `;
 
 
diff --git a/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/useTopicItem.hook.js b/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/useTopicItem.hook.js
index 3f5a20e2..694091e1 100644
--- a/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/useTopicItem.hook.js
+++ b/net/web/src/User/Conversation/TopicItem/useTopicItem.hook.js
@@ -1,16 +1,49 @@
 import { useContext, useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { ConversationContext } from 'context/ConversationContext';
+import { ProfileContext } from 'context/ProfileContext';
+import { CardContext } from 'context/CardContext';
 
-export function useTopicItem() {
+export function useTopicItem(topic) {
 
-  const [state, setState] = useState({});
+  const [guid, setGuid] = useState(null);
 
+  const [state, setState] = useState({
+    name: null,
+    handle: null,
+    imageUrl: null,
+    message: null,
+  });
+
+  const profile = useContext(ProfileContext);
+  const card = useContext(CardContext);
   const conversation = useContext(ConversationContext);
 
   const updateState = (value) => {
     setState((s) => ({ ...s, ...value }));
   }
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let message;
+    try {
+      message = JSON.parse(topic.data.topicDetail.data).text;
+    }
+    catch(err) {
+      console.log(err);
+    }
+
+    if (profile.state.init && card.state.init && conversation.state.init) {
+      const topicGuid = topic.data.topicDetail.guid;
+      if (profile.state.profile.guid == topicGuid) {
+        const { name, handle, imageUrl } = profile.actions.getProfile();
+        updateState({ name, handle, imageUrl, message });
+      }
+      else {
+        const { name, handle, imageUrl } = card.actions.getCardProfileByGuid(topicGuid);
+        updateState({ name, handle, imageUrl, message });
+      }   
+    }
+  }, [profile, card, conversation, topic]);
+
   const actions = {
   };
 
diff --git a/net/web/src/avatar/Avatar.jsx b/net/web/src/avatar/Avatar.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85dfc80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/web/src/avatar/Avatar.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react'
+import { UserOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
+import { AvatarWrapper } from './Avatar.styled';
+
+export function Avatar({ imageUrl }) {
+  if (imageUrl == null) {
+    return (
+      <AvatarWrapper>
+        <UserOutlined />
+      </AvatarWrapper>
+    )
+  } else {
+    return (
+      <AvatarWrapper>
+        <img class='avatar' src={ imageUrl } alt='' />
+      </AvatarWrapper>
+    );
+  }
+}
+ 
diff --git a/net/web/src/avatar/Avatar.styled.jsx b/net/web/src/avatar/Avatar.styled.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72fdb081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/web/src/avatar/Avatar.styled.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import styled from 'styled-components';
+
+export const AvatarWrapper = styled.div`
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  height: 100%;
+  display: flex;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+
+  .avatar {
+    object-fit: contain;
+    height: 100%;
+  }
+`;
+
diff --git a/net/web/src/context/useCardContext.hook.js b/net/web/src/context/useCardContext.hook.js
index 22241a31..251b1f3b 100644
--- a/net/web/src/context/useCardContext.hook.js
+++ b/net/web/src/context/useCardContext.hook.js
@@ -179,9 +179,20 @@ export function useCardContext() {
       setCards(rev);
     },
     getCardByGuid: getCardByGuid,
+    getCardProfileByGuid: (guid) => {
+      let card = getCardByGuid(guid);
+      if (card) {
+        let { name, handle } = card.data.cardProfile;
+        if (card.data.cardProfile.imageSet) {
+          return { name, handle, imageUrl: getCardImageUrl(access.current, card.id, card.data.profileRevision) };
+        }
+        return { name, handle }
+      }
+      return {};
+    },
     getImageUrl: (cardId) => {
       let card = cards.current.get(cardId);
-      if (!card) {
+      if (!card || !card.data.cardProfile.imageSet) {
         return null;
       }
       return getCardImageUrl(access.current, cardId, card.data.profileRevision)
diff --git a/net/web/src/context/useProfileContext.hook.js b/net/web/src/context/useProfileContext.hook.js
index b9c454ff..7f0773fe 100644
--- a/net/web/src/context/useProfileContext.hook.js
+++ b/net/web/src/context/useProfileContext.hook.js
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ export function useProfileContext() {
     setProfileImage: async (image) => {
       await setProfileImage(access.current, image);
     },
+    getProfile: () => {
+      const { name, handle, image, revision } = state.profile;
+      if (image == null || image == '') {
+        return { name, handle };
+      }
+      return { name, handle, imageUrl: getProfileImageUrl(access.current, revision) };
+    },
     profileImageUrl: () => getProfileImageUrl(access.current, revision.current),
   }