diff --git a/client/inc/types.h b/client/inc/types.h
index 57b5c4b..de92975 100644
--- a/client/inc/types.h
+++ b/client/inc/types.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ typedef struct s_user {
     char* name;
     char* password;
     char* avatar_path;
+    t_avatar_color avatar_color;
 }              t_user;
 
 typedef struct s_client_utils {
diff --git a/client/src/gui/build_chat_screen.c b/client/src/gui/build_chat_screen.c
index 954f94c..00c3fd8 100644
--- a/client/src/gui/build_chat_screen.c
+++ b/client/src/gui/build_chat_screen.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void build_leftbar(GtkWidget *chat_screen)
 
     GtkWidget *user_avatar = gtk_drawing_area_new();
     gtk_widget_set_size_request(GTK_WIDGET(user_avatar), 27, 27);
-    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(user_avatar), "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw_user_avatar), NULL);   // Получить avatar пользовтеля
+    // g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(user_avatar), "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw_user_avatar), NULL);   // Получить avatar пользовтеля
     gtk_widget_set_halign(user_avatar, GTK_ALIGN_START);
     gtk_widget_set_valign(user_avatar, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
     gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(leftbar_footer), user_avatar, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
diff --git a/client/src/gui/build_rightbar_chat.c b/client/src/gui/build_rightbar_chat.c
index 66d8b31..6b70c5c 100644
--- a/client/src/gui/build_rightbar_chat.c
+++ b/client/src/gui/build_rightbar_chat.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ void send_button_click(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer new_message_field) {
 
     gtk_entry_set_text(new_message_field, "");
 
-    printf("%s\n", new_message);
-
     if (handle_send_msg_request(new_message) == R_SUCCESS) {
 
         add_message(mx_get_last_msg_node(utils->current_chat->messages));
diff --git a/client/src/gui/update_chat_field.c b/client/src/gui/update_chat_field.c
index 4ca4185..588243e 100644
--- a/client/src/gui/update_chat_field.c
+++ b/client/src/gui/update_chat_field.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void add_message(t_msg *message) {
 
     GtkWidget *avatar = gtk_drawing_area_new();
     gtk_widget_set_size_request(GTK_WIDGET(avatar), 27, 27);
-    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(avatar), "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw_message_avatar), message);   // Получить avatar пользовтеля
+    // g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(avatar), "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw_message_avatar), message);   // Получить avatar пользовтеля
     gtk_widget_set_halign(avatar, cur_user ? GTK_ALIGN_START : GTK_ALIGN_END);
     gtk_widget_set_valign(avatar, GTK_ALIGN_START);
     if (!cur_user) {
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/get_chat_msgs.c b/client/src/request_handlers/get_chat_msgs.c
index 38bd125..a4e1fb6 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/get_chat_msgs.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/get_chat_msgs.c
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ t_response_code add_msg_to_msglist(cJSON* json) {
 
 	t_msg* new_msg = mx_create_msg(msg_id->valueint, sender_id->valueint, sender_name->valuestring, 
 											chat_id->valueint, text->valuestring, get_string_time(date->valueint));
-    if (new_msg->sender_id != utils->current_user->user_id)
-        handle_get_user_image(new_msg->sender_id, &new_msg->avatar_path);
-    else
-        new_msg->avatar_path = mx_strdup(utils->current_user->avatar_path);
+    // if (new_msg->sender_id != utils->current_user->user_id)
+    //     handle_get_user_image(new_msg->sender_id, &new_msg->avatar_path);
+    // else
+    //     new_msg->avatar_path = mx_strdup(utils->current_user->avatar_path);
 
     mx_msg_push_back(&chat_by_id->messages, new_msg);
     
