diff --git a/core/um-files.php b/core/um-files.php
index f1e14e07..0c9b5bf4 100644
--- a/core/um-files.php
+++ b/core/um-files.php
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ class UM_Files {
 				}
 			
 			}
+			
+			// removes a synced profile photo
+			delete_user_meta( $user_id, 'synced_profile_photo' );
 		
 		}
 		
diff --git a/core/um-filters-fields.php b/core/um-filters-fields.php
index f6363910..1ff91438 100644
--- a/core/um-filters-fields.php
+++ b/core/um-filters-fields.php
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
 	***/
 	add_filter('um_profile_field_filter_hook__', 'um_profile_field_filter_hook__', 99, 2);
 	function um_profile_field_filter_hook__( $value, $data ) {
+		
+		if ( !$value ) return '';
 
 		if ( isset( $data['validate'] ) && $data['validate'] != '' && strstr( $data['validate'], 'url' ) ) {
 			$alt = ( isset( $data['url_text'] ) && !empty( $data['url_text'] ) ) ? $data['url_text'] : $value;
diff --git a/core/um-password.php b/core/um-password.php
index f3b9fcf9..ce21c1c1 100644
--- a/core/um-password.php
+++ b/core/um-password.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class UM_Password {
 	
 		global $ultimatemember;
 		
-		if ( isset($_REQUEST['act']) && $_REQUEST['act'] == 'reset_password' && isset($_REQUEST['hash']) && strlen($_REQUEST['hash']) == 30 &&
+		if ( isset($_REQUEST['act']) && $_REQUEST['act'] == 'reset_password' && isset($_REQUEST['hash']) && strlen($_REQUEST['hash']) == 40 &&
 			isset($_REQUEST['user_id']) && is_numeric($_REQUEST['user_id']) ) {
 			
 				um_fetch_user( $_REQUEST['user_id'] );
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 9ea0cb2e..f432ab4b 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Plugin Name: Ultimate Member
 Plugin URI: http://ultimatemember.com/
 Description: The easiest way to create powerful online communities and beautiful user profiles with WordPress
-Version: 1.0.70
+Version: 1.0.71
 Author: Ultimate Member
 Author URI: http://ultimatemember.com/
 */
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 06eae911..bba7214e 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Tags: access control, author, authors, author profile, comments, community, comm
 Requires at least: 4.1
 Tested up to: 4.1.1
 
-Stable Tag: 1.0.70
+Stable Tag: 1.0.71
 
 License: GNU Version 2 or Any Later Version
 
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ The plugin works with popular caching plugins by automatically excluding Ultimat
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 1.0.71: March 2, 2015 =
+
+* Fixed: issue with password reset link
+* Fixed: issue with social links showing but user did not fill them
+
 = 1.0.70: March 2, 2015 =
 
 * Tweak: added a filter hook to control profile photo url