diff --git a/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face.png b/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face.png
index 35d1b8fdc9..8b6f515b1f 100644
--- a/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face.png
+++ b/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:eea9c1f018fb5176d38b74b996595f4aa2ded3f286f1989c9227f3ff0e826cc9
-size 19875
+oid sha256:63a9d5027779d9f1e82da718628933eb31e5072097337c42b09bf368b642ecb7
+size 3769
diff --git a/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face_static.png b/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face_static.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d5ebf6795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/assets/img_driver_face_static.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f7565541b4e6213221174839b9b2b67397ced0b9807ea56413989fd37325b3b6
+size 4908
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc
index 2f366a9b38..327c7537a2 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/offroad/driverview.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void DriverViewWindow::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* e) {
 }
 
 DriverViewScene::DriverViewScene(QWidget* parent) : sm({"driverStateV2"}), QWidget(parent) {
-  face_img = loadPixmap("../assets/img_driver_face.png", {FACE_IMG_SIZE, FACE_IMG_SIZE});
+  face_img = loadPixmap("../assets/img_driver_face_static.png", {FACE_IMG_SIZE, FACE_IMG_SIZE});
 }
 
 void DriverViewScene::showEvent(QShowEvent* event) {