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/get_user_image.c b/client/src/request_handlers/get_user_image.c
index 649d0a6..5ef52b5 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/get_user_image.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/get_user_image.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ t_response_code handle_get_user_image(int user_id, char** avatar_path) {
     FILE *fp;
     char* file_path = get_file_path_for(user_id);
     if ((fp = fopen(file_path, "wb")) == NULL) {
-        printf("Cannot open image file\n");
+        handle_error("Cannot open image file");
         mx_strdel(&file_path);
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ t_response_code handle_get_user_image(int user_id, char** avatar_path) {
     int len_encoded = 0;
     usleep(500000);
     if(recv(utils->server_fd, &len_encoded, sizeof(int), 0) == 0) {
-        printf("Error while receiving length\n");
+        handle_error("Error while receiving length");
         mx_strdel(&file_path);
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ t_response_code handle_get_user_image(int user_id, char** avatar_path) {
     // Writing decoded image to created file
     fwrite(decoded, flen, 1, fp);
     if (ferror(fp)) {
-        printf("fwrite() failed\n");
+        handle_error("fwrite() failed");
         mx_strdel(&file_path);
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
     int r;
     if ((r = fclose(fp)) == EOF) {
-        printf("Cannot close file handler\n");
+        handle_error("Cannot close file handler");
         mx_strdel(&file_path);
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/login.c b/client/src/request_handlers/login.c
index 364ebd7..ada4ea0 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/login.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/login.c
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ void set_current_user(t_user** user, const cJSON* user_json) {
     const cJSON* id_json = cJSON_GetObjectItem(user_json, "id");
     const cJSON* name_json = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_json, "username");
     const cJSON* pass_json = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_json, "password");
+    const cJSON* color_json = cJSON_GetObjectItem(user_json, "avatar_color");
 
     if (!cJSON_IsNumber(id_json) || !cJSON_IsString(name_json) || 
-        !cJSON_IsString(pass_json)) {
+        !cJSON_IsString(pass_json) || !cJSON_IsNumber(color_json)) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ void set_current_user(t_user** user, const cJSON* user_json) {
     (*user)->user_id = id_json->valueint;
     (*user)->name = mx_strdup(name_json->valuestring);
     (*user)->password = mx_strdup(pass_json->valuestring);
+    (*user)->avatar_color = color_json->valueint;
     (*user)->avatar_path = NULL;
 
 }
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ t_response_code handle_login_request(const char* user_name, const char* user_pas
 
     if (error_code == R_SUCCESS) {
 
-        handle_get_user_image(utils->current_user->user_id, &utils->current_user->avatar_path);
+        // handle_get_user_image(utils->current_user->user_id, &utils->current_user->avatar_path);
         handle_get_chats_request();
         utils->log_name = get_log_name();
     
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/send_message.c b/client/src/request_handlers/send_message.c
index 62ae826..7a1a89c 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/send_message.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/send_message.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ t_response_code add_to_global_msglist(t_msg* new_msg) {
         return R_CHAT_NOENT;
     }
 
-    new_msg->avatar_path = mx_strdup(utils->current_user->avatar_path);
+    // new_msg->avatar_path = mx_strdup(utils->current_user->avatar_path);
     mx_msg_push_back(&curr_chat->messages, new_msg);
     curr_chat->last_new_msg = mx_get_last_msg_node(curr_chat->messages);
     update_chatlist_item_info(curr_chat);
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/server_updates.c b/client/src/request_handlers/server_updates.c
index 4954f21..814d3fd 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/server_updates.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/server_updates.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ void set_messages_as_read_for(t_chat* chat) {
 							new_msg->chat_id, new_msg->text, new_msg->date_str);
 
 		t_msg* msg_to_add = mx_get_last_msg_node(chat->messages);
-		msg_to_add->avatar_path = mx_strdup(new_msg->avatar_path);
+		// msg_to_add->avatar_path = mx_strdup(new_msg->avatar_path);
 
 		if (chat->new_msg_count >= 1)
 			chat->new_msg_count -= 1;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int handle_new_message(t_chat* curr_chat, int message_id, bool is_current
 		client_log("You're reading an incoming message", INFO_LOG);
 		if (!curr_chat->new_messages) {
 			
-			handle_get_user_image(new_msg->sender_id, &new_msg->avatar_path);
+			// handle_get_user_image(new_msg->sender_id, &new_msg->avatar_path);
 			mx_msg_push_back(&curr_chat->messages, new_msg);
 			curr_chat->last_new_msg = mx_get_last_msg_node(curr_chat->messages);
 			
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int handle_new_message(t_chat* curr_chat, int message_id, bool is_current
 	} else if (message_id > last_new_msg_id) {
 		
