diff --git a/api/services/user.service.js b/api/services/user.service.js
index ecfffdd..e58a8c7 100644
--- a/api/services/user.service.js
+++ b/api/services/user.service.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import { propsDiffer } from './utils.service';
+
 import { User } from '../models';
 
 exports.getById = id => {
@@ -14,8 +17,12 @@ exports.updateOrCreate = (githubId, name, avatar) => {
 
   return exports.getByGithub(githubId)
     .then(user => {
+
       if (!user) { return User.create({ githubId, name, avatar }); }
-      return user;
+      if (!propsDiffer(user, { name, avatar })) { return user; }
+
+      _.assign(user, { name, avatar });
+      return user.save();
     })
     .then(user => {
       if (user.banned) { throw new Error('You are banned from KeyCode.'); }
diff --git a/api/services/utils.service.js b/api/services/utils.service.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33a6ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/services/utils.service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict';
+
+export function propsDiffer (one, two, arr) {
+  if (!arr) { arr = Object.keys(two); }
+  const len = arr.length;
+  for (let i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+    if (one[i] !== two[i]) { return true; }
+  }
+  return false;
+};