diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index c205d5d10..fafad0734 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ async function firstLoadInit() {
     await readSecretState();
     await getClientVersion();
     await getSettings();
-    await getUserAvatars();
+    await getUserAvatars(true, user_avatar);
     await getCharacters();
     await getBackgrounds();
     await initTokenizers();
@@ -5400,9 +5400,10 @@ function changeMainAPI() {
 /**
  * Gets a list of user avatars.
  * @param {boolean} doRender Whether to render the list
+ * @param {string} openPageAt Item to be opened at
  * @returns {Promise<string[]>} List of avatar file names
  */
-export async function getUserAvatars(doRender = true) {
+export async function getUserAvatars(doRender = true, openPageAt = '') {
     const response = await fetch('/getuseravatars', {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: getRequestHeaders(),
@@ -5418,10 +5419,11 @@ export async function getUserAvatars(doRender = true) {
 
         const storageKey = 'Personas_PerPage';
         const listId = '#user_avatar_block';
+        const perPage = Number(localStorage.getItem(storageKey)) || 5;
 
         $('#persona_pagination_container').pagination({
             dataSource: entities,
-            pageSize: Number(localStorage.getItem(storageKey)) || 5,
+            pageSize: perPage,
             sizeChangerOptions: [5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000],
             pageRange: 1,
             pageNumber: savePersonasPage || 1,
@@ -5450,6 +5452,15 @@ export async function getUserAvatars(doRender = true) {
             },
         });
 
+        if (openPageAt) {
+            const avatarIndex = entities.indexOf(openPageAt);
+            const page = Math.floor(avatarIndex / perPage) + 1;
+
+            if (avatarIndex !== -1 && page > 1) {
+                $('#persona_pagination_container').pagination('go', page);
+            }
+        }
+
         return allEntities;
     }
 }
@@ -5563,7 +5574,7 @@ async function uploadUserAvatar(e) {
             }
 
             crop_data = undefined;
-            await getUserAvatars();
+            await getUserAvatars(true, name || data.path);
         },
         error: (jqXHR, exception) => { },
     });
diff --git a/public/scripts/personas.js b/public/scripts/personas.js
index 2c4dda296..be50f1a58 100644
--- a/public/scripts/personas.js
+++ b/public/scripts/personas.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async function uploadUserAvatar(url, name) {
         contentType: false,
         processData: false,
         success: async function () {
-            await getUserAvatars();
+            await getUserAvatars(true, name);
         },
     });
 }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export async function convertCharacterToPersona(characterId = null) {
     toastr.success(`You can now select ${name} as a persona in the Persona Management menu.`, 'Persona Created');
 
     // Refresh the persona selector
-    await getUserAvatars();
+    await getUserAvatars(true, overwriteName);
     // Reload the persona description
     setPersonaDescription();
 }
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export function autoSelectPersona(name) {
 export async function updatePersonaNameIfExists(avatarId, newName) {
     if (avatarId in power_user.personas) {
         power_user.personas[avatarId] = newName;
-        await getUserAvatars();
+        await getUserAvatars(true, avatarId);
         saveSettingsDebounced();
         console.log(`Updated persona name for ${avatarId} to ${newName}`);
     } else {
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ async function bindUserNameToPersona(e) {
     }
 
     saveSettingsDebounced();
-    await getUserAvatars();
+    await getUserAvatars(true, avatarId);
     setPersonaDescription();
 }
 
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ async function setDefaultPersona(e) {
     }
 
     saveSettingsDebounced();
-    await getUserAvatars();
+    await getUserAvatars(true, avatarId);
 }
 
 function updateUserLockIcon() {