diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-posts-list-item.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-posts-list-item.js
index 90777bd893..b2568a0681 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-posts-list-item.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-posts-list-item.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default Component.extend(ActiveLinkWrapper, {
     }),
 
     authorAvatar: computed('post.author.image', function () {
-        return this.get('post.author.image') || this.get('ghostPaths.url').asset('/shared/img/user-image.png');
+        return this.get('post.author.image') || `${this.get('ghostPaths.subdir')}/ghost/img/user-image.png`;
     }),
 
     authorAvatarBackground: computed('authorAvatar', function () {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-profile-image.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-profile-image.js
index 9b07c2824b..dcd60b4360 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-profile-image.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-profile-image.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
     },
 
     defaultImage: computed('ghostPaths', function () {
-        let url = this.get('ghostPaths.url').asset('/shared/img/user-image.png');
+        let url = `${this.get('ghostPaths.subdir')}/ghost/img/user-image.png`;
         return Ember.String.htmlSafe(`background-image: url(${url})`);
     }),
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-user-active.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-user-active.js
index b1a62c7497..fe5fb91e4e 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-user-active.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-user-active.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
     ghostPaths: service(),
 
     userDefault: computed('ghostPaths', function () {
-        return this.get('ghostPaths.url').asset('/shared/img/user-image.png');
+        return `${this.get('ghostPaths.subdir')}/ghost/img/user-image.png`;
     }),
 
     userImageBackground: computed('user.image', 'userDefault', function () {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/team/user.js b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/team/user.js
index 099afafa0b..e917b32fc6 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/team/user.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/team/user.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default Controller.extend(ValidationEngine, {
 
     // duplicated in gh-user-active -- find a better home and consolidate?
     userDefault: computed('ghostPaths', function () {
-        return this.get('ghostPaths.url').asset('/shared/img/user-image.png');
+        return `${this.get('ghostPaths.subdir')}/ghost/img/user-image.png`;
     }),
 
     userImageBackground: computed('user.image', 'userDefault', function () {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export default Controller.extend(ValidationEngine, {
     // end duplicated
 
     coverDefault: computed('ghostPaths', function () {
-        return this.get('ghostPaths.url').asset('/shared/img/user-cover.png');
+        return `${this.get('ghostPaths.subdir')}/ghost/img/user-cover.png`;
     }),
 
     coverImageBackground: computed('user.cover', 'coverDefault', function () {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/public/assets/img/user-cover.png b/ghost/admin/public/assets/img/user-cover.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8de60640dd
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diff --git a/ghost/admin/public/assets/img/user-image.png b/ghost/admin/public/assets/img/user-image.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40e0d8226e
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