diff --git a/components/Left/Left.php b/components/Left/Left.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e5d65e7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Left/Left.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+// {{{ License
+// This file is part of GNU social - https://www.gnu.org/software/social
+//
+// GNU social is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// GNU social is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with GNU social.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// }}}
+
+namespace Component\Left;
+
+use App\Core\Event;
+use App\Core\Module;
+use App\Util\Common;
+use Exception;
+
+class Left extends Module
+{
+    public function onEndTwigPopulateVars(array &$vars)
+    {
+        try {
+            $user = Common::user();
+            if ($user != null) {
+                $vars['user_nickname'] = $user->getNickname();
+                $vars['user_tags']     = $user->getActor()->getSelfTags();
+            }
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+        }
+        return Event::next;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Entity/GSActor.php b/src/Entity/GSActor.php
index 047964d263..017e5a2e8a 100644
--- a/src/Entity/GSActor.php
+++ b/src/Entity/GSActor.php
@@ -222,14 +222,14 @@ class GSActor extends Entity
         return DB::findBy('gsactor_tag', ['tagger' => $this->id, 'tagged' => $this->id]);
     }
 
-    public function setSelfTags(array $tags, array $pt_existing): void
+    public function setSelfTags(array $tags, array $existing): void
     {
-        $tag_existing  = F\map($pt_existing, function ($pt) { return $pt->getTag(); });
+        $tag_existing  = F\map($existing, function ($pt) { return $pt->getTag(); });
         $tag_to_add    = array_diff($tags, $tag_existing);
         $tag_to_remove = array_diff($tag_existing, $tags);
-        $pt_to_remove  = F\filter($pt_existing, function ($pt) use ($tag_to_remove) { return in_array($pt->getTag(), $tag_to_remove); });
+        $pt_to_remove  = F\filter($existing, function ($pt) use ($tag_to_remove) { return in_array($pt->getTag(), $tag_to_remove); });
         foreach ($tag_to_add as $tag) {
-            $pt = new GSActorTag($this->id, $this->id, $tag);
+            $pt = GSActorTag::create(['tagger' => $this->id, 'tagged' => $this->id, 'tag' => $tag]);
             DB::persist($pt);
         }
         foreach ($pt_to_remove as $pt) {
diff --git a/src/Entity/GSActorTag.php b/src/Entity/GSActorTag.php
index c2c73c4048..981efc66dc 100644
--- a/src/Entity/GSActorTag.php
+++ b/src/Entity/GSActorTag.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Entity;
 
+use App\Core\Entity;
 use DateTimeInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ use DateTimeInterface;
  * @copyright 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
  * @license   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html GNU AGPL v3 or later
  */
-class GSActorTag
+class GSActorTag extends Entity
 {
     // {{{ Autocode
 
diff --git a/templates/left/left.html.twig b/templates/left/left.html.twig
index 55b50cff63..af99f93fbe 100644
--- a/templates/left/left.html.twig
+++ b/templates/left/left.html.twig
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
                 <div class="left-nav">
                     <hr>
                     <div class='profile'>
-                        <img src='{{ asset('assets/default-avatar.svg') }}' alt="Your avatar." class="icon icon-avatar">
+                        <img src='{{ user_avatar }}' alt="Your avatar." class="icon icon-avatar">
                         <div class="info">
-                            <b id="nick">{{ app.user.username }}</b>
+                            <b id="nick">{{ user_nickname }}</b>
                             <div class="tags">
-                                <i>coffee addict</i>
-                                <i>lazy</i>
+                              {% for tag in user_tags %}
+                                <i> {{ tag }} </i>
+                              {% endfor %}
                             </div>
                             <div class="stats">
                                 <span>