diff --git a/app/templates/_sidenav.html.j2 b/app/templates/_sidenav.html.j2
index 765e566e29b075b7b0fe609b620e3d6088ae04d6..4fb73ca356cf6aa57884a28a02354a173c6cb0eb 100644
--- a/app/templates/_sidenav.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/_sidenav.html.j2
@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
 <ul class="sidenav sidenav-fixed" id="sidenav">
   <li>
-    <div class="user-view" style="padding-top: 1px; padding-left: 20px !important; padding-right: 20px !important; height: 112px;">
+    <div class="user-view">
       <div class="background primary-color"></div>
-      <div class="row">
-        <div class="col s5">
-          <a href="{{ url_for('users.user', user_id=current_user.id) }}">
-            <img src="{{ url_for('users.user_avatar', user_id=current_user.id) }}" alt="user-image" class="circle responsive-img"  style="height:80%; margin-top: 22px;">
-          </a>
-        </div>
-        <div class="col s5" style="word-wrap: break-word; margin-left:-10px;">
-          <span class="white-text name">
-          {% if current_user.username|length > 18 %}
-            {{ current_user.username[:15] + '...' }}
+        <span class="white-text name">
+          {% if current_user.username|length > 32 %}
+          {{ current_user.username[:29] + '...' }}
           {% else %}
-            {{ current_user.username }}
+          {{ current_user.username }}
           {% endif %}
-          </span>
-          <span class="white-text email" style="padding-top:5px;">
+        </span>
+        <span class="white-text email">
           {% if current_user.email|length > 32 %}
             {{ current_user.email[:29] + '...' }}
           {% else %}
             {{ current_user.email }}
           {% endif %}
-          </span>
-        </div>
+        </span>
       </div>
     </div>
   </li>