diff --git a/Foxnouns.Backend/Extensions/AvatarObjectExtensions.cs b/Foxnouns.Backend/Extensions/AvatarObjectExtensions.cs
index 7c39aa4..c3c3c04 100644
--- a/Foxnouns.Backend/Extensions/AvatarObjectExtensions.cs
+++ b/Foxnouns.Backend/Extensions/AvatarObjectExtensions.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static class AvatarObjectExtensions
             CancellationToken ct = default) =>
         await objectStorageService.RemoveObjectAsync(UserAvatarUpdateInvocable.Path(id, hash), ct);
 
-    public static async Task<Stream> ConvertBase64UriToAvatar(this string uri)
+    public static async Task<Stream> ConvertBase64UriToImage(this string uri, int size, bool crop)
     {
         if (!uri.StartsWith("data:image/"))
             throw new ArgumentException("Not a data URI", nameof(uri));
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ public static class AvatarObjectExtensions
         var image = Image.Load(rawImage);
 
         var processor = new ResizeProcessor(
-            new ResizeOptions { Size = new Size(512), Mode = ResizeMode.Crop, Position = AnchorPositionMode.Center },
+            new ResizeOptions
+            {
+                Size = new Size(size),
+                Mode = crop ? ResizeMode.Crop : ResizeMode.Max,
+                Position = AnchorPositionMode.Center
+            },
             image.Size
         );
 
diff --git a/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/MemberAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs b/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/MemberAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs
index 3beff48..7ed801a 100644
--- a/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/MemberAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs
+++ b/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/MemberAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class MemberAvatarUpdateInvocable(DatabaseContext db, ObjectStorageServic
 
         try
         {
-            var image = await newAvatar.ConvertBase64UriToAvatar();
+            var image = await newAvatar.ConvertBase64UriToImage(size: 512, crop: true);
             var hash = Convert.ToHexString(await SHA256.HashDataAsync(image)).ToLower();
             image.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
             var prevHash = member.Avatar;
diff --git a/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/UserAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs b/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/UserAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs
index d1abd42..44dd312 100644
--- a/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/UserAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs
+++ b/Foxnouns.Backend/Jobs/UserAvatarUpdateInvocable.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class UserAvatarUpdateInvocable(DatabaseContext db, ObjectStorageService
 
         try
         {
-            var image = await newAvatar.ConvertBase64UriToAvatar();
+            var image = await newAvatar.ConvertBase64UriToImage(size: 512, crop: true);
             var hash = Convert.ToHexString(await SHA256.HashDataAsync(image)).ToLower();
             image.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
             var prevHash = user.Avatar;