diff --git a/avatar.php b/avatar.php
index 70444dafcb55872b75b5b85d498e2e1268433c10..a54aad3b2a626967433ee0f8a5953ab50258a76d 100644
--- a/avatar.php
+++ b/avatar.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === "GET") {
 		//SECURITY TODO does this fully eliminate directory traversals?
 		$user = stripslashes($_GET['user']);
 	} else {
-		$user = false;
+		exit();
 	}
 
 	if (isset($_GET['size']) && ((int)$_GET['size'] > 0)) {
@@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === "GET") {
 
 	if ($image instanceof \OC_Image) {
 		$image->show();
-	} else {
-		$image = \OC_Avatar::getDefaultAvatar($user, $size);
-		$image->show();
+	} elseif ($image === false) {
+		OC_JSON::success(array('user' => $user, 'size' => $size));
 	}
 } elseif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === "POST") {
 	$user = OC_User::getUser();
 
 	// Select an image from own files
 	if (isset($_POST['path'])) {
-		//SECURITY TODO FIXME possible directory traversal here
-		$path = $_POST['path'];
+		//SECURITY TODO does this fully eliminate directory traversals?
+		$path = stripslashes($_POST['path']);
 		$avatar = OC::$SERVERROOT.'/data/'.$user.'/files'.$path;
 	}
 	// Upload a new image
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === "GET") {
 	$user = OC_User::getUser();
 
 	try {
-		\OC_Avatar::set($user, false);
+		\OC_Avatar::remove($user);
 		OC_JSON::success();
 	} catch (\Exception $e) {
 		OC_JSON::error(array("data" => array ("message" => $e->getMessage()) ));
diff --git a/lib/avatar.php b/lib/avatar.php
index fa8fece080ce829c7dbc45063be88e3143112d68..86be0ea26356a42830e83d89986a04ebc4ad6bc3 100644
--- a/lib/avatar.php
+++ b/lib/avatar.php
@@ -12,35 +12,31 @@
 
 class OC_Avatar {
 	/**
-         * @brief get the users avatar
-         * @param $user string which user to get the avatar for
-         * @param $size integer size in px of the avatar, defaults to 64
-         * @return \OC_Image containing the avatar
-        */
-        public static function get ($user, $size = 64) {
-		if ($user === false) {
-			return self::getDefaultAvatar($user, $size);
-		}
-
-                $view = new \OC\Files\View('/'.$user);
+	 * @brief get the users avatar
+	 * @param $user string which user to get the avatar for
+	 * @param $size integer size in px of the avatar, defaults to 64
+	 * @return mixed \OC_Image containing the avatar or false if there's no image
+	*/
+	public static function get ($user, $size = 64) {
+		$view = new \OC\Files\View('/'.$user);
 
-                if ($view->file_exists('avatar.jpg')) {
-                        $ext = 'jpg';
-                } elseif ($view->file_exists('avatar.png')) {
-                        $ext = 'png';
-                } else {
-                        return self::getDefaultAvatar($user, $size);
+		if ($view->file_exists('avatar.jpg')) {
+			$ext = 'jpg';
+		} elseif ($view->file_exists('avatar.png')) {
+			$ext = 'png';
+		} else {
+			return false;
                 }
 
-                $avatar = new OC_Image($view->file_get_contents('avatar.'.$ext));
-                $avatar->resize($size);
-                return $avatar;
-        }
+		$avatar = new OC_Image($view->file_get_contents('avatar.'.$ext));
+		$avatar->resize($size);
+		return $avatar;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief sets the users avatar
 	 * @param $user string user to set the avatar for
-	 * @param $data mixed imagedata or path to set a new avatar, or false to delete the current avatar
+	 * @param $data mixed imagedata or path to set a new avatar
 	 * @throws Exception if the provided file is not a jpg or png image
 	 * @throws Exception if the provided image is not valid, or not a square
 	 * @return true on success
@@ -48,43 +44,33 @@ class OC_Avatar {
 	public static function set ($user, $data) {
 		$view = new \OC\Files\View('/'.$user);
 
