diff --git a/web/avatars/emoji-avatar-selection-modal.react.js b/web/avatars/emoji-avatar-selection-modal.react.js
index 5066a43c9..f1c5e5a33 100644
--- a/web/avatars/emoji-avatar-selection-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/emoji-avatar-selection-modal.react.js
@@ -1,133 +1,148 @@
 // @flow
 
 import data from '@emoji-mart/data';
 import Picker from '@emoji-mart/react';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from 'lib/components/SWMansionIcon.react.js';
 import {
   defaultAnonymousUserEmojiAvatar,
   getAvatarForUser,
   getDefaultAvatar,
 } from 'lib/shared/avatar-utils.js';
 import type {
   ClientAvatar,
   ClientEmojiAvatar,
 } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 
 import Avatar from './avatar.react.js';
 import css from './emoji-avatar-selection-modal.css';
 import Button, { buttonThemes } from '../components/button.react.js';
 import LoadingIndicator from '../loading-indicator.react.js';
 import Modal from '../modals/modal.react.js';
 import ColorSelector from '../modals/threads/color-selector.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 function EmojiAvatarSelectionModal(): React.Node {
   const { popModal } = useModalContext();
 
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
 
   const { setUserAvatar, userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<?string>();
+  const [updateSuccessful, setUpdateSuccessful] =
+    React.useState<boolean>(false);
 
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
   const currentUserAvatar: ClientAvatar = getAvatarForUser(currentUserInfo);
   const defaultUserAvatar: ClientEmojiAvatar = currentUserInfo?.username
     ? getDefaultAvatar(currentUserInfo.username)
     : defaultAnonymousUserEmojiAvatar;
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
   const [pendingAvatarEmoji, setPendingAvatarEmoji] = React.useState(
     currentUserAvatar.type === 'emoji'
       ? currentUserAvatar.emoji
       : defaultUserAvatar.emoji,
   );
 
   const [pendingAvatarColor, setPendingAvatarColor] = React.useState(
     currentUserAvatar.type === 'emoji'
       ? currentUserAvatar.color
       : defaultUserAvatar.color,
   );
 
   const pendingEmojiAvatar: ClientEmojiAvatar = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       type: 'emoji',
       emoji: pendingAvatarEmoji,
       color: pendingAvatarColor,
     }),
     [pendingAvatarColor, pendingAvatarEmoji],
   );
 
   const onEmojiSelect = React.useCallback(selection => {
     setErrorMessage();
+    setUpdateSuccessful(false);
     setPendingAvatarEmoji(selection.native);
   }, []);
 
   const onColorSelection = React.useCallback((hex: string) => {
     setErrorMessage();
+    setUpdateSuccessful(false);
     setPendingAvatarColor(hex);
   }, []);
 
   const onSaveAvatar = React.useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       await setUserAvatar(pendingEmojiAvatar);
+      setUpdateSuccessful(true);
     } catch {
       setErrorMessage('Avatar update failed. Please try again.');
     }
   }, [pendingEmojiAvatar, setUserAvatar]);
 
   let saveButtonContent;
+  let buttonColor;
   if (userAvatarSaveInProgress) {
+    buttonColor = buttonThemes.standard;
     saveButtonContent = <LoadingIndicator status="loading" size="medium" />;
+  } else if (updateSuccessful) {
+    buttonColor = buttonThemes.success;
+    saveButtonContent = (
+      <>
+        <SWMansionIcon icon="check-circle" size={24} />
+        {'Avatar update succeeded.'}
+      </>
+    );
   } else if (errorMessage) {
+    buttonColor = buttonThemes.danger;
     saveButtonContent = (
       <>
         <SWMansionIcon icon="warning-circle" size={24} />
         {errorMessage}
       </>
     );
   } else {
+    buttonColor = buttonThemes.standard;
     saveButtonContent = 'Save Avatar';
   }
 
   return (
     <Modal name="Emoji avatar selection" size="large" onClose={popModal}>
       <div className={css.modalBody}>
         <div className={css.avatarContainer}>
           <Avatar avatarInfo={pendingEmojiAvatar} size="profile" />
         </div>
         <div className={css.emojiPickerContainer}>
           <Picker data={data} theme="dark" onEmojiSelect={onEmojiSelect} />
         </div>
         <div className={css.colorSelectorContainer}>
           <ColorSelector
             currentColor={pendingAvatarColor}
             onColorSelection={onColorSelection}
           />
         </div>
         <div className={css.saveButtonContainer}>
           <Button
             variant="filled"
-            buttonColor={
-              errorMessage ? buttonThemes.danger : buttonThemes.standard
-            }
+            buttonColor={buttonColor}
             onClick={onSaveAvatar}
             disabled={userAvatarSaveInProgress}
           >
             <div className={css.saveAvatarButtonContent}>
               {saveButtonContent}
             </div>
           </Button>
         </div>
       </div>
     </Modal>
   );
 }
 
 export default EmojiAvatarSelectionModal;