diff --git a/imports/NeoChat/Panel/RoomDrawer.qml b/imports/NeoChat/Panel/RoomDrawer.qml
index 1ee556a7a..aab45123f 100644
--- a/imports/NeoChat/Panel/RoomDrawer.qml
+++ b/imports/NeoChat/Panel/RoomDrawer.qml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Kirigami.OverlayDrawer {
                             Kirigami.Avatar {
                                 Layout.preferredWidth: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit + Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 2.5
                                 Layout.preferredHeight: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit + Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 2.5
-                                visible: Config.showAvatarInTimeline
+                                visible: Config.showAvatarInRoomDrawer
                                 sourceSize.height: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit + Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 2.5
                                 sourceSize.width: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit + Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 2.5
                                 source: avatar ? ("image://mxc/" + avatar) : ""
diff --git a/imports/NeoChat/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml b/imports/NeoChat/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml
index db1194495..396d3bf86 100644
--- a/imports/NeoChat/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml
+++ b/imports/NeoChat/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml
@@ -173,14 +173,22 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
         }
         Kirigami.FormLayout {
             QQC2.CheckBox {
-                text: i18n("Show User Avatar")
+                Kirigami.FormData.label: "Show Avatar:"
+                text: i18n("In Chat")
                 checked: Config.showAvatarInTimeline
                 onToggled: {
-                    Config.showAvatarInTimeline = checked;
-                    Config.save();
+                    Config.showAvatarInTimeline = checked
+                    Config.save()
+                }
+            }
+            QQC2.CheckBox {
+                text: i18n("In Sidebar")
+                checked: Config.showAvatarInRoomDrawer
+                onToggled: {
+                    Config.showAvatarInRoomDrawer = checked
+                    Config.save()
                 }
             }
-
             QQC2.CheckBox {
                 text: i18n("Show Fancy Effects")
                 checked: Config.showFancyEffects
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                         Config.transparency = value;
                         Config.save();
                     }
-                    
+
                     HoverHandler { id: sliderHover }
                     QQC2.ToolTip.visible: sliderHover.hovered && !enabled
                     QQC2.ToolTip.text: i18n("Only enabled if the transparent chat page is enabled.")
diff --git a/src/neochatconfig.kcfg b/src/neochatconfig.kcfg
index f89fe5c9d..dc9c99e6f 100644
--- a/src/neochatconfig.kcfg
+++ b/src/neochatconfig.kcfg
@@ -75,5 +75,11 @@
       <default>true</default>
     </entry>
   </group>
+  <group name="RoomDrawer">
+    <entry name="ShowAvatarInRoomDrawer" type="bool">
+      <label>Show avatar in the room drawer</label>
+      <default>true</default>
+    </entry>
+  </group>
 </kcfg>