diff --git a/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/CreateAvatar.php b/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/CreateAvatar.php
index 2b50ccba9..21e785c6d 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/CreateAvatar.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/CreateAvatar.php
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ namespace App\Jobs\AvatarPipeline;
 
 use App\Avatar;
 use App\Profile;
-use App\Util\Identicon\Preprocessor\HashPreprocessor;
-use Bitverse\Identicon\Color\Color;
-use Bitverse\Identicon\Generator\RingsGenerator;
-use Bitverse\Identicon\Identicon;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
@@ -45,64 +41,7 @@ class CreateAvatar implements ShouldQueue
     public function handle()
     {
         $profile = $this->profile;
-        $username = $profile->username;
-
-        $generator = new RingsGenerator();
-        $generator->setBackgroundColor(Color::parseHex('#FFFFFF'));
-
-        $identicon = new Identicon(new HashPreprocessor('sha256'), $generator);
-
-        $hash = $username.str_random(12);
-        $icon = $identicon->getIcon($hash);
-
-        try {
-            $baseDir = storage_path('app/public/avatars');
-            if (!is_dir($baseDir)) {
-                mkdir($baseDir);
-            }
-
-            $prefix = $profile->id;
-            $padded = str_pad($prefix, 12, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
-            $parts = str_split($padded, 3);
-            foreach ($parts as $k => $part) {
-                if ($k == 0) {
-                    $prefix = storage_path('app/public/avatars/'.$parts[0]);
-                    if (!is_dir($prefix)) {
-                        mkdir($prefix);
-                    }
-                }
-                if ($k == 1) {
-                    $prefix = storage_path('app/public/avatars/'.$parts[0].'/'.$parts[1]);
-                    if (!is_dir($prefix)) {
-                        mkdir($prefix);
-                    }
-                }
-                if ($k == 2) {
-                    $prefix = storage_path('app/public/avatars/'.$parts[0].'/'.$parts[1].'/'.$parts[2]);
-                    if (!is_dir($prefix)) {
-                        mkdir($prefix);
-                    }
-                }
-                if ($k == 3) {
-                    $avatarpath = 'public/avatars/'.$parts[0].'/'.$parts[1].'/'.$parts[2].'/'.$parts[3];
-                    $prefix = storage_path('app/'.$avatarpath);
-                    if (!is_dir($prefix)) {
-                        mkdir($prefix);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            $dir = storage_path('app/'.$avatarpath);
-            //$dir = storage_path('app/public/avatars/'.$prefix);
-            if (!is_dir($dir)) {
-                mkdir($dir);
-            }
-            //$path = 'public/avatars/' . $prefix . '/avatar.svg';
-            $path = $avatarpath.'/avatar.svg';
-            $basePath = storage_path('app/'.$path);
-            file_put_contents($basePath, $icon);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-        }
-
+        $path = 'public/avatars/default.png';
         $avatar = new Avatar();
         $avatar->profile_id = $profile->id;
         $avatar->media_path = $path;