diff --git a/qtc-net-server/Controllers/AuthController.cs b/qtc-net-server/Controllers/AuthController.cs
index d792287..9bafa4b 100644
--- a/qtc-net-server/Controllers/AuthController.cs
+++ b/qtc-net-server/Controllers/AuthController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
 using qtc_api.Dtos.User;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text.Json;
@@ -13,14 +14,16 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
     {
         private readonly IUserService _userService;
         private readonly ITokenService _tokenService;
+        private readonly IHubContext<ChatHub> _chatGWContext;
 
         private readonly ServerConfig serverConfig;
         private readonly DataContext dataContext;
 
-        public AuthController(IUserService userService, ITokenService tokenService, DataContext dataContext)
+        public AuthController(IUserService userService, ITokenService tokenService, IHubContext<ChatHub> chatGWContext, DataContext dataContext)
         {
             _userService = userService;
             _tokenService = tokenService;
+            _chatGWContext = chatGWContext;
 
             serverConfig = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ServerConfig>(JsonDocument.Parse(System.IO.File.ReadAllText("./ServerConfig.json")));
             this.dataContext = dataContext;
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
             if(userDto != null)
             {
                 var response = await _userService.AddUser(userDto);
+                await _chatGWContext.Clients.All.SendAsync("RefreshUserList");
                 if(response.Success != false)
                 {
                     return Ok(response);
diff --git a/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs b/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs
index e994001..c8e3427 100644
--- a/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs
+++ b/qtc-net-server/Controllers/UsersController.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
     public class UsersController : ControllerBase
     {
         private readonly IUserService _userService;
-        private readonly IDistributedCache cache;
-        public UsersController(IUserService userService, IDistributedCache distributedCache)
+        private readonly IDistributedCache _cache;
+        private readonly IHubContext<ChatHub> _chatGWContext;
+        public UsersController(IUserService userService, IDistributedCache distributedCache, IHubContext<ChatHub> chatGWContext)
         {
             _userService = userService;
-            cache = distributedCache;
+            _cache = distributedCache;
+            _chatGWContext = chatGWContext;
         }
 
         [HttpGet("all")]
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
                 {
                     var updatedUser = await _userService.UpdateUserInfo(user);
 
+                    await _chatGWContext.Clients.All.SendAsync("RefreshUserList");
+
                     return Ok(updatedUser);
                 } else
                 {
@@ -103,6 +107,8 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
 
                     var response = await _userService.UpdateUserPic(userId, file);
 
+                    await _chatGWContext.Clients.All.SendAsync("RefreshContactsList");
+
                     // always try to overwrite cache when updating pfp
                     string recordId = $"UserPfp_{userId}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm")}";
                     using(var stream = file.OpenReadStream())
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
                         using(var ms = new MemoryStream())
                         {
                             stream.CopyTo(ms);
-                            await cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, ms.ToArray());
+                            await _cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, ms.ToArray());
                             ms.Dispose();
                         }
                         stream.Dispose();
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
         public async Task<ActionResult> GetUserProfilePicture(string userId)
         {
             string recordId = $"UserPfp_{userId}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm")}";
-            byte[] pfpBytes = await cache.GetImageAsync(recordId);
+            byte[] pfpBytes = await _cache.GetImageAsync(recordId);
 
             var result = new ServiceResponse<FileContentResult>();
             if (pfpBytes == null)
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
                 if (result != null && result.Success && result.Data != null)
                 {
                     pfpBytes = result.Data.FileContents;
-                    await cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, pfpBytes);
+                    await _cache.SetImageAsync(recordId, pfpBytes);
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -171,6 +177,7 @@ namespace qtc_api.Controllers
         public async Task<ActionResult<ServiceResponse<User>>> DeleteUserById(string id)
         {
             var result = await _userService.DeleteUser(id);
+            await _chatGWContext.Clients.All.SendAsync("RefreshUserList");
             return Ok(result);
         }