diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/ProfileHeader.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/ProfileHeader.cs
index 3fa6243df4..17493d5078 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/ProfileHeader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/ProfileHeader.cs
@@ -296,7 +296,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile
             levelBadge.Texture = textures.Get(@"Profile/levelbadge");
         }
 
-        public void FillFullData(User user)
+        private User user;
+
+        public User User
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return user;
+            }
+
+            set
+            {
+                user = value;
+                loadUser();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void loadUser()
         {
             coverContainer.Add(new AsyncLoadWrapper(new UserCoverBackground(user)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
index 30cd061674..ff8b2e8d8d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/UserProfileOverlay.cs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         private void fillData(User user)
         {
-            header.FillFullData(user);
+            header.User = user;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < user.ProfileOrder.Length; i++)
             {