diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go
index a1c646a..1d99673 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	account string
+	name    string
+	avatar  string
+	emoji   string
+	about   string
 
 	SetProfileCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "set-profile name",
-		Short: "updates the profile data with a new name",
+		Use:   "set-profile [name]",
+		Short: "update an account's profile data",
 		PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if account == "" {
 				account = config.Config.DefaultAccount
@@ -39,16 +43,19 @@ var (
 				common.Must(cmd.Help())
 				log.Fatal("No account specified. Please specify with --account or set a default")
 			}
-			if len(args) != 1 {
-				common.Must(cmd.Help())
-				log.Fatal("must specify a name")
+
+			if len(args) > 0 {
+				name = args[0]
 			}
 		},
-		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 			go common.Signald.Listen(nil)
 			req := v1.SetProfile{
-				Account: account,
-				Name:    args[0],
+				Account:    account,
+				Name:       name,
+				AvatarFile: avatar,
+				Emoji:      emoji,
+				About:      about,
 			}
 			err := req.Submit(common.Signald)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -61,4 +68,7 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	SetProfileCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "the signald account to use")
+	SetProfileCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&avatar, "avatar", "A", "", "path to avatar file")
+	SetProfileCmd.Flags().StringVar(&emoji, "emoji", "", "an emoji to be shown next to the about section")
+	SetProfileCmd.Flags().StringVar(&about, "about", "", "profile about section")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/session/root.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/session/root.go
index 29673b5..614b827 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/session/root.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/session/root.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 package session
 
-
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
diff --git a/signald/signald.go b/signald/signald.go
index 202ec46..f790d0c 100644
--- a/signald/signald.go
+++ b/signald/signald.go
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ func (s *Signald) connect() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-
 func (s *Signald) Close() error {
 	return s.socket.Close()
 }