diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useSameUser.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useSameUser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bf874a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useSameUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react"
+
+export function useSameUser({ username }: { username: string | undefined }) {
+    const [isSame, setIsSame] = useState(false);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const fetchStatus = async () => {
+            try {
+                const response = await fetch(`/api/user/same/${username}`);
+                if (!response.ok) {
+                    throw new Error("Failed to validate user");
+                }
+                const data = await response.json();
+                setIsSame(data.same);
+            } catch (error) {
+                console.error("Error:", error);
+            }
+        };
+
+        fetchStatus();
+    }, []);
+
+    return isSame;
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/UserPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/UserPage.tsx
index 1d03b9e..92f5977 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/UserPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/UserPage.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import LoadingScreen from "../components/Layout/LoadingScreen";
 import { StreamListItem } from "../components/Layout/ListItem";
 import { CameraIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { getCategoryThumbnail } from "../utils/thumbnailUtils";
+import { useSameUser } from "../hooks/useSameUser";
 
 interface UserProfileData {
   id: number;
@@ -36,16 +37,29 @@ const UserPage: React.FC = () => {
   const { showAuthModal, setShowAuthModal } = useAuthModal();
   const { username: loggedInUsername } = useAuth();
   const { username } = useParams();
-  const [isUser, setIsUser] = useState(true);
+  const isUser = useSameUser({username});
   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
-  const bgColors = {
-    personal: "",
-    streamer:
-      "bg-gradient-radial from-[rgba(255, 0, 241, 0.5)] via-[rgba(4, 0, 255, 0.5)] to-[rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)]", // offline streamer
-    user: "bg-gradient-radial from-[rgba(255, 0, 241, 0.5)] via-[rgba(4, 0, 255, 0.5)] to-[rgba(255, 0, 241, 0.5)]",
-    admin:
-      "bg-gradient-to-r from-[rgba(255,100,100,0.5)] via-transparent to-[rgba(100,100,255,0.5)]",
+  // Saves uploaded image as profile picture for the user
+  const saveUploadedImage = async (event) => {
+    const img = event.target.files[0];
+    if (img) {
+      const formData = new FormData();
+      formData.append('image', img);
+  
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch('/api/user/profile_picture/upload', {
+          method: 'POST',
+          body: formData,
+        });
+  
+        if (response.ok) {
+          console.log("Success");
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log("Failure");
+      }
+    }
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -108,11 +122,7 @@ const UserPage: React.FC = () => {
 
   return (
     <DynamicPageContent
-      className={`min-h-screen ${/*
-        profileData.isLive
-          ? "bg-gradient-radial from-[#1a6600] via-[#66ff66] to-[#003900]"
-          : bgColors[userPageVariant]
-      */ ""} text-white flex flex-col`}
+      className={`min-h-screen text-white flex flex-col`}
     >
       <div className="flex justify-evenly justify-self-center items-center h-full px-4 py-8 max-w-[80vw] w-full">
         <div className="grid grid-cols-4 grid-rows-[0.1fr_4fr] w-full gap-8">
@@ -138,18 +148,25 @@ const UserPage: React.FC = () => {
             {/* Profile Picture */}
             <div
               className="relative -top-[40px] sm:-top-[90px] w-[16vw] h-[16vw] sm:w-[20vw] sm:h-[20vw] max-w-[10em] max-h-[10em]
-               rounded-full overflow-hidden flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-[var(--user-pfp-border)] inset-0 z-20"
+               rounded-full flex-shrink-0 border-4 border-[var(--user-pfp-border)] inset-0 z-20"
               style={{ boxShadow: "var(--user-pfp-border-shadow)" }}
             >
               <label
-                className={`relative ${isUser ? "cursor-pointer group" : ""}`}
+                className={`relative ${isUser ? "cursor-pointer group" : ""} overflow-visible`}
               >
+                {/* If user is live then displays a live div */}
+                {Boolean(profileData.isLive) && (
+                  <div className="absolute -bottom-2 left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 bg-red-600 text-white text-sm font-bold py-1 sm:px-5 px-4 z-30 flex items-center justify-center rounded-tr-xl rounded-bl-xl rounded-tl-xl rounded-br-xl">
+                    LIVE
+                  </div>
+                )}
                 <img
                   src="/images/monkey.png"
                   alt={`${profileData.username}'s profile`}
-                  className="sm:w-full h-full object-cover rounded-full"
+                  className="sm:w-full h-full object-cover rounded-full relative z-0"
                 />
 
+                {/* If current user is the profile user then allow profile picture swap */}
                 {isUser && (
                   <>
                     <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/20 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 rounded-full"></div>
@@ -159,7 +176,11 @@ const UserPage: React.FC = () => {
                         className="text-white bg-black/50 p-1 rounded-full"
                       />
                     </div>
-                    <input type="file" className="hidden" />
+                    <input
+                      type="file"
+                      className="hidden"
+                      onChange={saveUploadedImage}
+                      accept="image/*" />
                   </>
                 )}
               </label>
diff --git a/web_server/blueprints/user.py b/web_server/blueprints/user.py
index 89f3950..0c6ee79 100644
--- a/web_server/blueprints/user.py
+++ b/web_server/blueprints/user.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, session
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, session, request
 from utils.user_utils import *
 from utils.auth import *
 from utils.utils import get_category_id
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ from blueprints.middleware import login_required
 from utils.email import send_email, forgot_password_body, newsletter_conf
 import redis
 
+from io import BytesIO
+from PIL import Image
+
 redis_url = "redis://redis:6379/1"
 r = redis.from_url(redis_url, decode_responses=True)
 
@@ -33,6 +36,31 @@ def user_stream_key(username: str):
         data = db.fetchone("SELECT stream_key FROM users WHERE user_id = ?", (user_id,))
     return jsonify({"stream_key": data["stream_key"]})
 
+@login_required
+@user_bp.route('/user/profile_picture/upload', methods=['POST'])
+def user_profile_picture_save():
+    """
+    Saves user profile picture
+    """
+    user_id = session.get("user_id")
+    image = request.files['image']
+    ext = image.filename.split('.')[-1] 
+    
+    image.save(f"/web_server/stream_data/{user_id}.{ext}")
+
+    return "Success", 200  
+
+@login_required
+@user_bp.route('/user/same/<string:username>')
+def user_is_same(username):
+    """
+    Returns if given user is current user
+    """
+    current_username = session.get("username")
+    if username == current_username:
+        return jsonify({"same": True})
+    return jsonify({"same": False})
+
 ## Subscription Routes
 @login_required
 @user_bp.route('/user/subscription/<string:streamer_name>')
@@ -146,7 +174,7 @@ def user_login_status():
                     'username': username,
                     'user_id': user_id})
 
-@user_bp.route('/user/forgot_password/<string:email>', methods=['GET','POST'])
+@user_bp.route('/user/forgot_password/<string:email>', methods=['POST'])
 def user_forgot_password(email):
     """
     Initializes the function to handle password reset
diff --git a/web_server/requirements.txt b/web_server/requirements.txt
index 1cca4ad..f679b51 100644
--- a/web_server/requirements.txt
+++ b/web_server/requirements.txt
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ flask-oauthlib==0.9.6
 celery==5.2.3
 redis==5.2.1
 python-dateutil
-Authlib==1.4.1
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+Authlib==1.4.1
+Pillow==11.1.0
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