diff --git a/app/controllers/avatars_controller.rb b/app/controllers/avatars_controller.rb
index c106384..8a7284e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/avatars_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/avatars_controller.rb
@@ -5,19 +5,20 @@ class AvatarsController < ApplicationController
 
       sha256_hash = params[:hash]
       format = params[:format]&.to_sym || :png
-      size = params[:size]&.to_sym || :original
+      # size = params[:size]&.to_sym || :original
 
       unless user.avatar.filename.to_s == "#{sha256_hash}.#{format}"
         http_status :not_found and return
       end
 
-      blob = if size == :original
-               user.avatar.blob
-             else
-               user.avatar_variant(size: size)&.blob
-             end
+      # TODO See note for avatar_variant in user model
+      # blob = if size == :original
+      #          user.avatar.blob
+      #        else
+      #          user.avatar_variant(size: size)&.blob
+      #        end
 
-      data = blob.download
+      data = user.avatar.blob.download
       send_data data, type: "image/#{format}", disposition: "inline"
     else
       http_status :not_found
diff --git a/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
index d9e202f..ef03455 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
@@ -191,9 +191,14 @@ class SettingsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     def store_user_avatar
-      data = @user.avatar_new.tempfile.read
-      @user.avatar_new.tempfile.rewind
-      hash = Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(data)
+      io = @user.avatar_new.tempfile
+      img_data = process_avatar(io)
+      tempfile = Tempfile.create
+      tempfile.binmode
+      tempfile.write(img_data)
+      tempfile.rewind
+
+      hash = Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(img_data)
       ext = @user.avatar_new.content_type == "image/png" ? "png" : "jpg"
       filename = "#{hash}.#{ext}"
 
@@ -202,8 +207,22 @@ class SettingsController < ApplicationController
         false
       else
         key = "users/#{@user.cn}/avatars/#{filename}"
-        @user.avatar.attach io: @user.avatar_new.tempfile, key: key, filename: filename
+        @user.avatar.attach io: tempfile, key: key, filename: filename
         @user.save
       end
     end
+
+    def process_avatar(io)
+      processed = ImageProcessing::Vips
+        .source(io)
+        .resize_to_fill(400, 400)
+        .saver(strip: true)
+        .call
+      io.rewind
+      processed.read
+    rescue Vips::Error => e
+      Sentry.capture_exception(e) if Setting.sentry_enabled?
+      Rails.logger.error { "Image processing failed for avatar: #{e.message}" }
+      nil
+    end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 502179d..a0c49b0 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   validates_length_of :display_name, minimum: 3, maximum: 35, allow_blank: true,
                                      if: -> { defined?(@display_name) }
 
+
   validate :acceptable_avatar
 
   validate :acceptable_pgp_key_format, if: -> { defined?(@pgp_pubkey) && @pgp_pubkey.present? }
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
          :timeoutable,
          :rememberable
 
+  #
+  # Methods
+  #
+
   def ldap_before_save
     self.email = Devise::LDAP::Adapter.get_ldap_param(self.cn, "mail").first
     self.ou    = dn.split(',')
@@ -165,23 +170,19 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     @display_name ||= ldap_entry[:display_name]
   end
 
-  def avatar_base64(size: :medium)
-    return nil unless avatar.attached?
-    variant = avatar_variant(size: size)
-    data = ActiveStorage::Blob.service.download(variant.key)
-    Base64.strict_encode64(data)
-  end
-
-  def avatar_variant(size: :medium)
-    dimensions = case size
-                 when :large  then [400, 400]
-                 when :medium then [256, 256]
-                 when :small  then [64, 64]
-                 else [256, 256]
-                 end
-    format = avatar.content_type == "image/png" ? :png : :jpeg
-    avatar.variant(resize_to_fill: dimensions, format: format)
-  end
+  # TODO Variant keys are currently broken for some reason
+  # (They use the same key as the main blob, when it should be
+  # "/variants/#{key)"
+  # def avatar_variant(size: :medium)
+  #   dimensions = case size
+  #                when :large  then [400, 400]
+  #                when :medium then [256, 256]
+  #                when :small  then [64, 64]
+  #                else [256, 256]
+  #                end
+  #   format = avatar.content_type == "image/png" ? :png : :jpeg
+  #   avatar.variant(resize_to_fill: dimensions, format: format)
+  # end
 
   def nostr_pubkey
     @nostr_pubkey ||= ldap_entry[:nostr_key]
diff --git a/app/services/ldap_manager/update_avatar.rb b/app/services/ldap_manager/update_avatar.rb
index 163af3f..793409d 100644
--- a/app/services/ldap_manager/update_avatar.rb
+++ b/app/services/ldap_manager/update_avatar.rb
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ module LdapManager
       end
 
       img_data = @user.avatar.blob.download
-      jpg_data = process(img_data)
+      jpg_data = process_avatar
 
+      Rails.logger.debug { "Storing new jpegPhoto for user #{@user.cn} in LDAP" }
       result = replace_attribute(@dn, :jpegPhoto, jpg_data)
       result == 0
     end
 
     private
 
-    def process(data)
+    def process_avatar
       @user.avatar.blob.open do |file|
         processed = ImageProcessing::Vips
           .source(file)
diff --git a/app/views/settings/_profile.html.erb b/app/views/settings/_profile.html.erb
index 7dc0f22..50bdf7e 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/_profile.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/settings/_profile.html.erb
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
       <div class="flex items-center gap-6">
         <% if @user.avatar.attached? %>
           <p class="flex-none">
-            <%= image_tag @user.avatar_variant(size: :medium),
-              class: "h-24 w-24 rounded-lg" %>
+            <%= image_tag image_url_for(@user.avatar), class: "h-24 w-24 rounded-lg" %>
           </p>
         <% end %>
         <div class="grow">