diff --git a/src/models/User.js b/src/models/User.js
index fc6f6c06..2e536c89 100644
--- a/src/models/User.js
+++ b/src/models/User.js
@@ -114,18 +114,37 @@ const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
   { versionKey: false }
 );
 
+// const profilePictureSchema = new Schema({
+//   customerId: {
+//     type: String,unique: true,
+//     required: true
+//   },
+//   picture: {
+//     type: String,
+//     required: true
+//   }
+// });
 const profilePictureSchema = new Schema({
   customerId: {
-    type: String,unique: true,
+    type: String,
+    unique: true,
     required: true
   },
   picture: {
-    type: String,
-    required: true
+    type: {
+      type: String,
+      enum: ['jpeg', 'png', 'gif'], // add the file formats you support here
+      required: true
+    },
+    data: {
+      type: Buffer,
+      required: true
+    }
   }
 });
 
 
+
 const ProfilePicture = mongoose.model('ProfilePicture', profilePictureSchema);
 const Counter = mongoose.model('Counter', CounterSchema);
 const User = mongoose.model("User", userSchema);
diff --git a/src/routes/usersRoute.js b/src/routes/usersRoute.js
index fba890dc..43b0552d 100644
--- a/src/routes/usersRoute.js
+++ b/src/routes/usersRoute.js
@@ -454,15 +454,35 @@ module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
           },
         },
       },
+      // body: {
+      //   type: "object",
+      //   required: ["picture"],
+      //   properties: {
+      //     picture: {
+      //       type: 'string'
+      //     }
+      //   },
+      // },
       body: {
         type: "object",
         required: ["picture"],
         properties: {
           picture: {
-            type: 'string'
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+              type: {
+                type: "string",
+                enum: ['jpeg', 'png', 'gif']
+              },
+              data: {
+                type: "string",
+                format: "binary"
+              }
+            }
           }
         },
       },
+      
       security: [
         {
           basicAuth: [],