diff --git a/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb b/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb
index 93e2a58bb..f691cafb5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class AvatarController < ApplicationController
    # saved = @avatar.save
    begin
      f = Magick::ImageList.new(diskfile)
-     f.resize_to_fill!(400, 400)
+     proportion = (200.0/f[0].columns)
+     f.resize_to_fill!(200,200)
      #f.scale!(50,50)
      f.write(diskfile)
    rescue Exception => e