diff --git a/src/utils/instance.ts b/src/utils/instance.ts
index 244495a2..f46541c2 100644
--- a/src/utils/instance.ts
+++ b/src/utils/instance.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function getInstanceMetadata(store: NStore, signal?: AbortSignal):
     about: meta.about ?? 'Nostr community server',
     tagline: meta.tagline ?? meta.about ?? 'Nostr community server',
     email: meta.email ?? `postmaster@${Conf.url.host}`,
-    picture: meta.picture ?? Conf.local('/images/avi.png'),
+    picture: meta.picture ?? Conf.local('/images/thumbnail.png'),
     event,
   };
 }
diff --git a/static/images/thumbnail.png b/static/images/thumbnail.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc424cea
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/images/thumbnail.png differ