diff --git a/public/img/defaultrender.png b/public/img/defaultrender.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cc8368
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/img/defaultrender.png differ
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/users.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/users.blade.php
index fb36247..94a529e 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/users.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/users.blade.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             <div id="SearchContainer">
                 <div class="ProfileContainerBox" id="ProfileContainerBox1" style="background-color: white;">
                     <div id="ProfileContainerBox1ImageContainer">
-                        <img alt="Profile Image" src="https://archblox.com/img/iosload.gif" width="60px"
+                        <img alt="Profile Image" src="https://archblox.com/img/defaultrender.png" width="60px"
                             height="100%">
                     </div>
                     <div id="ProfileContainerBox1TextContainer" style="color:black">
diff --git a/resources/views/home.blade.php b/resources/views/home.blade.php
index 8648fc1..f1420c0 100644
--- a/resources/views/home.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/home.blade.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                     <div class="FeedContainerBox" id="FeedContainerBox1">
                         <div class="FeedContainerBoxImageContainer" id="FeedContainerBox1ImageContainer">
                             <a href="{{ route('profile', $post->user->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                                    src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
+                                    src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
                         </div>
                         <div class="FeedContainerBoxTextContainer" id="FeedContainerBox1TextContainer">
                             <a href="{{ route('profile', $post->user->id) }}"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
                         @foreach ($data['friends'] as $friend)
                             <div class="profilefriend">
                                 <a href="{{ route('profile', $friend->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                                        src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="150px" height="110px"></a>
+                                        src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="150px" height="110px"></a>
                                 <br>
                                 <a href="{{ route('profile', $friend->id) }}"
                                     id="FeedContainerBox1Username">{{ $friend->name }}</a>
diff --git a/resources/views/pages/friends.blade.php b/resources/views/pages/friends.blade.php
index b611745..406a9ef 100644
--- a/resources/views/pages/friends.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/pages/friends.blade.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <div class="FriendsContainerBox" id="FriendsContainerBox1">
                 <div id="FriendsContainerBox1ImageContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $user->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                            src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
+                            src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
                 </div>
                 <div id="FriendsContainerBox1TextContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $user->id) }}" id="FeedContainerBox1Username">{{ $user->name }}</a>
diff --git a/resources/views/pages/profile.blade.php b/resources/views/pages/profile.blade.php
index efc975d..3a75409 100644
--- a/resources/views/pages/profile.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/pages/profile.blade.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             @else
                 <address id="status">"I'm new to ARCHBLOX!"</address>
             @endif
-            <img alt="profile image" src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="75%">
+            <img alt="profile image" src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="75%">
             <div id="bio"
                 style="min-width:350px;max-width:350px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;max-height:275px;overflow-y: auto;">
                 {!! nl2br(e($data['user']->blurb)) !!}</div>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                 @foreach ($data['friends'] as $friend)
                     <div class="profilefriend">
                         <a href="{{ route('profile', $friend->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                                src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="150px" height="110px"></a>
+                                src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="150px" height="110px"></a>
                         <br>
                         <a href="{{ route('profile', $friend->id) }}"
                             id="FeedContainerBox1Username">{{ $friend->name }}</a>
diff --git a/resources/views/pages/profile_friends.blade.php b/resources/views/pages/profile_friends.blade.php
index f75387b..d250aa6 100644
--- a/resources/views/pages/profile_friends.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/pages/profile_friends.blade.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             <div class="FriendsContainerBox" id="FriendsContainerBox1">
                 <div id="FriendsContainerBox1ImageContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $friend->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                            src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
+                            src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
                 </div>
                 <div id="FriendsContainerBox1TextContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $friend->id) }}" id="FeedContainerBox1Username">{{ $friend->name }}</a>
diff --git a/resources/views/pages/requests.blade.php b/resources/views/pages/requests.blade.php
index d8d482d..1532e6f 100644
--- a/resources/views/pages/requests.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/pages/requests.blade.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <div class="FriendsContainerBox" id="FriendsContainerBox1">
                 <div id="FriendsContainerBox1ImageContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $user->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                            src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
+                            src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
                 </div>
                 <div id="FriendsContainerBox1TextContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $user->id) }}" id="FeedContainerBox1Username">{{ $user->name }}</a>
diff --git a/resources/views/pages/users.blade.php b/resources/views/pages/users.blade.php
index 290914f..d487ec2 100644
--- a/resources/views/pages/users.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/pages/users.blade.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <div class="ProfileContainerBox" id="ProfileContainerBox1">
                 <div id="ProfileContainerBox1ImageContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $user->id) }}"><img alt="Profile Image"
-                            src="{{ asset('img/iosload.gif') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
+                            src="{{ asset('img/defaultrender.png') }}" width="60px" height="100%"></a>
                 </div>
                 <div id="ProfileContainerBox1TextContainer">
                     <a href="{{ route('profile', $user->id) }}" id="FeedContainerBox1Username">{{ $user->name }}</a>