diff --git a/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php b/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php
index af86198b01eac..092bf51a75a20 100644
--- a/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php
+++ b/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ abstract class Avatar implements IAvatar {
 	private $svgTemplate = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 		<svg width="{size}" height="{size}" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 500 500" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
 			<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#{fill}"></rect>
-			<text x="50%" y="350" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:279px;font-family:\'Nunito\';text-anchor:middle;fill:#fff">{letter}</text>
+			<text x="50%" y="350" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:279px;font-family:Nunito, sans-serif;text-anchor:middle;fill:#fff">{letter}</text>
 		</svg>';
 
 	/**
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ protected function generateAvatar($userDisplayName, $size) {
 		$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
 		imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, $size, $size, $background);
 
-		$font = __DIR__ . '/../../core/fonts/Nunito-Regular.ttf';
+		$font = __DIR__ . '/../../../core/fonts/Nunito-Regular.ttf';
 
 		$fontSize = $size * 0.4;
 		list($x, $y) = $this->imageTTFCenter(
diff --git a/tests/data/guest_avatar_einstein_32.svg b/tests/data/guest_avatar_einstein_32.svg
index 4a7cc4565efb3..c9546cf6ba5a8 100644
--- a/tests/data/guest_avatar_einstein_32.svg
+++ b/tests/data/guest_avatar_einstein_32.svg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 		<svg width="32" height="32" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 500 500" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
 			<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#499aa2"></rect>
-			<text x="50%" y="350" style="font-weight:600;font-size:278px;font-family:'Open Sans';text-anchor:middle;fill:#fff">E</text>
+			<text x="50%" y="350" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:279px;font-family:Nunito, sans-serif;text-anchor:middle;fill:#fff">E</text>
 		</svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/lib/Avatar/UserAvatarTest.php b/tests/lib/Avatar/UserAvatarTest.php
index 0374bef74f67e..b0c22a61ec578 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Avatar/UserAvatarTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Avatar/UserAvatarTest.php
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public function testGenerateSvgAvatar() {
 		$svg = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 		<svg width="64" height="64" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 500 500" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
 			<rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="#0082c9"></rect>
-			<text x="50%" y="350" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:279px;font-family:\'Nunito\';text-anchor:middle;fill:#fff">A</text>
+			<text x="50%" y="350" style="font-weight:normal;font-size:279px;font-family:Nunito, sans-serif;text-anchor:middle;fill:#fff">A</text>
 		</svg>';
 		$this->assertEquals($avatar, $svg);
 	}