ArgumentError in UsersController#update - ruby-on-rails

I have not changed my users_controller file, but now I am receiving this error after updating user profile "wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)". It points to "app/controllers/users_controller.rb:41:in `update'".
My code looks to be right but I have to be missing something. Any ideas?
users_controller:
class UsersController < ApplicationController
def new
#user = User.new
end
def profile
#profile = User.profile
end
def create
#user = User.new(params[:user])
if #user.save
UserMailer.registration_confirmation(#user).deliver
session[:user_id] = #user.id
redirect_to root_url, notice: "Thank you for signing up!"
else
render "new"
end
end
def show
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def edit
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def index
#users = User.all
end
def destroy
User.find(params[:id]).destroy
flash[:success] = "User deleted."
redirect_to users_url
end
def update
#user = if current_user.role?(:admin)
User.find(params[:id])
else
current_user
end
if #user.update_attributes(params[:user])
flash[:success] = "Account updated"
redirect_to #user
else
render 'edit'
end
end
end

I found the fix for what I was having troubles with.
In user.rb I had to add:
def has_role?(role_name)
role.present? && role.to_sym == role_name.to_sym
end
and then in the controller I just added:
#user = if current_user.has_role?(:admin)
Before it was missing the ".has" part to it.

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