diff --git a/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_app.py b/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
index 866075b0..c5d1295a 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
@@ -1223,7 +1223,10 @@ class QuickApp(object):
         if ignore_cache:
             avatar = None
         else:
-            avatar = contact_list.getCache(entity, "avatar", bare_default=None)
+            try:
+                avatar = contact_list.getCache(entity, "avatar", bare_default=None)
+            except exceptions.NotFound:
+                avatar = None
         if avatar is None:
             self.bridge.avatarGet(
                 unicode(entity),