diff --git a/dist/activity_default.jpg b/dist/activity_default.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3563abdb22
Binary files /dev/null and b/dist/activity_default.jpg differ
diff --git a/dist/api/createPortfolioActivity.php b/dist/api/createPortfolioActivity.php
index c1f1a9efe8..1f33502533 100644
--- a/dist/api/createPortfolioActivity.php
+++ b/dist/api/createPortfolioActivity.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         '{"type":"activity","version": "0.1.0","isSinglePage": true,"content":["' .
         $pageDoenetId .
         '"],"assignedCid":null,"draftCid":null,"itemWeights": [1],"files":[]}';
-    $imagePath = '/media/activity_default.jpg';
+    $imagePath = '/activity_default.jpg';
     $learningOutcomes = '';
     $isPublic = '0';
 
diff --git a/dist/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php b/dist/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php
index adf55ba90f..f0b67ce2c8 100644
--- a/dist/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php
+++ b/dist/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 $activityData = [
     'doenetId' => $doenetId,
-    'imagePath' => '/media/activity_default.jpg',
+    'imagePath' => '/activity_default.jpg',
     'label' => '',
     'learningOutcomes' => '',
     'public' => false, //default to private
diff --git a/public/activity_default.jpg b/public/activity_default.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3563abdb22
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/activity_default.jpg differ
diff --git a/public/api/createPortfolioActivity.php b/public/api/createPortfolioActivity.php
index c1f1a9efe8..1f33502533 100644
--- a/public/api/createPortfolioActivity.php
+++ b/public/api/createPortfolioActivity.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         '{"type":"activity","version": "0.1.0","isSinglePage": true,"content":["' .
         $pageDoenetId .
         '"],"assignedCid":null,"draftCid":null,"itemWeights": [1],"files":[]}';
-    $imagePath = '/media/activity_default.jpg';
+    $imagePath = '/activity_default.jpg';
     $learningOutcomes = '';
     $isPublic = '0';
 
diff --git a/public/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php b/public/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php
index adf55ba90f..f0b67ce2c8 100644
--- a/public/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php
+++ b/public/api/getPortfolioActivityData.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 $activityData = [
     'doenetId' => $doenetId,
-    'imagePath' => '/media/activity_default.jpg',
+    'imagePath' => '/activity_default.jpg',
     'label' => '',
     'learningOutcomes' => '',
     'public' => false, //default to private