diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a5e769979..bfa08ef7f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 - Avoid modifying component when moving into a group [Taiga #2534](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/2534)
 - Show correctly group types label in handoff [Taiga #2482](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/2482)
 - Display view mode buttons always centered in viewer [#Taiga 2466](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/2466)
+- Fix default profile image generation issue [Taiga #2601](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/2601)
 
 ### :arrow_up: Deps updates
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/avatars.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/avatars.cljs
index e7fdc0b25..efe1ec07e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/avatars.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/avatars.cljs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 (defn generate*
   [{:keys [name color size]
-    :or {color "var(--color-black)" size 128}}]
+    :or {color "#000000" size 128}}]
+
   (let [parts   (str/words (str/upper name))
         letters (if (= 1 (count parts))
                   (ffirst parts)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 
     (obj/set! context "font" (str (/ size 2) "px Arial"))
     (obj/set! context "textAlign" "center")
-    (obj/set! context "fillStyle" "var(--color-white)")
+    (obj/set! context "fillStyle" "#ffffff")
     (.fillText context letters (/ size 2) (/ size 1.5))
 
     (.toDataURL canvas)))