You are using ->firstOrFail(), if your query doesn't return any hits it will throw an exception. Use ->first() instead if you don't want an exception when you doesn't get any hits.

If i do that i get "Trying to get property of non-object.

This is my code

	<?
	$timeline = DB::table('Timeline')
						->orderBy('Timestamp', 'desc')
						->get();
	?>
								@foreach($timeline as $entry)
								<? $avatar = User::where('Name', $entry->Name)->first(); ?>
									<div class="comment">
										<img src="{{ URL::route('index') }}/assets/images/40skin/{{ $avatar->FavSkin }}.png" alt="" class="comment-avatar">
										<div class="comment-body">
											<div class="comment-by">
												<a href="{{ URL::route('index') }}/public/user/{{ $entry->Name }}" title="">{{ $entry->Name }}</a> {{ $entry->Text }} {{ $entry->Issuer }}
												<span class="pull-right">{{ \Carbon\Carbon::createFromTimeStamp($entry->Timestamp)->diffForHumans() }}</span>
											</div>
											<div class="comment-actions">
												<a href="#"></a>
											</div>
										</div> <!-- / .comment-body -->
									</div> <!-- / .comment -->
								@endforeach

Hi! The find() method from query builder can return a Model instance or null if no record was found in database. So you have to handle this by checking first if user exists. If he does you can for example show his avatar, otherwise you can show login button.

Your code is a bit messy and I would advice you to not mix logic with view code. You should get user in controller then pass him to view like

$user = User::first();
return View::make('view')->with('user',$user);