diff --git a/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.html b/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.html
index 1bf035d4edd2..4b1ded75dd7b 100644
--- a/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.html
+++ b/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.html
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ <h1>{{_ "Messages"}}</h1>
 						<div class="input-line double-col" id="sidebarHideAvatar">
 							<label class="setting-label">{{_ "Hide_Avatars_Sidebar"}}</label>
 							<div class="setting-field">
-								<label><input type="radio" name="sidebarHideAvatar" value="true" checked="{{checked 'hideAvatars' true}}"/> {{_ "True"}}</label>
-								<label><input type="radio" name="sidebarHideAvatar" value="false" checked="{{checked 'hideAvatars' false}}"/> {{_ "False"}}</label>
+								<label><input type="radio" name="sidebarHideAvatar" value="true" checked="{{checked 'sidebarHideAvatar' true}}"/> {{_ "True"}}</label>
+								<label><input type="radio" name="sidebarHideAvatar" value="false" checked="{{checked 'sidebarHideAvatar' false}}"/> {{_ "False"}}</label>
 							</div>
 						</div>
 						<div class="input-line double-col" id="messageViewMode">
diff --git a/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.js b/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.js
index 62b03f21d4a6..35c148a70d79 100644
--- a/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.js
+++ b/app/ui-account/client/accountPreferences.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Template.accountPreferences.onCreated(function() {
 		data.messageViewMode = parseInt($('#messageViewMode').find('select').val());
 		data.hideFlexTab = JSON.parse($('#hideFlexTab').find('input:checked').val());
 		data.hideAvatars = JSON.parse($('#hideAvatars').find('input:checked').val());
-		data.sidebarHideAvatars = JSON.parse($('#sidebarHideAvatars').find('input:checked').val());
+		data.sidebarHideAvatar = JSON.parse($('#sidebarHideAvatar').find('input:checked').val());
 		data.sendOnEnter = $('#sendOnEnter').find('select').val();
 		data.autoImageLoad = JSON.parse($('input[name=autoImageLoad]:checked').val());
 		data.emailNotificationMode = $('select[name=emailNotificationMode]').val();