diff --git a/public/assets/images/default-profile-sm.jpg b/public/assets/images/default-profile-sm.jpg
index ea0030e..5733602 100644
Binary files a/public/assets/images/default-profile-sm.jpg and b/public/assets/images/default-profile-sm.jpg differ
diff --git a/src/classes/Controllers/Api/Photo.php b/src/classes/Controllers/Api/Photo.php
index 52ae50f..d7d8572 100644
--- a/src/classes/Controllers/Api/Photo.php
+++ b/src/classes/Controllers/Api/Photo.php
@@ -14,12 +14,18 @@ class Photo
 	 * @var \Atlas\Pdo\Connection
 	 */
 	private $atlas;
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $defaultProfilePictureSmallPath;
 
 	public function __construct(
-		\Atlas\Pdo\Connection $atlas
+		\Atlas\Pdo\Connection $atlas,
+		string $defaultProfilePictureSmallPath
 	)
 	{
 		$this->atlas = $atlas;
+		$this->defaultProfilePictureSmallPath = $defaultProfilePictureSmallPath;
 	}
 
 	public function render(Request $request, Response $response, array $args): Response
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ class Photo
 		);
 
 		if (!$data) {
-			$data = file_get_contents('public/images/default-profile-sm.jpg');
+			$data = file_get_contents($this->defaultProfilePictureSmallPath);
 		}
 
 		//Try and cache our result.
diff --git a/src/classes/Routes/Http/Photo.php b/src/classes/Routes/Http/Photo.php
index 6afb643..8b1e6e1 100644
--- a/src/classes/Routes/Http/Photo.php
+++ b/src/classes/Routes/Http/Photo.php
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class Photo extends BaseRoute
 	public function __invoke(\Slim\Http\Request $request, \Slim\Http\Response $response, array $args): \Slim\Http\Response
 	{
 		return (new \Friendica\Directory\Controllers\Api\Photo(
-			$this->container->atlas
+			$this->container->atlas,
+			$this->container->get('defaultProfilePictureSmallPath')
 		))->render($request, $response, $args);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/dependencies.php b/src/dependencies.php
index ec6c5a0..5ab5608 100644
--- a/src/dependencies.php
+++ b/src/dependencies.php
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ $container['http'] = function (ContainerInterface $c): GuzzleHttp\ClientInterfac
 	return new GuzzleHttp\Client(['timeout' => 20, 'headers' => ['User-Agent' => 'FriendicaDirectory/' . trim($version) . ' ' . \GuzzleHttp\default_user_agent()]]);
 };
 
+$container['defaultProfilePictureSmallPath'] = __DIR__ . '/../public/assets/images/default-profile-sm.jpg';
+
 // Internal Dependency Injection
 
 $container[\Friendica\Directory\Models\Profile::class] = function (ContainerInterface $c): Friendica\Directory\Models\Profile {