diff --git a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/admin.py b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/admin.py
index 7d04afe..7e4f95e 100644
--- a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/admin.py
+++ b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Union
 
 import os
+from shutil import copyfile
 import magic
 from io import BytesIO
 from PIL import Image
@@ -173,7 +174,18 @@ def handle_admin_change(args: RequestArguments, db: MatematDatabase, config: Dic
             is_member = 'ismember' in args
             is_admin = 'isadmin' in args
             # Create the user in the database
-            db.create_user(username, password, email, member=is_member, admin=is_admin)
+            newuser: User = db.create_user(username, password, email, member=is_member, admin=is_admin)
+
+            # If a default avatar is set, copy it to the user's avatar path
+
+            # Create the absolute path of the upload directory
+            abspath: str = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(config['UploadDir']), 'thumbnails/users/')
+            # Derive the individual paths
+            default: str = os.path.join(abspath, 'default.png')
+            userimg: str = os.path.join(abspath, f'{newuser.id}.png')
+            # Copy the default image, if it exists
+            if os.path.exists(default):
+                copyfile(default, userimg, follow_symlinks=True)
 
         # The user requested to create a new product
         elif change == 'newproduct':
@@ -187,12 +199,9 @@ def handle_admin_change(args: RequestArguments, db: MatematDatabase, config: Dic
             # Create the user in the database
             newproduct = db.create_product(name, price_member, price_non_member)
             # If a new product image was uploaded, process it
-            if 'image' in args:
+            if 'image' in args and len(bytes(args.image)) > 0:
                 # Read the raw image data from the request
                 avatar = bytes(args.image)
-                # Only process the image, if its size is more than zero.  Zero size means no new image was uploaded
-                if len(avatar) == 0:
-                    return
                 # Detect the MIME type
                 filemagic: magic.FileMagic = magic.detect_from_content(avatar)
                 if not filemagic.mime_type.startswith('image/'):
@@ -209,6 +218,17 @@ def handle_admin_change(args: RequestArguments, db: MatematDatabase, config: Dic
                     image.save(os.path.join(abspath, f'{newproduct.id}.png'), 'PNG')
                 except OSError:
                     return
+            else:
+                # If no image was uploaded and a default avatar is set, copy it to the product's avatar path
+
+                # Create the absolute path of the upload directory
+                abspath: str = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(config['UploadDir']), 'thumbnails/products/')
+                # Derive the individual paths
+                default: str = os.path.join(abspath, 'default.png')
+                userimg: str = os.path.join(abspath, f'{newproduct.id}.png')
+                # Copy the default image, if it exists
+                if os.path.exists(default):
+                    copyfile(default, userimg, follow_symlinks=True)
 
         # The user requested to restock a product
         elif change == 'restock':
@@ -223,5 +243,33 @@ def handle_admin_change(args: RequestArguments, db: MatematDatabase, config: Dic
             # Write the new stock count to the database
             db.restock(product, amount)
 
+        # The user requested to set default images
+        elif change == 'defaultimg':
+            # Iterate the possible images to set
+            for category in 'users', 'products':
+                if category not in args:
+                    continue
+                # Read the raw image data from the request
+                default: bytes = bytes(args[category])
+                # Only process the image, if its size is more than zero.  Zero size means no new image was uploaded
+                if len(default) == 0:
+                    continue
+                # Detect the MIME type
+                filemagic: magic.FileMagic = magic.detect_from_content(default)
+                if not filemagic.mime_type.startswith('image/'):
+                    continue
+                # Create the absolute path of the upload directory
+                abspath: str = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(config['UploadDir']), f'thumbnails/{category}/')
+                os.makedirs(abspath, exist_ok=True)
+                try:
+                    # Parse the image data
+                    image: Image = Image.open(BytesIO(default))
+                    # Resize the image to 150x150
+                    image.thumbnail((150, 150), Image.LANCZOS)
+                    # Write the image to the file
+                    image.save(os.path.join(abspath, f'default.png'), 'PNG')
+                except OSError:
+                    return
+
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
         raise ValueError('an argument not a string')
diff --git a/templates/admin_restricted.html b/templates/admin_restricted.html
index 99a205d..72a262c 100644
--- a/templates/admin_restricted.html
+++ b/templates/admin_restricted.html
@@ -87,4 +87,22 @@
 
         <input type="submit" value="Go">
     </form>
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>
+
+<section id="admin-restricted-default-images">
+    <h2>Set default images</h2>
+
+    <form id="admin-default-images-form" method="post" action="/admin?adminchange=defaultimg" enctype="multipart/form-data" accept-charset="UTF-8">
+        <label for="admin-default-images-user">
+            <img src="/upload/thumbnails/users/default.png" alt="Default user avatar" />
+        </label><br/>
+        <input id="admin-default-images-user" type="file" name="users" accept="image/*" /><br/>
+
+        <label for="admin-default-images-product">
+            <img src="/upload/thumbnails/products/default.png" alt="Default product avatar" />
+        </label><br/>
+        <input id="admin-default-images-product" type="file" name="products" accept="image/*" /><br/>
+
+        <input type="submit" value="Save changes">
+    </form>
+</section>