diff --git a/mainwindow.ui b/mainwindow.ui
index 83139cb6c..ff345391b 100644
--- a/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/mainwindow.ui
@@ -1471,6 +1471,9 @@ QSplitter:handle{
                <property name="pixmap">
                 <pixmap resource="res.qrc">:/img/contact.png</pixmap>
                </property>
+               <property name="scaledContents">
+                <bool>true</bool>
+               </property>
                <property name="wordWrap">
                 <bool>true</bool>
                </property>
diff --git a/widget/widget.cpp b/widget/widget.cpp
index 73b6946a2..b2e1de6b5 100644
--- a/widget/widget.cpp
+++ b/widget/widget.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ void Widget::onAvatarClicked()
 
 void Widget::onSelfAvatarLoaded(const QPixmap& pic)
 {
-    ui->profilePicture->setPixmap(pic);
+    QPixmap scaled = pic.scaledToWidth(40, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
+    ui->profilePicture->setPixmap(scaled);
 }
 
 void Widget::onConnected()