 		client_log("You have an incoming message", INFO_LOG);
-		handle_get_user_image(new_msg->sender_id, &new_msg->avatar_path);
+		// handle_get_user_image(new_msg->sender_id, &new_msg->avatar_path);
 		mx_msg_push_back(&curr_chat->new_messages, new_msg);
 		curr_chat->last_new_msg = mx_get_last_msg_node(curr_chat->new_messages);
 		curr_chat->new_msg_count += 1;
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/signup.c b/client/src/request_handlers/signup.c
index ecdf8b0..d7e2795 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/signup.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/signup.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ t_response_code handle_signup_request(const char* user_name, const char* user_pa
     cJSON *json = cJSON_CreateObject();
     cJSON_AddStringToObject(json, "name", user_name);
     cJSON_AddStringToObject(json, "password", user_password);
+    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(json, "avatar_color", get_avatar_color());
     cJSON_AddNumberToObject(json, "type", REQ_USR_SIGNUP);
     char* json_str = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(json);
     cJSON_Delete(json);
diff --git a/client/src/request_handlers/update_user_image.c b/client/src/request_handlers/update_user_image.c
index a1f6d8d..fed4001 100644
--- a/client/src/request_handlers/update_user_image.c
+++ b/client/src/request_handlers/update_user_image.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ t_response_code handle_update_user_image(char *path) {
     // Open image to read
     FILE *fp;
     if((fp = fopen(path, "rb")) == NULL) {
-        printf("Cannot open file\n");
+        handle_error("Cannot open file");
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
     int r;
@@ -34,28 +34,28 @@ t_response_code handle_update_user_image(char *path) {
     // Get the length of the file data
     fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
     if (ferror(fp)) {
-        printf("fseek() failed\n");
+        handle_error("fseek() failed");
         if ((r = fclose(fp)) == EOF) {
-            printf("Cannot close file\n");         
+            handle_error("Cannot close file");         
         }
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }  
     
     long flen = ftell(fp);
     if (flen == -1) {
-        printf("ftell() failed\n");
+        handle_error("ftell() failed");
         if ((r = fclose(fp)) == EOF) {
-            printf("Cannot close file\n");
+            handle_error("Cannot close file");
         }
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
     
     fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
     if (ferror(fp)) {
-        printf("fseek() failed\n");
+        handle_error("fseek() failed");
         r = fclose(fp);
         if (r == EOF) {
-            printf("Cannot close file\n");
+            handle_error("Cannot close file");
         }
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ t_response_code handle_update_user_image(char *path) {
     unsigned char *read_data = malloc((unsigned)flen + 1);
     fread(read_data, flen, 1, fp);
     if (ferror(fp)) {
-        printf("fread() failed\n");
+        handle_error("fread() failed");
         if ((r = fclose(fp)) == EOF) {
-            printf("Cannot close file\n");
+            handle_error("Cannot close file");
         }
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ t_response_code handle_update_user_image(char *path) {
     free(read_data);
 
     int len_encoded = strlen((char *)out_b64);
-    // printf("%d\n", len_encoded);
-    // printf("%s\n", out_b64);
+    // handle_error("%d\n", len_encoded);
+    // handle_error("%s\n", out_b64);
     // Send all to server
     send(utils->server_fd, &len_encoded, sizeof(int), 0);
     send_image_to_server(&utils->server_fd, out_b64, len_encoded);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ t_response_code handle_update_user_image(char *path) {
     free(out_b64); 
 
     if ((r = fclose(fp)) == EOF) {
-        printf("Cannot close file\n");
+        handle_error("Cannot close file");
         return R_FILE_ERROR;
     }
     utils->is_suspended = false;
diff --git a/server/inc/types.h b/server/inc/types.h
index 08ddf8c..e6ae3f4 100644
--- a/server/inc/types.h
+++ b/server/inc/types.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ typedef struct s_user {
     int user_id;
     char* name;
     char* password;
+    t_avatar_color avatar_color;
     struct s_user* next;
 }              t_user;
 
diff --git a/server/src/api/handle_search_chats.c b/server/src/api/handle_search_chats.c
index 415ae73..2cac737 100644
--- a/server/src/api/handle_search_chats.c
+++ b/server/src/api/handle_search_chats.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cJSON* get_search_chats_array(const cJSON* chat_info, t_server_utils* utils) {
     mx_strcat(search_str, "%%");
     mx_strcat(search_str, search_pattern->valuestring);
     mx_strcat(search_str, "%%");
-    sqlite3_prepare_v2(db,  "SELECT chats.id, chats.name FROM chats "
+    sqlite3_prepare_v2(db,  "SELECT chats.id, chats.name, chats.avatar_color FROM chats "
                             "WHERE chats.name LIKE ? "
                             "AND chats.id NOT IN (SELECT `chat_id` FROM `members` WHERE `user_id` = ?) "
                             "ORDER BY chats.date DESC ",
diff --git a/server/src/api/handle_usr_login.c b/server/src/api/handle_usr_login.c
index 7dabf51..257fba7 100644
--- a/server/src/api/handle_usr_login.c
+++ b/server/src/api/handle_usr_login.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ char* get_json_formatted_user(const t_user* user) {
     cJSON_AddNumberToObject(json, "id", user->user_id);
     cJSON_AddStringToObject(json, "username", user->name);
     cJSON_AddStringToObject(json, "password", user->password);
+    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(json, "avatar_color", user->avatar_color);
     cJSON_AddNumberToObject(json, "error_code", R_SUCCESS);
     char* user_info = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(json);
     cJSON_Delete(json);
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ void set_user_account_data(sqlite3_stmt* stmt, t_server_utils* utils) {
         utils->user = mx_create_user(sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 0), utils->client_socket, utils->ssl);
         utils->user->name = mx_strdup((const char*)sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 1));
         utils->user->password = mx_strdup((const char*)sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 2));
+        utils->user->avatar_color = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 3);
 
