diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index df9804b2..414477e7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -7750,6 +7750,9 @@ function install_blog {
         return
     fi
 
+    # for the avatar changing command
+    apt-get -y install imagemagick
+
     if [ ! -d /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
         mkdir /var/www/$FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
     fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-blog b/src/freedombone-blog
index 7936f0d8..bb02d8d5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-blog
+++ b/src/freedombone-blog
@@ -120,7 +120,23 @@ function set_avatar_from_url {
 
     # download the image
     cd $BASE_DIR/customimages
-    wget $AVATAR -O avatar.png
+    # convert to png
+    wget $AVATAR -O avatar
+    if [[ $AVATAR == *".gif" ]]; then
+        mogrify -format png avatar
+    fi
+    if [[ $AVATAR == *".jpg" ]]; then
+        mogrify -format png avatar
+    fi
+    if [[ $AVATAR == *".jpeg" ]]; then
+        mogrify -format png avatar
+    fi  
+    if [[ $AVATAR != *".png" ]]; then
+        mv avatar avatar.png
+    fi
+    
+    # standard size
+    mogrify -resize 150x150 avatar.png
     if [ ! -f $BASE_DIR/customimages/avatar.png ]; then
         echo $'Avatar image could not be downloaded'
         exit 3