diff --git a/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb b/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb
index 0cf2014e4..7497e4573 100644
--- a/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/avatar_controller.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ class AvatarController < ApplicationController
    # @avatar.source_id = User.current.id
    # @avatar.image_file = params[:filename].presence || Redmine::Utils.random_hex(16)
    # saved = @avatar.save
+   begin
+   f= Magick::ImageList.new(diskfile)
+   f.scale!(50,50)
+   f.write(diskfile)
+   rescue
+   end
+
     
     respond_to do |format|
       format.js