diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 30fa41307d..fad1db3473 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -1662,6 +1662,28 @@ class Contact
 		return DI::baseUrl() . $default;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get avatar link for given contact id
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $cid contact id
+	 * @return string avatar link
+	 */
+	public static function getAvatarForContact(int $cid):string
+	{
+		return DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/contact/'. $cid;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get header link for given contact id
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $cid contact id
+	 * @return string header link
+	 */
+	public static function getHeaderForContact(int $cid):string
+	{
+		return DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/header/'. $cid;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Updates the avatar links in a contact only if needed
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php b/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php
index 5104fde1f1..b34af79512 100644
--- a/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php
+++ b/src/Object/Api/Mastodon/Account.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use Friendica\BaseDataTransferObject;
 use Friendica\Collection\Api\Mastodon\Fields;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 
@@ -113,9 +112,9 @@ class Account extends BaseDataTransferObject
 
 		$this->note            = BBCode::convert($publicContact['about'], false);
 		$this->url             = $publicContact['url'];
-		$this->avatar          = (($userContact['photo'] ?? '') ?: $publicContact['photo']) ?: DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/contact/'. (($userContact['id'] ?? 0) ?: $publicContact['id']);
+		$this->avatar          = (($userContact['photo'] ?? '') ?: $publicContact['photo']) ?: Contact::getAvatarForContact(($userContact['id'] ?? 0) ?: $publicContact['id']);
 		$this->avatar_static   = $this->avatar;
-		$this->header          = DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/header/'. (($userContact['id'] ?? 0) ?: $publicContact['id']);
+		$this->header          = Contact::getHeaderForContact(($userContact['id'] ?? 0) ?: $publicContact['id']);
 		$this->header_static   = $this->header;
 		$this->followers_count = $apcontact['followers_count'] ?? 0;
 		$this->following_count = $apcontact['following_count'] ?? 0;