diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Starboard/util/createStarboardEmbedFromMessage.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Starboard/util/createStarboardEmbedFromMessage.ts
index 209d8ca8..0cc579a9 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Starboard/util/createStarboardEmbedFromMessage.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Starboard/util/createStarboardEmbedFromMessage.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ export function createStarboardEmbedFromMessage(
     embed.color = color;
   }
 
-  if (msg.author.avatarURL()) {
-    embed.author.icon_url = msg.author.avatarURL()!;
-  }
+  embed.author.icon_url = msg.author.displayAvatarURL({ dynamic: true });
 
   // The second condition here checks for messages with only an image link that is then embedded.
   // The message content in that case is hidden by the Discord client, so we hide it here too.