diff --git a/home/app/nixos.nix b/home/app/nixos.nix
index 9318e957..4cfb6191 100644
--- a/home/app/nixos.nix
+++ b/home/app/nixos.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ in {
     users.profiles.app = {
       uid = 5800;
       description = "Insecure Applications";
+      picture = ../picture/app.png;
     };
 
     # extra persistence specific to the app user
diff --git a/home/picture/app.png b/home/picture/app.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cbfd8a2
Binary files /dev/null and b/home/picture/app.png differ
diff --git a/home/picture/koishi.png b/home/picture/koishi.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a61f2e6
Binary files /dev/null and b/home/picture/koishi.png differ
diff --git a/home/picture/staging.png b/home/picture/staging.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4de219ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/home/picture/staging.png differ
diff --git a/home/profile.nix b/home/profile.nix
index d10a1552..c6b20c45 100644
--- a/home/profile.nix
+++ b/home/profile.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ in {
             default = false;
             description = "enable ssh authorized keys for user";
           };
+          picture = mkOption {
+            type = with types; nullOr path;
+            default = null;
+            description = "path to user profile picture";
+          };
         };
       });
       description = "preconfigured users with profile options";
@@ -132,6 +137,9 @@ in {
 
     home-manager.users = mapAttrs (name: opts: {
       imports = cfg.homeModules;
+      home.file.".face" = mkIf (opts.picture != null) {
+        source = opts.picture;
+      };
       home.stateVersion = "23.11";
     }) cfg.profiles;
 
diff --git a/home/user.nix b/home/user.nix
index 82342a93..6f61a442 100644
--- a/home/user.nix
+++ b/home/user.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
       description = "Koishi";
       admin = true;
       sshLogin = true;
+      picture = ./picture/koishi.png;
     };
 
     staging = {
       uid = 1000;
       description = "Staging Environment";
+      picture = ./picture/staging.png;
     };
 
     root.uid = 0;