diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0f21dd..a0ff67d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.9.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.7.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b8755ff..fb58910 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/default_profile.png b/pkg/persistence/default_profile.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8052f5
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkg/persistence/default_profile.png differ
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/profile.go b/pkg/persistence/profile.go
index 2fbd63b..38542be 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/profile.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	sql "github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx/reflectx"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/pkg/scraper"
 )
@@ -17,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 //go:embed schema.sql
 var sql_init string
 
-type Settings struct{}
+//go:embed default_profile.png
+var default_profile_image []byte
 
 type Profile struct {
 	ProfileDir string
-	Settings   Settings
 	DB         *sql.DB
 }
 
@@ -40,9 +39,9 @@ func NewProfile(target_dir string) (Profile, error) {
 		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Could not create target %q:\n  %w", target_dir, ErrTargetAlreadyExists)
 	}
 
-	settings_file := filepath.Join(target_dir, "settings.yaml")
 	sqlite_file := filepath.Join(target_dir, "twitter.db")
 	profile_images_dir := filepath.Join(target_dir, "profile_images")
+	default_profile_image_file := filepath.Join(target_dir, "profile_images/default_profile.png")
 	link_thumbnails_dir := filepath.Join(target_dir, "link_preview_images")
 	images_dir := filepath.Join(target_dir, "images")
 	videos_dir := filepath.Join(target_dir, "videos")
@@ -62,24 +61,18 @@ func NewProfile(target_dir string) (Profile, error) {
 	InitializeDatabaseVersion(db)
 	db.Mapper = reflectx.NewMapperFunc("db", ToSnakeCase)
 
-	// Create `settings.yaml`
-	fmt.Printf("Creating............. %s\n", settings_file)
-	settings := Settings{}
-	data, err := yaml.Marshal(&settings)
-	if err != nil {
-		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error YAML-marshalling [empty!] settings file:\n  %w", err)
-	}
-	err = os.WriteFile(settings_file, data, os.FileMode(0644))
-	if err != nil {
-		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error creating settings file %q:\n  %w", settings_file, err)
-	}
-
 	// Create `profile_images`
 	fmt.Printf("Creating............. %s/\n", profile_images_dir)
 	err = os.Mkdir(profile_images_dir, os.FileMode(0755))
 	if err != nil {
 		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error creating %q:\n  %w", profile_images_dir, err)
 	}
+	// Put the default profile image in it
+	fmt.Printf("Creating............. %s/\n", default_profile_image_file)
+	err = os.WriteFile(default_profile_image_file, default_profile_image, os.FileMode(0644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error creating default profile image file %q:\n  %w", default_profile_image, err)
+	}
 
 	// Create `link_thumbnail_images`
 	fmt.Printf("Creating............. %s/\n", link_thumbnails_dir)
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ func NewProfile(target_dir string) (Profile, error) {
 		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error creating %q:\n  %w", video_thumbnails_dir, err)
 	}
 
-	return Profile{target_dir, settings, db}, nil
+	return Profile{ProfileDir: target_dir, DB: db}, nil
 }
 
 // Loads the profile at the given location.  Fails if the given directory is not a Profile.
@@ -120,26 +113,9 @@ func NewProfile(target_dir string) (Profile, error) {
 // returns:
 // - the loaded Profile
 func LoadProfile(profile_dir string) (Profile, error) {
-	settings_file := filepath.Join(profile_dir, "settings.yaml")
 	sqlite_file := filepath.Join(profile_dir, "twitter.db")
-
-	for _, file := range []string{
-		settings_file,
-		sqlite_file,
-	} {
-		if !file_exists(file) {
-			return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid profile, could not find file: %s", file)
-		}
-	}
-
-	settings_data, err := os.ReadFile(settings_file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error reading %q:\n  %w", settings_file, err)
-	}
-	settings := Settings{}
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(settings_data, &settings)
-	if err != nil {
-		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Error YAML-unmarshalling %q:\n  %w", settings_file, err)
+	if !file_exists(sqlite_file) {
+		return Profile{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid profile, could not find file: %s", sqlite_file)
 	}
 
 	db := sql.MustOpen("sqlite3", fmt.Sprintf("%s?_foreign_keys=on&_journal_mode=WAL", sqlite_file))
@@ -147,11 +123,9 @@ func LoadProfile(profile_dir string) (Profile, error) {
 
 	ret := Profile{
 		ProfileDir: profile_dir,
-		Settings:   settings,
 		DB:         db,
 	}
-	err = ret.check_and_update_version()
-
+	err := ret.check_and_update_version()
 	return ret, err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/persistence/profile_test.go b/pkg/persistence/profile_test.go
index ef8ce31..9acb103 100644
--- a/pkg/persistence/profile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/persistence/profile_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestNewProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	// Check files were created
 	contents, err := os.ReadDir(profile_path)
 	require.NoError(err)
-	assert.Len(contents, 7)
+	assert.Len(contents, 6)
 
 	expected_files := []struct {
 		filename string
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ func TestNewProfile(t *testing.T) {
 		{"images", true},
 		{"link_preview_images", true},
 		{"profile_images", true},
-		{"settings.yaml", false},
 		{"twitter.db", false},
 		{"video_thumbnails", true},
 		{"videos", true},
diff --git a/sample_data/init_data.sh b/sample_data/init_data.sh
index a729ca9..3905159 100755
--- a/sample_data/init_data.sh
+++ b/sample_data/init_data.sh
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ if [[ -e "$THIS_DIR/profile" ]]; then
 fi
 mkdir $THIS_DIR/profile
 
-touch $THIS_DIR/profile/settings.yaml
-touch $THIS_DIR/profile/users.yaml
-
 test -e $THIS_DIR/profile/twitter.db && rm $THIS_DIR/profile/twitter.db
 sqlite3 $THIS_DIR/profile/twitter.db < $THIS_DIR/seed_data.sql
 
 mkdir $THIS_DIR/profile/profile_images
 cp $THIS_DIR/kwamurai_* $THIS_DIR/profile/profile_images
+cp $THIS_DIR/../pkg/persistence/default_profile.png $THIS_DIR/profile/profile_images
 
 mkdir $THIS_DIR/profile/images
 cp $THIS_DIR/EYG* $THIS_DIR/profile/images