diff --git a/assets/launcher.css b/assets/launcher.css
index e7ba5fa..6a30c11 100644
--- a/assets/launcher.css
+++ b/assets/launcher.css
@@ -122,13 +122,11 @@
     border: 5px solid white;
     border-radius: 0.4rem;
     box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.349);
-}
-
-#user-img {
-    border-radius: .2rem;
-    width: 80px;
-    /* somehow its misplaced without that */
-    transform: translate(-0.25px, 0.25px) scale(1.05);
+    background-image: url(https://a.ez-pp.farm/0);
+    width: 100px;
+    height: 100px;
+    background-size: cover;
+    background-position: center;
 }
 
 .form-outline .form-control:focus~.form-notch .form-notch-leading {
diff --git a/preload/preload.js b/preload/preload.js
index dfb2495..bd42cd1 100644
--- a/preload/preload.js
+++ b/preload/preload.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
         } else {
             $('#welcome-text').text(`Nice to see you!`);
             $('#account-action').text('Click to login');
-            $('#user-img').prop('src', `https://a.ez-pp.farm/0`)
+            $('.user-image').css('background-image', `url(https://a.ez-pp.farm/0)`)
             loggedIn = false;
             ipcRenderer.send("perform-logout");
             Swal.fire({
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
         $('#login-password').val("");
         $('#welcome-text').text(`Welcome back, ${responseData.user.name}!`);
         $('#account-action').text('Not you?');
-        $('#user-img').prop('src', `https://a.ez-pp.farm/${responseData.user.id}`);
+        $('.user-image').css('background-image', `url(https://a.ez-pp.farm/${responseData.user.id})`);
         loggedIn = true;
         changePage('launch');
     })
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
                 changePage("launch");
                 $('#welcome-text').text(`Welcome back, ${data.user.name}!`);
                 $('#account-action').text('Not you?');
-                $('#user-img').prop('src', `https://a.ez-pp.farm/${data.user.id}`)
+                $('.user-image').css('background-image', `url(https://a.ez-pp.farm/${data.user.id})`);
                 loggedIn = true;
                 break;
         }