diff --git a/Classes/AvatarProvider/ImageProvider.php b/Classes/AvatarProvider/ImageProvider.php
index 23ce959a..0d4eb15f 100644
--- a/Classes/AvatarProvider/ImageProvider.php
+++ b/Classes/AvatarProvider/ImageProvider.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 use T3G\AgencyPack\Blog\AvatarProviderInterface;
 use T3G\AgencyPack\Blog\Domain\Model\Author;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\ImageManipulation\CropVariantCollection;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Configuration\ConfigurationManagerInterface;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference;
@@ -33,11 +34,19 @@ public function getAvatarUrl(Author $author): string
 
             $imageService = $objectManager->get(ImageService::class);
             $image = $imageService->getImage('', $image, false);
+
+            if ($image->hasProperty('crop') && $image->getProperty('crop')) {
+                $cropString = $image->getProperty('crop');
+            }
+            $cropVariantCollection = CropVariantCollection::create((string)$cropString);
+            $cropArea = $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea('default');
+
             $processingInstructions = [
                 'width' => $size . 'c',
                 'height' => $size,
                 'minWidth' => $size,
                 'minHeight' => $size,
+                'crop' => $cropArea->isEmpty() ? null : $cropArea->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
             ];
             $processedImage = $imageService->applyProcessingInstructions($image, $processingInstructions);
             return $imageService->getImageUri($processedImage);
diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_blog_domain_model_author.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_blog_domain_model_author.php
index 19ef85a6..baa815da 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_blog_domain_model_author.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_blog_domain_model_author.php
@@ -130,33 +130,27 @@
             'exclude' => 0,
             'label' => $ll . 'tx_blog_domain_model_author.image',
             'displayCond' => 'FIELD:avatar_provider:=:T3G\AgencyPack\Blog\AvatarProvider\ImageProvider',
-            'overrideChildTca' => [
-                'types' => [
-                    '0' => [
-                        'showitem' => '
-                            --palette--;LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:sys_file_reference.imageoverlayPalette;imageoverlayPalette,
-                            --palette--;;filePalette',
+            'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig(
+                'image',
+                [
+                    'appearance' => [
+                        'createNewRelationLinkTitle' => 'LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:images.addFileReference'
                     ],
-                    \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\File::FILETYPE_IMAGE => [
-                        'showitem' => '
-                            --palette--;LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:sys_file_reference.imageoverlayPalette;imageoverlayPalette,
-                            --palette--;;filePalette',
+                    'overrideChildTca' => [
+                        'types' => [
+                            \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\File::FILETYPE_IMAGE => [
+                                'showitem' => '
+                                    crop,
+                                    --palette--;;filePalette
+                                '
+                            ],
+                        ],
                     ],
-                ]
-            ],
-            'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig('image', [
-                'appearance' => [
-                    'createNewRelationLinkTitle' => 'LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:images.addFileReference',
-                ],
-                'maxitems' => 1,
-                // custom configuration for displaying fields in the overlay/reference table
-                // to use the imageoverlayPalette instead of the basicoverlayPalette
-                'foreign_match_fields' => [
-                    'fieldname' => 'image',
-                    'tablenames' => 'tx_blog_domain_model_author',
-                    'table_local' => 'sys_file',
+                    'minitems' => 0,
+                    'maxitems' => 1,
                 ],
-            ], $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['imagefile_ext']),
+                $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['imagefile_ext']
+            ),
         ],
         'title' => [
             'exclude' => 0,