diff --git a/src/contact.rs b/src/contact.rs
index 02e34dcac..a802148d4 100644
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ impl Contact {
     pub async fn get_profile_image(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<Option<PathBuf>> {
         if self.id == ContactId::SELF {
             if let Some(p) = context.get_config(Config::Selfavatar).await? {
-                return Ok(Some(PathBuf::from(p)));
+                return Ok(Some(PathBuf::from(p))); // get_config() calls get_abs_path() internally already
             }
         } else if let Some(image_rel) = self.param.get(Param::ProfileImage) {
             if !image_rel.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/sql.rs b/src/sql.rs
index a355e62b0..16b65bcb7 100644
--- a/src/sql.rs
+++ b/src/sql.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl Sql {
 
         if recode_avatar {
             if let Some(avatar) = context.get_config(Config::Selfavatar).await? {
-                let mut blob = BlobObject::from_name(context, avatar)?;
+                let mut blob = BlobObject::from_path(context, Path::new(&avatar))?;
                 match blob.recode_to_avatar_size(context).await {
                     Ok(()) => {
                         if let Some(path) = blob.to_abs_path().to_str() {