diff --git a/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js b/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
index f6258e407..1bcfd82c1 100644
--- a/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,48 +1,55 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   useAvatarForThread,
   useENSResolvedAvatar,
 } from 'lib/shared/avatar-utils.js';
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import { type RawThreadInfo, type ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import Avatar from './avatar.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   +size: 'micro' | 'small' | 'large' | 'profile',
+  +showSpinner?: boolean,
 };
 
 function ThreadAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { threadInfo, size } = props;
+  const { threadInfo, size, showSpinner } = props;
 
   const avatarInfo = useAvatarForThread(threadInfo);
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
 
   let displayUserIDForThread;
   if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PRIVATE) {
     displayUserIDForThread = viewerID;
   } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
     displayUserIDForThread = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
   }
 
   const displayUser = useSelector(state =>
     displayUserIDForThread
       ? state.userStore.userInfos[displayUserIDForThread]
       : null,
   );
 
   const resolvedThreadAvatar = useENSResolvedAvatar(avatarInfo, displayUser);
 
-  return <Avatar size={size} avatarInfo={resolvedThreadAvatar} />;
+  return (
+    <Avatar
+      size={size}
+      avatarInfo={resolvedThreadAvatar}
+      showSpinner={showSpinner}
+    />
+  );
 }
 
 export default ThreadAvatar;