diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/user/UserAccountsMyAccountPage.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/user/UserAccountsMyAccountPage.java
index 19feb2bc4..fa98177d5 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/user/UserAccountsMyAccountPage.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/user/UserAccountsMyAccountPage.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.authenticate.Authenticator;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.TemplateResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.ImageUtil;
 
 /**
  * Handle the "My Account" form display and submission.
@@ -268,7 +270,8 @@ public class UserAccountsMyAccountPage extends UserAccountsPage {
 		String userUri = proxyUser.getUri();
 		String label = assembleUserAccountLabel(proxyUser);
 		String classLabel = "";
-		String imageUrl = "";
+		String imageUrl = UrlBuilder.getUrl(ImageUtil
+				.getPlaceholderImagePathForType(VitroVocabulary.USERACCOUNT));
 
 		// Does this user have a profile? Can we get better info?
 		Individual proxyProfilePage = getProfilePage(proxyUser);
diff --git a/webapp/web/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg b/webapp/web/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index ddcfe9c61..000000000
Binary files a/webapp/web/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyCommon.js b/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyCommon.js
index 06af6469f..1e1d09e20 100644
--- a/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyCommon.js
+++ b/webapp/web/js/account/accountProxyCommon.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function itemElement(template, uri, label, classLabel, imageUrl, removeInfo) {
 	this.uri = uri;
 	this.label = label;
 	this.classLabel = classLabel;
-	this.imageUrl = (imageUrl) ? imageUrl : imageUrl="../images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg";
+	this.imageUrl = imageUrl;
 	this.removeInfo = removeInfo;
 	
 	this.toString = function() {