diff --git a/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/extension_app.py b/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/extension_app.py
index 4df5bf3..dbf4db3 100644
--- a/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/extension_app.py
+++ b/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/extension_app.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 from asyncio import get_event_loop_policy
 from jupyter_server.extension.application import ExtensionApp
 from jupyter_server.serverapp import ServerApp
-import os
-from tornado.web import StaticFileHandler
+
 from traitlets import List, Unicode, Dict
 from traitlets.config import Config
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -17,10 +16,6 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from asyncio import AbstractEventLoop
 
-JUPYTERNAUT_AVATAR_PATH = str(
-    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static", "jupyternaut.svg")
-)
-
 
 class JupyternautExtension(ExtensionApp):
     """
@@ -40,11 +35,6 @@ class JupyternautExtension(ExtensionApp):
         (r"api/jupyternaut/config/?", ConfigRestAPI),
         (r"api/jupyternaut/model-parameters/?", ModelParametersRestAPI),
         (r"api/jupyternaut/secrets/?", SecretsRestAPI),
-        (
-            r"api/jupyternaut/static/jupyternaut.svg()/?",
-            StaticFileHandler,
-            {"path": JUPYTERNAUT_AVATAR_PATH},
-        ),
     ]
 
     allowed_providers = List(
diff --git a/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/jupyternaut/jupyternaut.py b/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/jupyternaut/jupyternaut.py
index 2f8b6e7..02ab0c2 100644
--- a/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/jupyternaut/jupyternaut.py
+++ b/jupyter_ai_jupyternaut/jupyternaut/jupyternaut.py
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 
 MEMORY_STORE_PATH = os.path.join(jupyter_data_dir(), "jupyter_ai", "memory.sqlite")
 
+JUPYTERNAUT_AVATAR_PATH = str(os.path.abspath(
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../static", "jupyternaut.svg")
+))
+
 
 def format_tool_args_compact(args_dict, threshold=25):
     """
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def defaults(self):
         return PersonaDefaults(
             name="Jupyternaut",
-            avatar_path="/api/jupyternaut/static/jupyternaut.svg",
+            avatar_path=JUPYTERNAUT_AVATAR_PATH,
             description="The standard agent provided by JupyterLab. Currently has no tools.",
             system_prompt="...",
         )