     }
     sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ t_response_code set_user_by_username(const char* username, const char* password,
 
     sqlite3* db = open_database();
     sqlite3_stmt* stmt;
-    sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    sqlite3_prepare_v2(db,  "SELECT users.id, users.username, users.password, users.avatar_color "
+                            "FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", -1, &stmt, NULL);
     sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, 1, username, -1, NULL);
 
     set_user_account_data(stmt, utils);
@@ -50,9 +53,10 @@ t_response_code set_user_by_username(const char* username, const char* password,
     free(response);
     
     char result_to_log[QUERY_LEN];
-    sprintf(result_to_log, "Logged in user info: id: %d, name: %s", 
+    sprintf(result_to_log, "Logged in user info: id: %d, name: %s, color: %d", 
             utils->user->user_id,
-            utils->user->name);
+            utils->user->name,
+            utils->user->avatar_color);
 
     logger(result_to_log, INFO_LOG);
     return R_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/server/src/api/handle_usr_signup.c b/server/src/api/handle_usr_signup.c
index d739e9d..929de67 100644
--- a/server/src/api/handle_usr_signup.c
+++ b/server/src/api/handle_usr_signup.c
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ t_response_code db_add_user(const cJSON* user_info) {
 
     const cJSON *user_name = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_info, "name");
     const cJSON *user_password = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_info, "password");
+    const cJSON *avatar_color = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_info, "avatar_color");
     
-    if (!cJSON_IsString(user_name) || !cJSON_IsString(user_password)) {
+    if (!cJSON_IsString(user_name) || !cJSON_IsString(user_password) || !cJSON_IsNumber(avatar_color)) {
         return R_JSON_FAILURE;
     }
 
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ t_response_code db_add_user(const cJSON* user_info) {
     }
 
     char query[QUERY_LEN];
-    sprintf(query, "INSERT INTO `users` (`username`, `password`) VALUES('%s', '%s')", 
-            user_name->valuestring, user_password->valuestring);
+    sprintf(query, "INSERT INTO `users` (`username`, `password`, `avatar_color`) VALUES('%s', '%s', '%d')", 
+            user_name->valuestring, user_password->valuestring, avatar_color->valueint);
     
     if (db_execute_query(query) != 0) {
         return R_DB_FAILURE;
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ void handle_usr_signup(const cJSON* user_info, t_server_utils* utils) {
         send_server_response(utils->ssl, error_code, REQ_USR_SIGNUP);
         return;
     }
-    const cJSON *user_name = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_info, "name");
-    handle_set_default_user_image("server/data/default_image.png", db_get_id_by_username(user_name->valuestring));
+    // const cJSON *user_name = cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(user_info, "name");
+    // handle_set_default_user_image("server/data/default_image.png", db_get_id_by_username(user_name->valuestring));
 
     send_server_response(utils->ssl, R_SUCCESS, REQ_USR_SIGNUP);
 
diff --git a/server/src/database_utils.c b/server/src/database_utils.c
index ffa173f..d976200 100644
--- a/server/src/database_utils.c
+++ b/server/src/database_utils.c
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ int database_init() {
             "`id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,"
             "`username` VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,"
             "`password` VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,"
+            "`avatar_color` TINYINT NOT NULL,"
             "`image` BLOB);"
 
         "CREATE TABLE `chats` ("
             "`id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT," 
             "`name` VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,"
             "`date` INTEGER NOT NULL,"
-            "`avatar_color` TINYINT NOT NULL);" 
+            "`avatar_color` TINYINT NOT NULL);"
         
         "CREATE TABLE `members` ("
             "`id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,"