diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index f0d1c62bd9..30fa41307d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ class Contact
 	 *
 	 * @param array $contact  contact array
 	 * @param string $size    Size of the avatar picture
-	 * @return void
+	 * @return string avatar URL
 	 */
 	public static function getDefaultAvatar(array $contact, string $size)
 	{
diff --git a/src/Model/Storage/SystemResource.php b/src/Model/Storage/SystemResource.php
index c7699c2b79..00af522ca5 100644
--- a/src/Model/Storage/SystemResource.php
+++ b/src/Model/Storage/SystemResource.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Model\Storage;
 
 use \BadMethodCallException;
+use Friendica\DI;
 
 /**
  * System resource storage class
@@ -41,6 +42,16 @@ class SystemResource implements IStorage
 	 */
 	public function get(string $filename)
 	{
+		$parts = parse_url($filename);
+		if (!empty($parts['scheme']) && !empty($parts['host'])) {
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($filename);
+			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
+				return $curlResult->getBody();
+			} else {
+				return "";
+			}
+		}
+
 		$folder = dirname($filename);
 		if (!in_array($folder, self::VALID_FOLDERS)) {
 			return "";
diff --git a/src/Module/Photo.php b/src/Module/Photo.php
index 5faaafe40c..f193f9c6b0 100644
--- a/src/Module/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Module/Photo.php
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ class Photo extends BaseModule
 	public static function rawContent(array $parameters = [])
 	{
 		$totalstamp = microtime(true);
-		$a = DI::app();
-		// @TODO: Replace with parameter from router
-		if ($a->argc <= 1 || $a->argc > 4) {
-			throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\BadRequestException();
-		}
 
 		if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE"])) {
 			header("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified");
@@ -69,30 +64,27 @@ class Photo extends BaseModule
 		$customsize = 0;
 		$photo = false;
 		$scale = null;
-		// @TODO: Replace with parameter from router
 		$stamp = microtime(true);
-		switch($a->argc) {
-			case 4:
-				$customsize = intval($a->argv[2]);
-				$uid = MPhoto::stripExtension($a->argv[3]);
-				$photo = self::getAvatar($uid, $a->argv[1]);
-				break;
-			case 3:
-				$uid = MPhoto::stripExtension($a->argv[2]);
-				$photo = self::getAvatar($uid, $a->argv[1]);
-				break;
-			case 2:
-				$photoid = MPhoto::stripExtension($a->argv[1]);
-				$scale = 0;
-				if (substr($photoid, -2, 1) == "-") {
-					$scale = intval(substr($photoid, -1, 1));
-					$photoid = substr($photoid, 0, -2);
-				}
-				$photo = MPhoto::getPhoto($photoid, $scale);
-				if ($photo === false) {
-					throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException(DI::l10n()->t('The Photo with id %s is not available.', $photoid));
-				}
-				break;
+		if (!empty($parameters['customsize'])) {
+			$customsize = intval($parameters['customsize']);
+			$uid = MPhoto::stripExtension($parameters['name']);
+			$photo = self::getAvatar($uid, $parameters['type']);
+		} elseif (!empty($parameters['type'])) {
+			$uid = MPhoto::stripExtension($parameters['name']);
+			$photo = self::getAvatar($uid, $parameters['type']);
+		} elseif (!empty($parameters['name'])) {
+			$photoid = MPhoto::stripExtension($parameters['name']);
+			$scale = 0;
+			if (substr($photoid, -2, 1) == "-") {
+				$scale = intval(substr($photoid, -1, 1));
+				$photoid = substr($photoid, 0, -2);
+			}
+			$photo = MPhoto::getPhoto($photoid, $scale);
+			if ($photo === false) {
+				throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException(DI::l10n()->t('The Photo with id %s is not available.', $photoid));
+			}
+		} else {
+			throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\BadRequestException();
 		}
 		$fetch = microtime(true) - $stamp;
 
@@ -160,6 +152,36 @@ class Photo extends BaseModule
 	private static function getAvatar($uid, $type="avatar")
 	{
 		switch($type) {
+			case "contact":
+				$contact = Contact::getById($uid, ['uid', 'url', 'avatar', 'photo']);
+				if (empty($contact)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				If (($contact['uid'] != 0) && empty($contact['photo']) && empty($contact['avatar'])) {
+					$contact = Contact::getByURL($contact['url'], false, ['avatar', 'photo']);
+				}
+				if (!empty($contact['photo'])) {
+					$url = $contact['photo'];
+				} elseif (!empty($contact['avatar'])) {
+					$url = $contact['avatar'];
+				} else {
+					$url = DI::baseUrl() . Contact::DEFAULT_AVATAR_PHOTO;
+				}
+				return MPhoto::createPhotoForSystemResource($url);
+			case "header":
+				$contact = Contact::getById($uid, ['uid', 'url', 'header']);
+				if (empty($contact)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				If (($contact['uid'] != 0) && empty($contact['header'])) {
+					$contact = Contact::getByURL($contact['url'], false, ['header']);
+				}
+				if (!empty($contact['header'])) {
+					$url = $contact['header'];
+				} else {
+					$url = DI::baseUrl() . '/images/blank.png';
+				}
+				return MPhoto::createPhotoForSystemResource($url);
 			case "profile":
 			case "custom":
 				$scale = 4;
diff --git a/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php b/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php
index 9b5639949d..5104fde1f1 100644
--- a/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php
+++ b/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Proxy;
 
 /**
  * Class Account
@@ -114,9 +113,9 @@ class Account extends BaseDataTransferObject
 
 		$this->note            = BBCode::convert($publicContact['about'], false);
 		$this->url             = $publicContact['url'];
-		$this->avatar          = ($userContact['photo'] ?? $publicContact['photo']) ?: Proxy::proxifyUrl($userContact['avatar'] ?? $publicContact['avatar']);
+		$this->avatar          = (($userContact['photo'] ?? '') ?: $publicContact['photo']) ?: DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/contact/'. (($userContact['id'] ?? 0) ?: $publicContact['id']);
 		$this->avatar_static   = $this->avatar;
-		$this->header          = Proxy::proxifyUrl($userContact['header'] ?? $publicContact['header'] ?? '') ?: DI::baseUrl() . '/images/blank.png'; 
+		$this->header          = DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/header/'. (($userContact['id'] ?? 0) ?: $publicContact['id']);
 		$this->header_static   = $this->header;
 		$this->followers_count = $apcontact['followers_count'] ?? 0;
 		$this->following_count = $apcontact['following_count'] ?? 0;
diff --git a/static/routes.config.php b/static/routes.config.php
index 815d833ada..6bc17c4141 100644
--- a/static/routes.config.php
+++ b/static/routes.config.php
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ return [
 	'/permission/tooltip/{type}/{id:\d+}' => [Module\PermissionTooltip::class, [R::GET]],
 
 	'/photo' => [
-		'/{name}'                    => [Module\Photo::class, [R::GET]],
-		'/{type}/{name}'             => [Module\Photo::class, [R::GET]],
-		'/{type}/{customize}/{name}' => [Module\Photo::class, [R::GET]],
+		'/{name}'                     => [Module\Photo::class, [R::GET]],
+		'/{type}/{name}'              => [Module\Photo::class, [R::GET]],
+		'/{type}/{customsize}/{name}' => [Module\Photo::class, [R::GET]],
 	],
 
 	'/pretheme'          => [Module\ThemeDetails::class, [R::GET]],