diff --git a/config/autoload/local.php.dist b/config/autoload/local.php.dist
index 8463c74..c884dfb 100644
--- a/config/autoload/local.php.dist
+++ b/config/autoload/local.php.dist
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ return [
                 'customfield_12500',
             ],
         ],
+        'url.jiraAvatar' => 'https://jirapducc.mo.ca.am.ericsson.se/secure/useravatar?ownerId=%s',
         'url.mhWebPraGoals' => 'https://mhweb.ericsson.se:443/SearchWeb/faces/search/query/resultPage.xhtml?&v=3&queryKey=74023&output=CSV&csvDelimiter=COMMA',
         'url.mhWebTrProgress' => 'https://mhweb.ericsson.se:443/SearchWeb/faces/search/query/resultPage.xhtml?&v=3&queryKey=68655&output=CSV&csvDelimiter=COMMA',
         'url.mhWebTrEdit' => 'https://mhweb.ericsson.se/TREditWeb/faces/tredit/tredit.xhtml?eriref=%s',
diff --git a/src/App/Action/AvatarAction.php b/src/App/Action/AvatarAction.php
index ed6b298..7e0b65a 100644
--- a/src/App/Action/AvatarAction.php
+++ b/src/App/Action/AvatarAction.php
@@ -18,15 +18,20 @@ class AvatarAction implements ServerMiddlewareInterface
         $this->avatarService = $avatarService;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param ServerRequestInterface $request
+     * @param DelegateInterface $delegate
+     * @return \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface|EmptyResponse|static
+     */
     public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, DelegateInterface $delegate)
     {
         $signum = $request->getAttribute('signum', false);
-        if(!$signum) {
-            return new EmptyResponse();
+        try {
+            $avatarImageData = $this->avatarService->getAvatarImageData($signum);
+        } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
+            return new TextResponse("Avatar not found", 404);
         }
-
-        $avatarData = $this->avatarService->getAvatarData($signum);
-        return (new TextResponse($avatarData, 200, [
+        return (new TextResponse($avatarImageData, 200, [
             'content-type' => 'image/png',
         ]))->withHeader('Expires', '0')
             ->withHeader('Cache-Control', 'must-revalidate');
diff --git a/src/App/Service/AvatarService.php b/src/App/Service/AvatarService.php
index f971d46..0d135b9 100644
--- a/src/App/Service/AvatarService.php
+++ b/src/App/Service/AvatarService.php
@@ -11,95 +11,54 @@ use Zend\Http\Client;
 
 class AvatarService
 {
-    /**
-     * @var Config
-     */
+    /** @var Config  */
     private $config;
 
-    /**
-     * @var Client
-     */
+    /** @var Client  */
     private $httpClient;
 
-    /**
-     * @var RouterInterface
-     */
-    private $router;
-
-    /**
-     * @var StorageInterface
-     */
+    /** @var StorageInterface  */
     private $cache;
 
     /**
      * JiraClientService constructor.
      * @param Client $client
      * @param Config $config
-     * @param RouterInterface $router
      * @param StorageInterface $cache
      */
-    public function __construct(Client $client, Config $config, RouterInterface $router, StorageInterface $cache)
+    public function __construct(Client $client, Config $config, StorageInterface $cache)
     {
         $this->httpClient = $client;
         $this->config = $config;
-        $this->router = $router;
         $this->cache  = $cache;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param string $jiraAvatarUrl
-     * @param string $signum
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getJiraAvatarUrl(string $jiraAvatarUrl, string $signum): string
-    {
-        if (!$this->cache->hasItem($signum)) {
-            $user = $this->config->get('jira.user');
-            $password = $this->config->get('jira.password');
-
-            $response = $this->httpClient
-                ->setAuth($user, $password)
-                ->setUri($jiraAvatarUrl)
-                ->send();
-
-            if (!$response->isSuccess()) {
-                throw new \UnexpectedValueException("Bad JIRA result", $response->getStatusCode());
-            }
-
-            $this->cache->setItem($signum, $response->getBody());
-        }
-
-        return $this->router->generateUri('user.avatar', [
-            'signum' => $signum,
-        ]);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns avatar image data as string
      *
      * @param string $signum
      * @return string
      */
-    public function getAvatarData(string $signum): string
+    public function getAvatarImageData(string $signum): string
     {
         if (!$this->cache->hasItem($signum)) {
-            throw new \UnexpectedValueException("Missing avatar", 404);
+            $user = $this->config->get('jira.user');
+            $password = $this->config->get('jira.password');
+            $jiraAvatarUrl = $this->config->get('url.jiraAvatar');
+
+            $response = $this->httpClient
+                ->setAuth($user, $password)
+                ->setUri(sprintf($jiraAvatarUrl, $signum))
+                ->send();
+
+            if (!$response->isSuccess()) {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException("Missing avatar", 404);
+            }
+
+            $this->cache->setItem($signum, $response->getBody());
         }
 
