diff --git a/src/embed/status.ts b/src/embed/status.ts
index 412060a..bdf9e8f 100644
--- a/src/embed/status.ts
+++ b/src/embed/status.ts
@@ -290,15 +290,13 @@ export const handleStatus = async (
   /* If we have no media to display, instead we'll display the user profile picture in the embed */
   if (!tweet.media?.videos && !tweet.media?.photos && !flags?.textOnly) {
     /* Use a slightly higher resolution image for profile pics */
-    let avatar = tweet.author.avatar_url || '';
+    const avatar = tweet.author.avatar_url;
     if (!useIV) {
       headers.push(
         `<meta property="og:image" content="${avatar}"/>`,
         `<meta property="twitter:image" content="0"/>`
       );
     } else {
-      /* Use higher quality version for IV, which uses a large version of the profile picture */
-      avatar = avatar.replace('_200x200', '_400x400');
       headers.push(
         `<meta property="twitter:image" content="${avatar}"/>`
       );
diff --git a/src/render/instantview.ts b/src/render/instantview.ts
index b485efc..b67cc46 100644
--- a/src/render/instantview.ts
+++ b/src/render/instantview.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const renderInstantView = (properties: RenderProperties): ResponseInstruc
 
   <!-- Embed profile picture, display name, and screen name in table -->
   <table>
-    <img src="${(tweet.author.avatar_url || '').replace('_200x200', '_400x400')}" alt="${tweet.author.name}'s profile picture" />
+    <img src="${tweet.author.avatar_url}" alt="${tweet.author.name}'s profile picture" />
     <h2>${tweet.author.name}</h2>
     <p>@${tweet.author.screen_name}</p>
     <p>${getSocialTextIV(tweet)}</p>