diff --git a/core/client/assets/sass/layouts/users.scss b/core/client/assets/sass/layouts/users.scss
index 505509294c..5d10d6044b 100644
--- a/core/client/assets/sass/layouts/users.scss
+++ b/core/client/assets/sass/layouts/users.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         .user-last-seen {
             line-height: 1em;
         }
-        
+
     }
 
     .user-role {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
     .user-profile-header {
         position: relative;
-        
+
         // Gradient overlay
         &:after {
             content: "";
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
             display: block;
             width: 100%;
             height: 100%;
-            background-image: url(/shared/img/default-user-profile-picture.jpg);
+            background-image: url(/shared/img/user-image.png);
             background-size: cover;
             background-position: center center;
         }
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     #user-name {
         border-color: #fff;
     }
-    
+
     .user-details-bottom {
         padding: 0 40px;
         margin: -30px 0 0 0;
diff --git a/core/client/tpl/settings/user-profile.hbs b/core/client/tpl/settings/user-profile.hbs
index 69e821142c..12255a8f27 100644
--- a/core/client/tpl/settings/user-profile.hbs
+++ b/core/client/tpl/settings/user-profile.hbs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <section class="content no-padding">
 
     <header class="user-profile-header">
-        <img id="user-cover" class="cover-image" src="{{#if cover}}{{cover}}{{else}}/shared/img/cover.png{{/if}}" title="{{name}}'s Cover Image"/>
+        <img id="user-cover" class="cover-image" src="{{#if cover}}{{cover}}{{else}}/shared/img/user-cover.png{{/if}}" title="{{name}}'s Cover Image"/>
         <button class="edit-cover-image js-modal-cover">Change Cover</button>
     </header>
 
diff --git a/core/client/views/settings.js b/core/client/views/settings.js
index 67fff9df78..2b31ea94a1 100644
--- a/core/client/views/settings.js
+++ b/core/client/views/settings.js
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@
                 this.model.save({
                     title: title,
                     description: description,
-                    logo: this.$('#blog-logo').attr("src"),
-                    cover: this.$('#blog-cover').attr("src"),
                     email: email,
                     postsPerPage: postsPerPage,
                     activeTheme: this.$('#activeTheme').val()
@@ -320,9 +318,7 @@
                     'email':            userEmail,
                     'location':         userLocation,
                     'website':          userWebsite,
-                    'bio':              userBio,
-                    'image':            this.$('#user-image').attr('src'),
-                    'cover':            this.$('#user-cover').attr('src')
+                    'bio':              userBio
                 }, {
                     success: this.saveSuccess,
                     error: this.saveError
diff --git a/core/server/views/partials/navbar.hbs b/core/server/views/partials/navbar.hbs
index c882eee895..9351c79557 100644
--- a/core/server/views/partials/navbar.hbs
+++ b/core/server/views/partials/navbar.hbs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
             <li id="usermenu" class="subnav">
                 <a href="#" data-toggle="ul" class="dropdown">
-                    <img class="avatar" src="{{#if currentUser.profile}}{{currentUser.profile}}{{else}}/shared/img/default-user-profile-picture.jpg{{/if}}" alt="Avatar" />
+                    <img class="avatar" src="{{#if currentUser.profile}}{{currentUser.profile}}{{else}}/shared/img/user-image.png{{/if}}" alt="Avatar" />
                     <span class="name">{{#if currentUser.name}}{{currentUser.name}}{{else}}Ghost{{/if}} v{{version}}</span>
                 </a>
                 <ul class="overlay">
diff --git a/core/shared/img/default-user-profile-picture.jpg b/core/shared/img/default-user-profile-picture.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index a3456e7c56..0000000000
Binary files a/core/shared/img/default-user-profile-picture.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/core/shared/img/cover.png b/core/shared/img/user-cover.png
similarity index 100%
rename from core/shared/img/cover.png
rename to core/shared/img/user-cover.png
diff --git a/core/shared/img/user-image.png b/core/shared/img/user-image.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f0da10862
Binary files /dev/null and b/core/shared/img/user-image.png differ