diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index c0383bd88..24bb7434c 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use Friendica\Object\Thread;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\Crypto;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
+use Friendica\Util\Proxy;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ function conversation(App $a, array $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false, $o
 					'name' => $profile_name,
 					'sparkle' => $sparkle,
 					'lock' => false,
-					'thumb' => DI::baseUrl()->remove($item['author-avatar']),
+					'thumb' => DI::baseUrl()->remove(Contact::getAvatarUrlForUrl($item['author-link'], $item['uid'], Proxy::SIZE_THUMB)),
 					'title' => $title,
 					'body_html' => $body_html,
 					'tags' => $tags['tags'],
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 64c947e2c..8efddb757 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Model\Verb;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
+use Friendica\Util\Proxy;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
@@ -340,13 +341,9 @@ function ping_init(App $a)
 		usort($notifications, $sort_function);
 
 		array_walk($notifications, function (&$notification) {
-			if (empty($notification['photo'])) {
-				$contact = Contact::getByURL($notification['url'], false, ['micro', 'id', 'avatar']);
-				$notification['photo'] = Contact::getMicro($contact, $notification['photo']);
-			}
-
+			$notification['photo']     = Contact::getAvatarUrlForUrl($notification['url'], local_user(), Proxy::SIZE_MICRO);
 			$notification['timestamp'] = DateTimeFormat::local($notification['date']);
-			$notification['date'] = Temporal::getRelativeDate($notification['date']);
+			$notification['date']      = Temporal::getRelativeDate($notification['date']);
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 60213cacb..d8d73a983 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -1501,10 +1501,10 @@ class Contact
 	{
 		if (!empty($contact)) {
 			$contact = self::checkAvatarCacheByArray($contact, $no_update);
-			if (!empty($contact[$field])) {
-				return $contact[$field];
-			} elseif (!empty($contact['id'])) {
+			if (!empty($contact['id'])) {
 				return self::getAvatarUrlForId($contact['id'], $size, $contact['updated'] ?? '');
+			} elseif (!empty($contact[$field])) {
+				return $contact[$field];
 			} elseif (!empty($contact['avatar'])) {
 				$avatar = $contact['avatar'];
 			}
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ class Contact
 		$condition = ["`nurl` = ? AND ((`uid` = ? AND `network` IN (?, ?)) OR `uid` = ?)",
 			Strings::normaliseLink($url), $uid, Protocol::FEED, Protocol::MAIL, 0];
 		$contact = self::selectFirst(['id', 'updated'], $condition);
-		return self::getAvatarUrlForId($contact['id'] ?? 0, $size, $contact['updated']);
+		return self::getAvatarUrlForId($contact['id'] ?? 0, $size, $contact['updated'] ?? '');
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Module/NoScrape.php b/src/Module/NoScrape.php
index 56fe4eab4..94bc20db3 100644
--- a/src/Module/NoScrape.php
+++ b/src/Module/NoScrape.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 
@@ -80,10 +81,8 @@ class NoScrape extends BaseModule
 		$keywords = str_replace(['#', ',', ' ', ',,'], ['', ' ', ',', ','], $keywords);
 		$keywords = explode(',', $keywords);
 
-		$contactPhoto = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['photo'], ['self' => true, 'uid' => $profile['uid']]);
-
 		$json_info['fn']       = $profile['name'];
-		$json_info['photo']    = $contactPhoto["photo"];
+		$json_info['photo']    = Contact::getAvatarUrlForUrl($profile['url'], $profile['uid']);
 		$json_info['tags']     = $keywords;
 		$json_info['language'] = $profile['language'];
 
diff --git a/src/Module/Photo.php b/src/Module/Photo.php
index 05ddd1bf5..84c2c7fce 100644
--- a/src/Module/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Module/Photo.php
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ class Photo extends BaseModule
 					$contact = Contact::getByURL($contact['url'], false, ['avatar', 'photo', 'xmpp', 'addr']);
 				}
 				if (!empty($contact['photo'])) {
+					// Fetch photo directly
+					$resourceid = MPhoto::ridFromURI($contact['photo']);
+					if (!empty($resourceid)) {
+						$photo = MPhoto::selectFirst([], ['resource-id' => $resourceid], ['order' => ['scale']]);
+						if (!empty($photo)) {
+							return $photo;
+						}
+					}
 					$url = $contact['photo'];
 				} elseif (!empty($contact['avatar'])) {
 					$url = $contact['avatar'];
diff --git a/src/Object/Post.php b/src/Object/Post.php
index 93abf351f..57f2be4b5 100644
--- a/src/Object/Post.php
+++ b/src/Object/Post.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\Crypto;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
+use Friendica\Util\Proxy;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 
@@ -459,7 +460,7 @@ class Post
 			'profile_url'     => $profile_link,
 			'name'            => $profile_name,
 			'item_photo_menu_html' => item_photo_menu($item),
-			'thumb'           => DI::baseUrl()->remove($item['author-avatar']),
+			'thumb'           => DI::baseUrl()->remove(Contact::getAvatarUrlForUrl($item['author-link'], $item['uid'], Proxy::SIZE_THUMB)),
 			'osparkle'        => $osparkle,
 			'sparkle'         => $sparkle,
 			'title'           => $title,
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index 435cab3d0..27658c84f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Transmitter
 				return [];
 			}
 
-			$fields = ['name', 'url', 'location', 'about', 'avatar', 'photo'];
+			$fields = ['id', 'name', 'url', 'location', 'about', 'avatar', 'photo', 'updated'];
 			$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', $fields, ['uid' => $uid, 'self' => true]);
 			if (!DBA::isResult($contact)) {
 				return [];
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class Transmitter
 			'owner' => $contact['url'],
 			'publicKeyPem' => $user['pubkey']];
 		$data['endpoints'] = ['sharedInbox' => DI::baseUrl() . '/inbox'];
-		$data['icon'] = ['type' => 'Image', 'url' => $contact['photo']];
+		$data['icon'] = ['type' => 'Image', 'url' => Contact::getAvatarUrlForId($contact['id'], '', $contact['updated'])];
 
 		$resourceid = Photo::ridFromURI($contact['photo']);
 		if (!empty($resourceid)) {
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class Transmitter
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($contact['header'])) {
-			$data['image'] = ['type' => 'Image', 'url' => $contact['header']];
+			$data['image'] = ['type' => 'Image', 'url' => Contact::getHeaderUrlForId($contact['id'], '', $contact['updated'])];
 
 			$resourceid = Photo::ridFromURI($contact['header']);
 			if (!empty($resourceid)) {