         return $this->cache->getItem($signum);
     }
 
-    public function getUserAvatarResponse(string $signum)
-    {
-        $localAvatarFile = "public/avatars/$signum";
-        if(file_exists($localAvatarFile)) {
-            $fp = fopen($localAvatarFile,"r+");
-            $response = new Response($fp);
-        } else {
-            $response = new TextResponse($this->getAvatarData($signum));
-        }
-
-        return $response
-            ->withHeader('Content-type', 'image/png');
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/App/Service/AvatarServiceFactory.php b/src/App/Service/AvatarServiceFactory.php
index c207b42..0628516 100644
--- a/src/App/Service/AvatarServiceFactory.php
+++ b/src/App/Service/AvatarServiceFactory.php
@@ -4,18 +4,16 @@ namespace App\Service;
 
 use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Zend\Config\Config;
-use Zend\Expressive\Router\RouterInterface;
 use Zend\Http\Client;
 
 class AvatarServiceFactory
 {
     public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container)
     {
-        $router = $container->get(RouterInterface::class);
         $httpClient = $container->get(Client::class);
         $cache = $container->get('service.cache');
         $configArray = $container->get('config');
         $config = new Config($configArray['app.config']);
-        return new AvatarService($httpClient, $config, $router, $cache);
+        return new AvatarService($httpClient, $config, $cache);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorService.php b/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorService.php
index 4b7d70d..c520ffb 100644
--- a/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorService.php
+++ b/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorService.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use App\Entity\KanbanBoard;
 use App\Entity\KanbanEntry;
 use Zend\Cache\Storage\StorageInterface;
 use Zend\Config\Config;
+use Zend\Expressive\Router\RouterInterface;
 use Zend\Http\Client;
 use Zend\Json\Decoder;
 use Zend\Json\Json;
@@ -18,36 +19,29 @@ class JiraCollectorService
 
     const CACHE_KEY_KANBANBOARD = 'kanbanBoard';
 
-    /**
-     * @var StorageInterface
-     */
+    /** @var StorageInterface  */
     private $cache;
-    /**
-     * @var Config
-     */
+
+    /** @var Config  */
     private $config;
 
-    /**
-     * @var Client
-     */
+    /** @var Client  */
     private $httpClient;
 
-    /**
-     * @var AvatarService
-     */
-    private $avatarService;
+    /** @var RouterInterface */
+    private $router;
 
     /**
      * JiraClientService constructor.
      * @param StorageInterface $cache
      * @param Client $client
      * @param Config $config
-     * @param AvatarService $avatarService
+     * @param RouterInterface $router
      */
-    public function __construct(StorageInterface $cache, Client $client, Config $config, AvatarService $avatarService)
+    public function __construct(StorageInterface $cache, Client $client, Config $config, RouterInterface $router)
     {
         $this->cache = $cache;
-        $this->avatarService = $avatarService;
+        $this->router = $router;
         $this->httpClient = $client;
         $this->config = $config;
     }
@@ -94,6 +88,7 @@ class JiraCollectorService
     /**
      * @param bool $forceReload
      * @return KanbanBoard
+     * @throws \Zend\Cache\Exception\ExceptionInterface
      */
     public function getKanbanBoard(bool $forceReload = false): KanbanBoard
     {
@@ -171,10 +166,9 @@ class JiraCollectorService
             // additional assignees : customfield_10401
             if (isset($jsonIssue['fields']['customfield_10401'])) {
                 foreach ($jsonIssue['fields']['customfield_10401'] as $assignee) {
-                    $avatarUrl = $this->avatarService->getJiraAvatarUrl(
-                        $assignee['avatarUrls']['48x48'],
-                        $assignee['key']
-                    );
+                    $avatarUrl = $this->router->generateUri('user.avatar', [
+                        'signum' => $assignee['key'],
+                    ]);
 
                     $jiraAssignee = new JiraAssignee();
                     $jiraAssignee->setName($assignee['displayName'])
@@ -238,10 +232,9 @@ class JiraCollectorService
 
             // assignee
             if ($jsonIssue['fields']['assignee']) {
-                $avatarUrl = $this->avatarService->getJiraAvatarUrl(
-                    $jsonIssue['fields']['assignee']['avatarUrls']['48x48'],
-                    $jsonIssue['fields']['assignee']['key']
-                );
+                $avatarUrl = $this->router->generateUri('user.avatar', [
+                    'signum' => $jsonIssue['fields']['assignee']['key'],
+                ]);
 
                 $jiraAssignee = new JiraAssignee();
                 $jiraAssignee->setName($jsonIssue['fields']['assignee']['displayName'])
diff --git a/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorServiceFactory.php b/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorServiceFactory.php
index 9dc3211..ed7f7d3 100644
--- a/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorServiceFactory.php
+++ b/src/App/Service/JiraCollectorServiceFactory.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Service;
 
 use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Zend\Config\Config;
+use Zend\Expressive\Router\RouterInterface;
 use Zend\Http\Client;
 
 class JiraCollectorServiceFactory
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class JiraCollectorServiceFactory
         $configArray = $container->get('config');
         $httpClient = $container->get(Client::class);
         $config = new Config($configArray['app.config']);
-        $avatarService = $container->get(AvatarService::class);
-        return new JiraCollectorService($cache,$httpClient, $config, $avatarService);
+        $router = $container->get(RouterInterface::class);
+        return new JiraCollectorService($cache,$httpClient, $config, $router);
     }
 }