diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/RemoteModel.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/RemoteModel.java
index a61b956df..ed8adc848 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/RemoteModel.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/RemoteModel.java
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ abstract public class RemoteModel extends AbstractModel {
     public static String getPictureUrlFromCursor(TodorooCursor<?> cursor, StringProperty pictureProperty, String size) {
         String value = cursor.get(pictureProperty);
         try {
+            if (value == null)
+                return null;
             JSONObject pictureJson = new JSONObject(value);
             return pictureJson.optString(size);
         } catch (JSONException e) {
diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/UserActivity.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/UserActivity.java
index 3f33232a4..83ce23ea2 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/UserActivity.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/data/UserActivity.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class UserActivity extends RemoteModel {
 
     /** Pushed at */
     public static final LongProperty PUSHED_AT = new LongProperty(
-            TABLE, "pushed_at", Property.PROP_FLAG_DATE);
+            TABLE, PUSHED_AT_PROPERTY_NAME, Property.PROP_FLAG_DATE);
 
     /** User ID (activity initiator) */
     public static final StringProperty USER_UUID = new StringProperty(
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/notes/EditNoteActivity.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/notes/EditNoteActivity.java
index c20d99617..cc74138b0 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/notes/EditNoteActivity.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/notes/EditNoteActivity.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.ActFmCameraModule.CameraResultCallback;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.ActFmCameraModule.ClearImageCallback;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.ActFmPreferenceService;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.ActFmSyncService;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.ActFmSyncThread;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages.BriefMe;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.activity.TaskEditFragment;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.adapter.UpdateAdapter;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.core.PluginServices;
@@ -413,6 +415,7 @@ public class EditNoteActivity extends LinearLayout implements TimerActionListene
             callback.started();
             callback.incrementMax(100);
         }
+        ActFmSyncThread.getInstance().enqueueMessage(new BriefMe<Task>(Task.class, task.getUuid(), task.getValue(Task.PUSHED_AT)));
 
 
 //        actFmSyncService.fetchUpdatesForTask(task, manual, new Runnable() {
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
index efba351e5..37c59d131 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ public class TaskListFragment extends ListFragment implements OnScrollListener,
                                 Task.ID.eq(Field.field(TR_METADATA_JOIN + "." + Metadata.TASK.name)))).toString() //$NON-NLS-1$
                 + Join.left(Metadata.TABLE.as(TAGS_METADATA_JOIN),
                         tagsJoinCriterion).toString() //$NON-NLS-1$
-                + Join.left(User.TABLE.as(USER_IMAGE_JOIN), Task.USER_ID.eq(User.UUID)).toString()
+                + Join.left(User.TABLE.as(USER_IMAGE_JOIN), Task.USER_ID.eq(Field.field(USER_IMAGE_JOIN + "." + User.UUID.name))).toString()
                 + filter.getSqlQuery();
 
         sqlQueryTemplate.set(SortHelper.adjustQueryForFlagsAndSort(
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/adapter/TaskAdapter.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/adapter/TaskAdapter.java
index 480419af4..9d74cd46e 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/adapter/TaskAdapter.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/adapter/TaskAdapter.java
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ public class TaskAdapter extends CursorAdapter implements Filterable {
     @SuppressWarnings("nls")
     private static final StringProperty TAGS = new StringProperty(null, "group_concat(" + TaskListFragment.TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + TaskToTagMetadata.TAG_NAME.name + ", '  |  ')").as("tags");
 
+    private static final StringProperty PICTURE = new StringProperty(User.TABLE.as(TaskListFragment.USER_IMAGE_JOIN), User.PICTURE.name);
+
     // --- other constants
 
     /** Properties that need to be read from the action item */
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ public class TaskAdapter extends CursorAdapter implements Filterable {
         Task.USER,
         Task.REMINDER_LAST,
         Task.SOCIAL_REMINDER,
-        User.PICTURE,
+        PICTURE,
         TASK_RABBIT_ID, // Task rabbit metadata id (non-zero means it exists)
         TAGS // Concatenated list of tags
     };
@@ -393,7 +395,7 @@ public class TaskAdapter extends CursorAdapter implements Filterable {
         if (!titleOnlyLayout) {
             viewHolder.isTaskRabbit = (cursor.get(TASK_RABBIT_ID) > 0);
             viewHolder.tagsString = cursor.get(TAGS);
-            viewHolder.imageUrl = RemoteModel.getPictureUrlFromCursor(cursor, User.PICTURE, RemoteModel.PICTURE_THUMB);
+            viewHolder.imageUrl = RemoteModel.getPictureUrlFromCursor(cursor, PICTURE, RemoteModel.PICTURE_THUMB);
         }
 
         Task task = viewHolder.task;