diff --git a/app/mailers/notifier.rb b/app/mailers/notifier.rb
index c0626f387cbab6c94e0142da2ad0451cf1b4b414..3e90576f17b1acaa882bae9515a46561afa01bb1 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notifier.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notifier.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
   include Magent::Async
   
   default :from => "no-reply@joindiaspora.com"
-  ATTACHMENT =  File.read("#{Rails.root}/public/images/diaspora_caps.png")  
+  ATTACHMENT =  File.read("#{Rails.root}/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png")  
 
   def new_request(recipient, sender)
     @receiver = recipient
     @sender = sender
-    attachments["diaspora_white.png"] = ATTACHMENT 
+    attachments["diaspora_white_on_grey.png"] = ATTACHMENT 
 
     mail(:to => "#{recipient.real_name} <#{recipient.email}>",
     :subject => "new Diaspora* friend request from #{@sender.real_name}", :host => APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url])
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/new_request.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/new_request.html.haml
index 66bb56f1a162a998de7c1c02f970c103d157b984..d87a7c387074e8a6f86dcd19d4c65e073a3c04aa 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/new_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/new_request.html.haml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       }
   %body
     %header
-      = image_tag 'diaspora_white.png'
+      = image_tag attachments['diaspora_white_on_grey.png'], :alt => "DIASPORA"
     #container
       %p
         Hello #{@receiver.profile.first_name}!
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/request_accepted.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/request_accepted.html.haml
index 191f8f42ce292af096106632686c0af541c474a7..f3359e6ac2eb6943826d42799424bec57f9e20cf 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/request_accepted.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/request_accepted.html.haml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       }
   %body
     %header
-      = image_tag 'diaspora_white.png'
+      = image_tag attachments['diaspora_white_on_grey.png'], :alt => "DIASPORA"
     #container
       %p
         Hello #{@receiver.profile.first_name}!
diff --git a/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png b/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6213e06712dd37b1c841e55ef4dc7bd85d1e778f
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png differ