diff --git a/css/main.css b/css/main.css
index 47506c5e..b06d809d 100644
--- a/css/main.css
+++ b/css/main.css
@@ -648,3 +648,19 @@ div.svelte-362y77>*, div.svelte-362y77>.form>* {
 .options {
     z-index: 100 !important;
 }
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------
+  Big profile picture for characters
+---------------------------------------------- */
+.bigProfilePicture {
+    position: fixed;
+    bottom: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: calc((100vw - 880px - 120px) /2);
+}
+
+@media screen and (width <= 1300px) {
+    .bigProfilePicture {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 17d1d354..2e0c765b 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ document.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
   if (!isMouseOverButtonOrMenu() && menu.style.display === "flex") {
     hideMenu();
   }
+
+  if (event.target.classList.contains("pfp_character")) {
+    toggleBigPicture();
+  }
 });
 
 //------------------------------------------------
@@ -335,3 +339,38 @@ document.getElementById("show-controls").parentNode.style.bottom = "0px";
 // Focus on the chat input
 //------------------------------------------------
 document.querySelector("#chat-input textarea").focus();
+
+//------------------------------------------------
+// Show enlarged character picture when the profile
+// picture is clicked on
+//------------------------------------------------
+let bigPictureVisible = false;
+
+function addBigPicture() {
+  var imgElement = document.createElement("img");
+  var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+  imgElement.src = "/file/cache/pfp_character.png?time=" + timestamp;
+  imgElement.classList.add("bigProfilePicture");
+
+  var imgElementParent = document.getElementById("chat").parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
+  imgElementParent.appendChild(imgElement);
+}
+
+function deleteBigPicture() {
+  var bigProfilePictures = document.querySelectorAll('.bigProfilePicture');
+  bigProfilePictures.forEach(function (element) {
+    element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
+  });
+}
+
+function toggleBigPicture() {
+  if(bigPictureVisible) {
+    deleteBigPicture();
+    bigPictureVisible = false;
+  } else {
+    addBigPicture();
+    bigPictureVisible = true;
+  }
+}
+
+showBigPicture();
diff --git a/js/update_big_picture.js b/js/update_big_picture.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1984215a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/update_big_picture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+function updateBigPicture() {
+  var existingElement = document.querySelector('.bigProfilePicture');
+  if (existingElement) {
+    var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+    existingElement.src = "/file/cache/pfp_character.png?time=" + timestamp;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/chat.py b/modules/chat.py
index dda16749..436e3e43 100644
--- a/modules/chat.py
+++ b/modules/chat.py
@@ -544,9 +544,13 @@ def generate_pfp_cache(character):
 
     for path in [Path(f"characters/{character}.{extension}") for extension in ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg']]:
         if path.exists():
-            img = make_thumbnail(Image.open(path))
-            img.save(Path('cache/pfp_character.png'), format='PNG')
-            return img
+            original_img = Image.open(path)
+            original_img.save(Path('cache/pfp_character.png'), format='PNG')
+
+            thumb = make_thumbnail(original_img)
+            thumb.save(Path('cache/pfp_character_thumb.png'), format='PNG')
+
+            return thumb
 
     return None
 
@@ -575,8 +579,9 @@ def load_character(character, name1, name2, instruct=False):
     file_contents = open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8').read()
     data = json.loads(file_contents) if extension == "json" else yaml.safe_load(file_contents)
 
-    if Path("cache/pfp_character.png").exists() and not instruct:
-        Path("cache/pfp_character.png").unlink()
+    for path in [Path("cache/pfp_character.png"), Path("cache/pfp_character_thumb.png")]:
+        if path.exists() and not instruct:
+            path.unlink()
 
     picture = generate_pfp_cache(character)
 
diff --git a/modules/html_generator.py b/modules/html_generator.py
index 26e47848..2a6509b3 100644
--- a/modules/html_generator.py
+++ b/modules/html_generator.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def generate_cai_chat_html(history, name1, name2, style, reset_cache=False):
     output = f'<style>{chat_styles[style]}</style><div class="chat" id="chat"><div class="messages">'
 
     # We use ?name2 and ?time.time() to force the browser to reset caches
-    img_bot = f'<img src="file/cache/pfp_character.png?{name2}">' if Path("cache/pfp_character.png").exists() else ''
+    img_bot = f'<img src="file/cache/pfp_character_thumb.png?{name2}" class="pfp_character">' if Path("cache/pfp_character_thumb.png").exists() else ''
     img_me = f'<img src="file/cache/pfp_me.png?{time.time() if reset_cache else ""}">' if Path("cache/pfp_me.png").exists() else ''
 
     for i, _row in enumerate(history):
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 383bc66f..9e2d6b6a 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ with open(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / '../js/switch_tabs.js', 'r') as f:
     switch_tabs_js = f.read()
 with open(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / '../js/show_controls.js', 'r') as f:
     show_controls_js = f.read()
+with open(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / '../js/update_big_picture.js', 'r') as f:
+    update_big_picture_js = f.read()
 
 refresh_symbol = '🔄'
 delete_symbol = '🗑️'
diff --git a/modules/ui_chat.py b/modules/ui_chat.py
index b3cff3d6..40c8d71c 100644
--- a/modules/ui_chat.py
+++ b/modules/ui_chat.py
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ def create_event_handlers():
         ui.gather_interface_values, gradio(shared.input_elements), gradio('interface_state')).then(
         chat.load_latest_history, gradio('interface_state'), gradio('history')).then(
         chat.redraw_html, gradio(reload_arr), gradio('display')).then(
-        lambda x: gr.update(choices=(histories := chat.find_all_histories(x)), value=histories[0]), gradio('interface_state'), gradio('unique_id'))
+        lambda x: gr.update(choices=(histories := chat.find_all_histories(x)), value=histories[0]), gradio('interface_state'), gradio('unique_id')).then(
+        lambda: None, None, None, _js=f'() => {{{ui.update_big_picture_js}; updateBigPicture()}}')
 
     shared.gradio['mode'].change(
         lambda x: gr.update(visible=x != 'instruct'), gradio('mode'), gradio('chat_style'), show_progress=False).then(