diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py b/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py
index 936f6871f2..e18602cae4 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ MAIL_SERVER = "bastion.fedoraproject.org"
 # Theme
 THEME = "{{ noggin_theme }}"
 
+# Auto-gen avatar type to show if no avatar set
+AVATAR_DEFAULT_TYPE = "retro"
+
 # Those file should be mounted from OpenShift secrets
 FREEIPA_ADMIN_PASSWORD = from_file('/etc/noggin-secrets/ipa-admin')
 FERNET_SECRET = from_file('/etc/noggin-secrets/fernet').encode('utf-8')