diff --git a/tests/test_chat_join_e2e.c b/tests/test_chat_join_e2e.c
index a3d2dde4..d4e72afb 100644
--- a/tests/test_chat_join_e2e.c
+++ b/tests/test_chat_join_e2e.c
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ static void member_put_self(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, const char* name) {
 }
 
 static void member_put_placeholder(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, int idx, const char* name) {
-    char userinfo[256]; snprintf(userinfo, sizeof(userinfo), "{\"name\":\"%s\"}", name);
-    member_sync_put(inst, g_sh.ch_id, g_sh.nid[idx], g_sh.x_pub[idx], g_sh.ed_pub[idx],
-                    NULL, 0, NULL, 0, userinfo, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL);
+    (void)name;
+    if (topo_node_sqlite_member_placeholder_put(inst->topo_sqlite_db, g_sh.ch_id, g_sh.nid[idx], g_sh.x_pub[idx], g_sh.ed_pub[idx]) < 0)
+        DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_MEMBER_SYNC, "test: cannot create member placeholder node=%016llx", (unsigned long long)g_sh.nid[idx]);
 }
 
 /* C специально откладывает обработку KEY_REGISTER. Ссылки до этого момента быть не должно. */
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp
index 6c51297a..87e18f2b 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/avatars/avatarmanager.cpp
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ void AvatarManager::scheduleOwn(quint64 group) {
 }
 
 void AvatarManager::enqueue(const Job& job) {
-    for (const auto& old : m_jobs) if ((old.ref.group == job.ref.group && old.ref.owner == job.ref.owner) ||
+    for (const auto& old : m_jobs) if ((old.upload == job.upload && old.ref.group == job.ref.group && old.ref.owner == job.ref.owner) ||
         (!job.upload && !old.upload && old.ref.hash == job.ref.hash)) return;
-    for (const auto& old : m_queue) if ((old.ref.group == job.ref.group && old.ref.owner == job.ref.owner) ||
+    for (const auto& old : m_queue) if ((old.upload == job.upload && old.ref.group == job.ref.group && old.ref.owner == job.ref.owner) ||
         (!job.upload && !old.upload && old.ref.hash == job.ref.hash)) return;
     if (job.upload) m_queue.prepend(job); else m_queue.enqueue(job);
 }
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp
index 6848bdc9..25520fdb 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_avatars.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,12 @@ private slots:
             QCOMPARE(downloads, 1u);
             const QString replacement = directory.path() + "/replacement.png"; image.fill(Qt::red); QVERIFY(image.save(replacement));
             manager.uploadDefault(replacement, testInstance->node_id);
+            auto isRed = [&manager, &db](const QString& channel) {
+                const QImage current = manager.image(channel, db.myNodeId());
+                return !current.isNull() && current.pixelColor(128, 128) == QColor(Qt::red);
+            };
             for (const auto& channel : channels)
-                QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT(manager.image(channel.channelId, testInstance->node_id).pixelColor(128, 128) == QColor(Qt::red), 10000);
+                QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT(isRed(channel.channelId), 10000);
             deferDownload = false; manager.onTransfer((const uint8_t*)delayedDownload.constData(), delayedDownload.size());
             QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT(QFile::exists(cached), 5000);
             for (const auto& channel : channels) QCOMPARE(manager.image(channel.channelId, testInstance->node_id).pixelColor(128, 128), QColor(Qt::red));