diff --git a/app.moon b/app.moon
index c2b14c2..24ce2b0 100644
--- a/app.moon
+++ b/app.moon
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-gh = require('github').new({access_token: os.getenv "GITHUB_TOKEN", httpclient_driver: 'httpclient.ngx_driver'})
 lapis = require "lapis"
 
 class extends lapis.Application
@@ -9,13 +8,6 @@ class extends lapis.Application
   @include "controllers.go"
 
   [index: "/"]: =>
-    @user, err = gh\get_authenticated_user()
-
-    if err
-        @err = err
-
-        return status: 500, render: "error"
-
     render: true
 
   [contact: "/contact"]: =>
diff --git a/static/img/avatar.png b/static/img/avatar.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ed955
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/avatar.png differ
diff --git a/views/index.moon b/views/index.moon
index 38ac835..4ee11d9 100644
--- a/views/index.moon
+++ b/views/index.moon
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ class About extends Widget
         a href: "/contact", class: "follow_btn hidden-xs", "Contact Me"
 
       div class: "col-md-8 col-xs-12", ->
-        img src: @user.avatar_url, class: "img-thumbnail picture hidden-xs"
-        img src: @user.avatar_url, class: "img-thumbnail picture visible-xs picture_mob"
+        img src: "/static/img/avatar.png", class: "img-thumbnail picture hidden-xs"
+        img src: "/static/img/avatar.png", class: "img-thumbnail picture visible-xs picture_mob"
 
         div class: "header", ->
           h1 "Christine Dodrill"