diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a3b09fd1..52b2f3a11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 .idea
 personal_syte_settings.py
 .elasticbeanstalk/
-.vagrant/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vagrant/
+personal_static
+personal_templates
diff --git a/syte/static/templates/github-profile.html b/syte/static/templates/github-profile.html
index d36ada9f5..808cd95a9 100644
--- a/syte/static/templates/github-profile.html
+++ b/syte/static/templates/github-profile.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <div class="profile-info">
     <button class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>
     <a href="http://github.com/{{ login }}" class="profile-avatar">
-      <img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/{{ gravatar_id }}" alt="{{name}}" />
+      <img src="{{ avatar_url }}" alt="{{name}}" />
     </a>
     <div class="profile-name">
       <h2><a href="http://github.com/{{ login }}">{{ name }}</a></h2>