diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/Views/DashboardView.tsx b/src/components/Dashboard/Views/DashboardView.tsx
index b16c86385..c87c17050 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/Views/DashboardView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/Views/DashboardView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Center, Group, Loader, Stack } from '@mantine/core';
+import { Group, Stack } from '@mantine/core';
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useConfigContext } from '../../../config/provider';
 import { useResize } from '../../../hooks/use-resize';
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { useScreenLargerThan } from '../../../hooks/useScreenLargerThan';
 import { CategoryType } from '../../../types/category';
 import { WrapperType } from '../../../types/wrapper';
 import { DashboardCategory } from '../Wrappers/Category/Category';
-import { useGridstackStore } from '../Wrappers/gridstack/store';
 import { DashboardSidebar } from '../Wrappers/Sidebar/Sidebar';
 import { DashboardWrapper } from '../Wrappers/Wrapper/Wrapper';
+import { useGridstackStore } from '../Wrappers/gridstack/store';
 
 export const DashboardView = () => {
   const wrappers = useWrapperItems();
diff --git a/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts b/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts
index fc141d6a7..0edf6e342 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const Get = async (request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse) => {
     ['overseerr', 'jellyseerr'].includes(app.integration?.type ?? '')
   );
 
+  Consola.log(`Retrieving media requests from ${apps.length} apps`);
+
   const promises = apps.map((app): Promise<MediaRequest[]> => {
     const apiKey = app.integration?.properties.find((prop) => prop.field === 'apiKey')?.value ?? '';
     const headers: HeadersInit = { 'X-Api-Key': apiKey };
@@ -39,8 +41,8 @@ const Get = async (request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse) => {
               type: item.type,
               name: genericItem.name,
               userName: item.requestedBy.displayName,
-              userLink: constructAvatarUrl(app, item),
-              userProfilePicture: `${app.url}${item.requestedBy.avatar}`,
+              userProfilePicture: constructAvatarUrl(app, item),
+              userLink: `${app.url}/users/${item.requestedBy.id}`,
               airDate: genericItem.airDate,
               status: item.status,
               backdropPath: `https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/${genericItem.backdropPath}`,
@@ -64,11 +66,14 @@ const Get = async (request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse) => {
 };
 
 const constructAvatarUrl = (app: ConfigAppType, item: OverseerrResponseItem) => {
-  if (item.requestedBy.avatar.startsWith('http://') || item.requestedBy.avatar.startsWith('https://')) {
+  const isAbsolute =
+    item.requestedBy.avatar.startsWith('http://') || item.requestedBy.avatar.startsWith('https://');
+
+  if (isAbsolute) {
     return item.requestedBy.avatar;
   }
 
-  return `${app.url}/users/${item.requestedBy.id}`;
+  return `${app.url}/${item.requestedBy.avatar}`;
 };
 
 const retrieveDetailsForItem = async (
diff --git a/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx b/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx
index 6c8a7278d..4cbdd47be 100644
--- a/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ function MediaRequestListTile({ widget }: MediaRequestListWidgetProps) {
               </Stack>
             </Flex>
             <Flex gap="xs">
-              <Image src={item.userProfilePicture} width={25} height={25} alt="requester avatar" />
+              <Image
+                src={item.userProfilePicture}
+                width={25}
+                height={25}
+                alt="requester avatar"
+                radius="xl"
+                withPlaceholder
+              />
               <Text
                 component="a"
                 href={item.userLink}
diff --git a/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestStatsTile.tsx b/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestStatsTile.tsx
index 817afd0ef..8dddac742 100644
--- a/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestStatsTile.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestStatsTile.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { Card, Center, Flex, Stack, Text } from '@mantine/core';
 import { IconChartBar } from '@tabler/icons';
+import { useTranslation } from 'next-i18next';
 import { defineWidget } from '../helper';
 import { WidgetLoading } from '../loading';
 import { IWidget } from '../widgets';
 import { useMediaRequestQuery } from './media-request-query';
 import { MediaRequestStatus } from './media-request-types';
-import { useTranslation } from 'next-i18next';
 
 const definition = defineWidget({
   id: 'media-requests-stats',
diff --git a/src/widgets/media-requests/media-request-query.tsx b/src/widgets/media-requests/media-request-query.tsx
index 03a5874d1..10ec3541f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/media-requests/media-request-query.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/media-requests/media-request-query.tsx
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ export const useMediaRequestQuery = () => useQuery({
     const response = await fetch('/api/modules/media-requests');
     return (await response.json()) as MediaRequest[];
   },
+  refetchInterval: 3 * 60 * 1000,
 });