diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.html b/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.html
index c6c2ac1c9..e202c7667 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/redditheader.html
@@ -34,14 +34,21 @@
   <div id="header-bottom-${'right' if c.lang_rtl else 'left'}">
     <%
         header_title = c.site.header_title
+        d = DefaultSR()
         if c.site.header and c.allow_styles:
             header_img = c.site.header
         else:
-            d = DefaultSR()
             header_img = d.header
             header_title = d.header_title
+
+        if header_img == d.header:
+            header_img_width, header_img_height = 120, 40
+        else:
+            header_img_width, header_img_height = None, None
     %>
-    ${img_link(c.site.name, s3_https_if_secure(header_img), '/', _id = "header-img-a", img_id = 'header-img', title = header_title)}
+    ${img_link(c.site.name, s3_https_if_secure(header_img), '/',
+               _id = "header-img-a", img_id = 'header-img', title = header_title,
+               width = header_img_width, height = header_img_height)}
 
     ##keeps the height of the header from varying when there isnt any content
     &nbsp;
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
index 81a201097..fe7ef72f0 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ${first_defined(kw[1:])}
 </script>
 </%def>
 
-<%def name="img_link(link_text, img, path, _id='', target='', img_id = None, **kw)">
+<%def name="img_link(link_text, img, path, _id='', target='', img_id = None, width = None, height = None, **kw)">
   <% 
      if (not target or target == '_parent') and c.cname:
          target = '_top'
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ ${first_defined(kw[1:])}
      kw['target'] = target
   %>
   <%call expr="_a(href=path, _id=_id, **kw)">
-    <img ${("id='%s'" % img_id) if img_id else ''} src="${img}" alt="${link_text}"/>
+    <img src="${img}" ${tags(id = img_id, width = width, height = height)} alt="${link_text}" />
   </%call>
 </%def>