diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index 1670d40..9d43bb9 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
     <description>A app to sync SMS with your ownCloud</description>
     <licence>AGPL</licence>
     <author>Loic Blot</author>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.2</version>
     <requiremin>7</requiremin>
+    <requiremax>9</requiremin>
 
     <ocsid>167289</ocsid>
     
diff --git a/controller/smscontroller.php b/controller/smscontroller.php
index a1ce2a3..948a355 100644
--- a/controller/smscontroller.php
+++ b/controller/smscontroller.php
@@ -98,7 +98,14 @@ class SmsController extends Controller {
 			}
 		}
 		$lastRead = $this->smsMapper->getLastReadDate($this->userId);
-		return new JSONResponse(array("phonelist" => $phoneList, "contacts" => $contacts, "lastRead" => $lastRead, "photos" => $photos));
+		$ocversion = \OCP\Util::getVersion();
+		$photoURL = preg_replace("#^VALUE=uri:#","",$r["PHOTO"], 1);
+		$photoversion = 1;
+		if (version_compare($ocversion[0].".".$ocversion[1].".".$ocversion[2], "9.0.0", ">=")) {
+			$photoversion = 2;
+		}
+
+		return new JSONResponse(array("phonelist" => $phoneList, "contacts" => $contacts, "lastRead" => $lastRead, "photos" => $photos, "photo_version" => $photoversion));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/js/public/app.js b/js/public/app.js
index 688c986..58660fc 100644
--- a/js/public/app.js
+++ b/js/public/app.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ app.controller('OcSmsController', ['$scope', '$interval', '$timeout', '$compile'
 		$scope.contacts = [];
 		$scope.messages = [];
 		$scope.totalMessageCount = 0;
+		$scope.photoVersion = 1;
 		// Settings
 		$scope.sendCountry = function () {
 			$.post(OC.generateUrl('/apps/ocsms/set/country'),{'country': $('select[name=intl_phone]').val()});
@@ -299,8 +300,14 @@ app.controller('OcSmsController', ['$scope', '$interval', '$timeout', '$compile'
 		$scope.fetchInitialPeerList = function (jsondata) {
 			// Use a buffer for better jQuery performance
 			var peerListBuf = "";
+			var photoPrefix = "";
 			var bufferedContacts = [];
 
+			$scope.photoVersion = jsondata["photo_version"];
+			if ($scope.photoVersion >= 2) {
+				photoPrefix = "data:image/png;base64,";
+			}
+
 			$.each(jsondata['phonelist'], function(id, val) {
 				var fn, peerLabel, idxVal;
 				idxVal = id.replace(/\//g,' ');
@@ -314,7 +321,7 @@ app.controller('OcSmsController', ['$scope', '$interval', '$timeout', '$compile'
 					peerLabel = fn;
 				}
 				if (!inArray(peerLabel, bufferedContacts)) {
-					$scope.addContact({'label': peerLabel, 'nav': idxVal2, 'avatar': jsondata['photos'][peerLabel], 'unread' : 0});
+					$scope.addContact({'label': peerLabel, 'nav': idxVal2, 'avatar': photoPrefix + jsondata['photos'][peerLabel], 'unread' : 0});
 					bufferedContacts.push(peerLabel);
 				}
 			});
diff --git a/lib/contactcache.php b/lib/contactcache.php
index e1eba30..409a674 100644
--- a/lib/contactcache.php
+++ b/lib/contactcache.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace OCA\OcSms\Lib;
 
+use \OCP\Util;
+
 class ContactCache {
 	/**
 	* @var array used to cache the parsed contacts for every request
@@ -89,8 +91,15 @@ class ContactCache {
 				
 				if (isset ($r["PHOTO"])) {
 					// Remove useless prefix
+					// @TODO detect owncloud version
+					$ocversion = \OCP\Util::getVersion();
 					$photoURL = preg_replace("#^VALUE=uri:#","",$r["PHOTO"], 1);
-					$this->contactPhotos[$r["FN"]] = $photoURL;
+					if (version_compare($ocversion[0].".".$ocversion[1].".".$ocversion[2], "9.0.0", ">=")) {
+						$this->contactPhotos[$r["FN"]] = base64_encode($photoURL);
+					}
+					else {
+						$this->contactPhotos[$r["FN"]] = $photoURL;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}