diff --git a/css/donut.css b/css/donut.css
index 9244de8..d5ef6c3 100755
--- a/css/donut.css
+++ b/css/donut.css
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ div .header-banner {
 }
 /* reduce padding for the userimage at the navbar */
 .navbar-nav > li > a.navbar-user-img {
-  padding: 10px;
+  padding: 5px 10px;
 }
 /* small caret at the dropdown menu */
 .navbar-nav:not(.navbar-right) li .dropdown-menu {
diff --git a/less/donut.less b/less/donut.less
index 32af20c..94bac93 100644
--- a/less/donut.less
+++ b/less/donut.less
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ div {
 }
 /* reduce padding for the userimage at the navbar */
 .navbar-nav>li>a.navbar-user-img {
-	padding: 10px;
+	padding: 5px 10px;
 }
 
 /* small caret at the dropdown menu */
diff --git a/templates/user-loggedin-drop-down.php b/templates/user-loggedin-drop-down.php
index 52a2ecb..20a459f 100644
--- a/templates/user-loggedin-drop-down.php
+++ b/templates/user-loggedin-drop-down.php
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 $useraccount=qa_db_select_with_pending(qa_db_user_account_selectspec($userid, true) );
 
 $logged_in_user_avatar = qa_get_user_avatar_html($useraccount['flags'], $useraccount['email'], null ,
-			$useraccount['avatarblobid'], $useraccount['avatarwidth'], $useraccount['avatarheight'], 30);
+			$useraccount['avatarblobid'], $useraccount['avatarwidth'], $useraccount['avatarheight'], 40);
 
 if (empty($logged_in_user_avatar)) {
 	// if the default avatar is not set by the admin , then take the default 
-	$logged_in_user_avatar = '<img src="'.DONUT_THEME_ROOT_URL.'/images/default-profile-pic.png" width="30" height="30" class="qa-avatar-image" alt="">';
+	$logged_in_user_avatar = '<img src="'.DONUT_THEME_ROOT_URL.'/images/default-profile-pic.png" width="40" height="40" class="qa-avatar-image" alt="">';
 }
 
 if (isset($this->content['navigation']['user']['updates'])) {