diff --git a/app/views/ublog/post.scala b/app/views/ublog/post.scala
index 9826d65ead..0625b9d1f2 100644
--- a/app/views/ublog/post.scala
+++ b/app/views/ublog/post.scala
@@ -98,10 +98,7 @@ object post {
     imageUrlOf(post) match {
       case Some(url) => baseImg(src := url)
       case _ =>
-        baseImg(
-          heightA := height,
-          src := assetUrl("images/placeholder.png")
-        )
+        baseImg(src := assetUrl("images/placeholder-500.png"))
     }
 
   def imageUrlOf(post: UblogPost, height: Int = defaultImageHeight) = post.image map { i =>
diff --git a/modules/memo/src/main/Picfit.scala b/modules/memo/src/main/Picfit.scala
index 41f102a5c4..d1a878fa6d 100644
--- a/modules/memo/src/main/Picfit.scala
+++ b/modules/memo/src/main/Picfit.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ case class PicfitImage(
     // unique: a new image will delete the previous ones with same rel
     rel: String,
     name: String,
-    contentType: Option[String],
     size: Int, // in bytes
     createdAt: DateTime
 ) {
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ final class PicfitApi(coll: Coll, ws: StandaloneWSClient, config: PicfitConfig)(
             _id = PicfitImage.Id(s"${lila.common.ThreadLocalRandom nextString 10}.$extension"),
             user = userId,
             rel = rel,
-            name = sanitizeName(uploaded.filename),
-            contentType = uploaded.contentType,
+            name = uploaded.filename,
             size = uploaded.fileSize.toInt,
             createdAt = DateTime.now
           )
@@ -74,11 +72,6 @@ final class PicfitApi(coll: Coll, ws: StandaloneWSClient, config: PicfitConfig)(
       .flatMap { _.result[PicfitImage] ?? picfitServer.delete }
       .void
 
-  private def sanitizeName(name: String) = {
-    // the char `^` breaks play, even URL encoded
-    java.net.URLEncoder.encode(name, "UTF-8").replaceIf('%', "")
-  }
-
   private object picfitServer {
 
     def store(image: PicfitImage, from: Uploaded): Funit = {
diff --git a/public/images/placeholder-500.png b/public/images/placeholder-500.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..072887ab23
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/placeholder-500.png differ
diff --git a/ui/site/css/ublog/_card.scss b/ui/site/css/ublog/_card.scss
index 83c4892ff6..23f6a32be6 100644
--- a/ui/site/css/ublog/_card.scss
+++ b/ui/site/css/ublog/_card.scss
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         background-image: img-url('placeholder-margin.png');
         background-size: cover;
         background-position: center;
+        height: 200px;
       }
     }