diff --git a/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js b/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
index 2731ee67e..61c88e84a 100644
--- a/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,66 +1,69 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useAvatarForThread } from 'lib/hooks/avatar-hooks.js';
 import { useResolvedAvatar } from 'lib/shared/avatar-utils.js';
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { AvatarSize } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   ThreadInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
-import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
+import {
+  threadTypeIsPersonal,
+  threadTypeIsPrivate,
+} from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 
 import Avatar from './avatar.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   +size: AvatarSize,
   +showSpinner?: boolean,
 };
 
 function ThreadAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { threadInfo, size, showSpinner } = props;
 
   const avatarInfo = useAvatarForThread(threadInfo);
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
 
   let displayUserIDForThread;
-  if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE) {
+  if (threadTypeIsPrivate(threadInfo.type)) {
     displayUserIDForThread = viewerID;
-  } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL) {
+  } else if (threadTypeIsPersonal(threadInfo.type)) {
     displayUserIDForThread = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
   }
 
   const displayUser = useSelector(state => {
     if (!displayUserIDForThread) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const userBase = state.userStore.userInfos[displayUserIDForThread];
     const farcasterID =
       state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos[displayUserIDForThread]?.fid;
 
     return {
       ...userBase,
       farcasterID,
     };
   });
 
   const resolvedThreadAvatar = useResolvedAvatar(avatarInfo, displayUser);
 
   return (
     <Avatar
       size={size}
       avatarInfo={resolvedThreadAvatar}
       showSpinner={showSpinner}
     />
   );
 }
 
 export default ThreadAvatar;