diff --git a/NextcloudTalk/Settings/NCUtils.swift b/NextcloudTalk/Settings/NCUtils.swift
index f0d9807c9..00a0c76b7 100644
--- a/NextcloudTalk/Settings/NCUtils.swift
+++ b/NextcloudTalk/Settings/NCUtils.swift
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ import AVFoundation
     public static func renderAspectImage(image: UIImage?, ofSize size: CGSize, scale: CGFloat, centerImage center: Bool) -> UIImage? {
         guard let image else { return nil }
 
+        // UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions raises an exception for empty or non finite sizes
+        guard size.width > 0, size.height > 0, size.width.isFinite, size.height.isFinite else { return nil }
+
         let newRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
         UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newRect.size, false, scale)
 
diff --git a/NextcloudTalk/User Interface/AvatarView.swift b/NextcloudTalk/User Interface/AvatarView.swift
index 5b652b793..bf992b949 100644
--- a/NextcloudTalk/User Interface/AvatarView.swift	
+++ b/NextcloudTalk/User Interface/AvatarView.swift	
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ import SDWebImage
     // MARK: - User status
 
     public func setStatus(for room: NCRoom, allowCustomStatusIcon statusIconAllowed: Bool) {
+        self.room = room
+        self.allowCustomStatusIcon = statusIconAllowed
+
+        // layoutSubviews can run while the view is collapsed, rendering a status image of that size would raise an exception
+        guard statusImageSize(padding: 2) > 0 else { return }
+
         if room.type == .oneToOne, let roomStatus = room.status {
             if roomStatus != "dnd", statusIconAllowed, let roomStatusIcon = room.statusIcon {
                 setUserStatusIcon(roomStatusIcon)
@@ -164,9 +170,6 @@ import SDWebImage
             }
         }
 
-        self.room = room
-        self.allowCustomStatusIcon = statusIconAllowed
-
         setUserStatusImageViewCutoutLayer()
     }