diff --git a/src/data/http_request_handler.rs b/src/data/http_request_handler.rs
index 59f8aad..d40247b 100644
--- a/src/data/http_request_handler.rs
+++ b/src/data/http_request_handler.rs
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl HttpRequestHandler {
 
 
         // Determine image destination
-        let target_user_data_folder = prepare_file_creation(self.user_id()?, folder)?;
+        let target_user_data_folder = prepare_file_creation(&self.user_id()?, folder)?;
         let target_file_path = generate_new_user_data_file_name(target_user_data_folder.as_path(), "png")?;
         let target_sys_path = user_data_path(target_file_path.as_path());
 
diff --git a/src/utils/user_data_utils.rs b/src/utils/user_data_utils.rs
index ceda793..edbb7cc 100644
--- a/src/utils/user_data_utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils/user_data_utils.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn user_data_path(uri: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 ///
 /// This function returns the relative folder path in user data directory where the file can be
 /// created
-pub fn prepare_file_creation(user_id: UserID, folder: &str) -> ResultBoxError<PathBuf> {
+pub fn prepare_file_creation(user_id: &UserID, folder: &str) -> ResultBoxError<PathBuf> {
     let subfolder = match user_id.id() {
         0 => Path::new(folder).to_path_buf(),
         id => Path::new(folder).join(to_string(&id)?)