diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/alpha/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/alpha/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/alpha/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/alpha/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_1/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_1/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_1/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_1/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_2/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_2/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_2/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/black_avatar_2/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/blank/175.jpg b/images/default_profile_photos/blank/300.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/blank/175.jpg
rename to images/default_profile_photos/blank/300.jpg
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/blank/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/blank/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/blank/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/blank/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/175.jpg b/images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/300.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/175.jpg
rename to images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/300.jpg
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man_trans/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man_trans/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man_trans/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/rainbow_man_trans/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/red_avatar/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/red_avatar/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/red_avatar/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/red_avatar/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/175.jpg b/images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/300.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/175.jpg
rename to images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/300.jpg
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/red_koala/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/red_koala_trans/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/red_koala_trans/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/red_koala_trans/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/red_koala_trans/300.png
diff --git a/images/default_profile_photos/redmatrix_logo_smiley/175.png b/images/default_profile_photos/redmatrix_logo_smiley/300.png
similarity index 100%
rename from images/default_profile_photos/redmatrix_logo_smiley/175.png
rename to images/default_profile_photos/redmatrix_logo_smiley/300.png
diff --git a/include/identity.php b/include/identity.php
index 3925c3537..5a3861b31 100644
--- a/include/identity.php
+++ b/include/identity.php
@@ -1393,10 +1393,10 @@ function get_theme_uid() {
 * with the specified size.
 *
 * @param int $size
-*  one of (175, 80, 48)
+*  one of (300, 80, 48)
 * @returns string
 */
-function get_default_profile_photo($size = 175) {
+function get_default_profile_photo($size = 300) {
 	$scheme = get_config('system','default_profile_photo');
 	if(! $scheme)
 		$scheme = 'rainbow_man';
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 3abb1b40e..d9546a074 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ function avatar_img($email) {
 	$avatar = array();
 	$a = get_app();
 
-	$avatar['size'] = 175;
+	$avatar['size'] = 300;
 	$avatar['email'] = $email;
 	$avatar['url'] = '';
 	$avatar['success'] = false;
@@ -1658,4 +1658,4 @@ function format_and_send_email($sender,$xchan,$item) {
 
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/include/photo/photo_driver.php b/include/photo/photo_driver.php
index 6f508bf72..5d61556ab 100644
--- a/include/photo/photo_driver.php
+++ b/include/photo/photo_driver.php
@@ -606,16 +606,16 @@ function import_profile_photo($photo,$xchan,$thing = false) {
 			if(($width / $height) > 1.2) {
 				// crop out the sides
 				$margin = $width - $height;
-				$img->cropImage(175,($margin / 2),0,$height,$height); 
+				$img->cropImage(300,($margin / 2),0,$height,$height);
 			}
 			elseif(($height / $width) > 1.2) {
 				// crop out the bottom
 				$margin = $height - $width;
-				$img->cropImage(175,0,0,$width,$width);
+				$img->cropImage(300,0,0,$width,$width);
 
 			}
 			else {
-				$img->scaleImageSquare(175);
+				$img->scaleImageSquare(300);
 			}
 
 		}
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ function import_channel_photo($photo,$type,$aid,$uid) {
 	$img = photo_factory($photo, $type);
 	if($img->is_valid()) {
 
-		$img->scaleImageSquare(175);
+		$img->scaleImageSquare(300);
 
 		$p = array('aid' => $aid, 'uid' => $uid, 'resource_id' => $hash, 'filename' => $filename, 'album' => t('Profile Photos'), 'photo_flags' => PHOTO_PROFILE, 'scale' => 4);
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/tpl/profile_vcard.tpl
index 9eac48c6d..bea0d894f 100755
--- a/view/tpl/profile_vcard.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="vcard">
-	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" width="175" height="175" src="{{$profile.photo}}?rev={{$profile.picdate}}" alt="{{$profile.name}}"></div>
+	<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" src="{{$profile.photo}}?rev={{$profile.picdate}}" alt="{{$profile.name}}"></div>
 	{{if $profile.edit}}
 	<div class="dropdown">
 	<a class="profile-edit-side-link dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" title="{{$profile.edit.3}}" href="#" ><i class="icon-pencil" title="{{$profile.edit.1}}" ></i></a>