-		if ($data === false) {
-			$view->unlink('avatar.jpg');
-			$view->unlink('avatar.png');
-			return true;
-		} else {
-			$img = new OC_Image($data);
-			$type = substr($img->mimeType(), -3);
-			if ($type === 'peg') { $type = 'jpg'; }
-			if ($type !== 'jpg' && $type !== 'png') {
-				$l = \OC_L10N::get('lib');
-				throw new \Exception($l->t("Unknown filetype"));
-			}
-
-			if (!( $img->valid() && ($img->height() === $img->width()) )) {
-				$l = \OC_L10N::get('lib');
-				throw new \Exception($l->t("Invalid image, or the provided image is not square"));
-			}
+		$img = new OC_Image($data);
+		$type = substr($img->mimeType(), -3);
+		if ($type === 'peg') { $type = 'jpg'; }
+		if ($type !== 'jpg' && $type !== 'png') {
+			$l = \OC_L10N::get('lib');
+			throw new \Exception($l->t("Unknown filetype"));
+		}
 
-			$view->unlink('avatar.jpg');
-			$view->unlink('avatar.png');
-			$view->file_put_contents('avatar.'.$type, $data);
-			return true;
+		if (!( $img->valid() && ($img->height() === $img->width()) )) {
+			$l = \OC_L10N::get('lib');
+			throw new \Exception($l->t("Invalid image, or the provided image is not square"));
 		}
+
+		$view->unlink('avatar.jpg');
+		$view->unlink('avatar.png');
+		$view->file_put_contents('avatar.'.$type, $data);
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief gets the default avatar
-	 * @brief $user string which user to get the avatar for
-	 * @param $size integer size of the avatar in px, defaults to 64
-	 * @return \OC_Image containing the default avatar
-	 * @todo use custom default images, when they arive
+	 * @brief remove the users avatar
+	 * @param $user string user to delete the avatar from
+	 * @return void
 	*/
-	public static function getDefaultAvatar ($user, $size = 64) {
-		// TODO
-		/*$default = new OC_Image(OC::$SERVERROOT."/core/img/defaultavatar.png");
-		$default->resize($size);
-		return $default;*/
-		return;
+	public static function remove ($user) {
+		$view = new \OC\Files\View('/'.$user);
+		$view->unlink('avatar.jpg');
+		$view->unlink('avatar.png');
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/avatar.php b/tests/lib/avatar.php
index 42b06f8bccb553fd6fd1e9db673ca8e47478d5dd..adb6a5102b172bbb564b110e2ee88ac1cd224d8d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/avatar.php
+++ b/tests/lib/avatar.php
@@ -9,22 +9,14 @@
 class Test_Avatar extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	public function testAvatar() {
-		$expected = \OC_Avatar::getDefaultAvatar()->data();
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, \OC_Avatar::get(\OC_User::getUser())->data());
+		$this->assertEquals(false, \OC_Avatar::get(\OC_User::getUser())->data());
 
 		$expected = new OC_Image(\OC::$SERVERROOT.'/tests/data/testavatar.png');
 		\OC_Avatar::set(\OC_User::getUser(), $expected->data());
 		$expected->resize(64);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected->data(), \OC_Avatar::get(\OC_User::getUser())->data());
 
-		\OC_Avatar::set(\OC_User::getUser(), false);
-		$expected = \OC_Avatar::getDefaultAvatar()->data();
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, \OC_Avatar::get(\OC_User::getUser())->data());
+		\OC_Avatar::remove(\OC_User::getUser());
+		$this->assertEquals(false, \OC_Avatar::get(\OC_User::getUser())->data());
 	}
-
-	/*public function testDefaultAvatar() {
-		$img = new \OC_Image(OC::$SERVERROOT.'/core/img/defaultavatar.png');
-		$img->resize(128);
-		$this->assertEquals($img->data(), \OC_Avatar::getDefaultAvatar(\OC_User::getUser(), 128)->data());
-	}*/
 }