diff --git a/res/layout/activity_contact_details.xml b/res/layout/activity_contact_details.xml
index 8f0b42c143648ccefb4eb62e9b020e97d3470d2b..a00b23406ba9f69bbe7a360eb06b99d717d3c194 100644
--- a/res/layout/activity_contact_details.xml
+++ b/res/layout/activity_contact_details.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             android:layout_width="72dp"
             android:layout_height="72dp"
             android:layout_centerVertical="true"
-            android:scaleType="fitXY"/>
+            android:scaleType="centerCrop"/>
 
         <LinearLayout
             android:id="@+id/details_jidbox"
diff --git a/res/layout/contact.xml b/res/layout/contact.xml
index 8432c7a3ee75327e46202f4004e02900b4b7e232..f16ad0618717faa368cb387a50c5846a0f7ecebc 100644
--- a/res/layout/contact.xml
+++ b/res/layout/contact.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         android:layout_width="48dp"
         android:layout_height="48dp"
         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+        android:scaleType="centerCrop"
         android:src="@drawable/ic_profile">
     </ImageView>
     <LinearLayout
diff --git a/res/layout/conversation_list_row.xml b/res/layout/conversation_list_row.xml
index 97985737ec6402f2168e77e34f765b8e2985d27a..a6001e5fb5e9de88a37aa7a7750c73898d35c6ec 100644
--- a/res/layout/conversation_list_row.xml
+++ b/res/layout/conversation_list_row.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
             android:id="@+id/conversation_image"
             android:layout_width="56dp"
             android:layout_height="56dp"
-            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>
+            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+            android:scaleType="centerCrop"/>
 
 	<RelativeLayout
 	    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/conversation_image"
diff --git a/res/layout/message_recieved.xml b/res/layout/message_recieved.xml
index 563d730d137c8cb2a08496a246bb4eb024a171fc..ec003920df4ab39237546fad248a35ac9c64d522 100644
--- a/res/layout/message_recieved.xml
+++ b/res/layout/message_recieved.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                 android:paddingBottom="2dp"
-                android:scaleType="fitXY"
+                android:scaleType="centerCrop"
                 android:background="@color/primarytext"
                 />
             
diff --git a/res/layout/message_sent.xml b/res/layout/message_sent.xml
index d4970e6fab753f46495bbea717b6f20dc1a9555b..21563eb4632c1b74510434b960e18d10615665c2 100644
--- a/res/layout/message_sent.xml
+++ b/res/layout/message_sent.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                 android:paddingBottom="2dp"
-                android:scaleType="fitXY"
+                android:scaleType="centerCrop"
                 android:background="@color/primarytext"
                 />