diff --git a/webapp_profile.py b/webapp_profile.py
index 019fefe7e..b7129b0f6 100644
--- a/webapp_profile.py
+++ b/webapp_profile.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ from webapp_utils import html_header_with_external_style
 from webapp_utils import html_header_with_person_markup
 from webapp_utils import html_footer
 from webapp_utils import add_emoji_to_display_name
-from webapp_utils import get_banner_file
+from webapp_utils import get_profile_background_file
 from webapp_utils import html_post_separator
 from webapp_utils import edit_check_box
 from webapp_utils import edit_text_field
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def _get_profile_header(base_dir: str, http_prefix: str, nickname: str,
     image and avatar
     """
     banner_file, _ = \
-        get_banner_file(base_dir, nickname, domain, theme)
+        get_profile_background_file(base_dir, nickname, domain, theme)
     html_str = \
         '\n\n    <figure class="profileHeader">\n' + \
         '      <a href="/users/' + \
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ def html_edit_profile(server, translate: {},
 
     # filename of the banner shown at the top
     banner_file, _ = \
-        get_banner_file(base_dir, nickname, domain, theme)
+        get_profile_background_file(base_dir, nickname, domain, theme)
 
     display_nickname = nickname
     is_bot = is_group = follow_dms = remove_twitter = ''
diff --git a/webapp_utils.py b/webapp_utils.py
index 1ef58b9e7..33eab6f77 100644
--- a/webapp_utils.py
+++ b/webapp_utils.py
@@ -548,8 +548,6 @@ def _get_image_file(base_dir: str, name: str, directory: str,
     banner_file = ''
     banner_filename = ''
     im_name = name
-    if name == 'banner':
-        im_name = 'image'
     for ext in banner_extensions:
         banner_file_test = im_name + '.' + ext
         banner_filename_test = directory + '/' + banner_file_test
@@ -578,6 +576,15 @@ def get_banner_file(base_dir: str,
     return _get_image_file(base_dir, 'banner', account_dir, theme)
 
 
+def get_profile_background_file(base_dir: str,
+                                nickname: str, domain: str,
+                                theme: str) -> (str, str):
+    """Gets the image for the profile background
+    """
+    account_dir = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain)
+    return _get_image_file(base_dir, 'image', account_dir, theme)
+
+
 def get_search_banner_file(base_dir: str,
                            nickname: str, domain: str,
                            theme: str) -> (str, str):