diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
index 18ac7ffc..bb7c31ef 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleControllerBase.cs
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
         public string GetAvatar (string email, int size)
         {
-            string fetch_gravatars_option = this.config.GetConfigOption ("fetch_gravatars");
+            string fetch_gravatars_option = this.config.GetConfigOption ("fetch_avatars");
 
             if (fetch_gravatars_option != null &&
                 fetch_gravatars_option.Equals (bool.FalseString)) {