diff --git a/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.jpg b/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 796e4b6..0000000
--- a/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.jpg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:e1c6bfddd276b52a18c1950dbc904d9d8aabb88864151ceb0a1b54489281035d
-size 28024
diff --git a/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.md b/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.md
index 53c22ff..273eefd 100644
--- a/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.md
+++ b/content/sch001-aller-anfang-ist-schwer.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ contributors = [
   "Cartaphilus",
   "Autoren des Artikels",
 ]
-poster = true
 
 [taxonomies]
 formats = ["opus", "m4a", "oga", "mp3"]
diff --git a/encode.py b/encode.py
index 38e1d2b..0ea666e 100755
--- a/encode.py
+++ b/encode.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def encode_episode(podcast, episode, format):
     try:
         changed = any(
             os.path.getmtime(file) > os.path.getmtime(outfile)
-            for file in [infile, content_file, episode["poster"]]
+            for file in [infile, content_file, podcast["poster"]]
         )
     except FileNotFoundError:
         changed = True
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def encode_episode(podcast, episode, format):
         command = ["ffmpeg", "-y", "-loglevel", "error"]
         command.extend(["-i", infile])
         if format not in ["oga", "opus"]:
-            command.extend(["-i", episode["poster"]])
+            command.extend(["-i", podcast["poster"]])
         # For AAC, the default codec choice (ffmpeg native) is not the best choice
         if format == "m4a":
             command.extend(["-c:a", "libfdk_aac"])
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def encode_episode(podcast, episode, format):
 
             # poster
             picture = Picture()
-            with open(episode["poster"], "rb") as f:
+            with open(podcast["poster"], "rb") as f:
                 picture.data = f.read()
             picture.type = 17
             picture.desc = ""
@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ for item in channel.findall("item"):
         )[0],
     }
 
-    episode_poster = f"content/{episode['file_base']}.jpg"
-    if os.path.isfile(episode_poster):
-        episode["poster"] = episode_poster
-    else:
-        episode["poster"] = podcast["poster"]
-
     print(episode["file_base"], end="", flush=True)
 
     threads = []
diff --git a/templates/macros.html b/templates/macros.html
index a24c972..b8cf741 100644
--- a/templates/macros.html
+++ b/templates/macros.html
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
   data-colors="{{ config.extra.theme.main | default(value="#2B8AC6") }}"
 ></script>
 {% endmacro podlove_subscribe_button %}
-{% macro poster(page) -%}
-{% if page.extra.poster %}{{ get_url(path=page.slug ~ ".jpg") | safe }}{% else %}{{ get_url(path="assets/poster.jpg") | safe }}{% endif %}
-{%- endmacro poster %}
 {% macro title(page) -%}
 {#- tera lacks zero padding and also log operator -#}
 {%- if page.extra.episode -%}
diff --git a/templates/page.html b/templates/page.html
index b942c62..3bf0440 100644
--- a/templates/page.html
+++ b/templates/page.html
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
 <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ page.title }}">
 <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ page.description }}">
-<meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ macros::poster(page=page) }}">
+<meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ get_url(path="assets/poster.jpg") | safe }}">
 
 <meta property="og:type" content="website">
 <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ config.title }}">
 <meta property="og:title" content="{{ page.title }}">
 <meta property="og:url" content="{{ page.permalink }}">
 <meta property="og:description" content="{{ page.description }}">
-<meta property="og:image" content="{{ macros::poster(page=page) }}">
+<meta property="og:image" content="{{ get_url(path="assets/poster.jpg") | safe }}">
 {%- for format in config.extra.formats %}
 <meta property="og:audio" content="{{ get_url(path="episodes/" ~ page.slug ~ "." ~ format.ext) | safe }}">
 <meta property="og:audio:type" content="{{ format.mime_type }}">
diff --git a/templates/podlove-player.html b/templates/podlove-player.html
index 758e7f0..24a304a 100644
--- a/templates/podlove-player.html
+++ b/templates/podlove-player.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   "subtitle": {{ page.extra.subtitle | default(value="") | json_encode | safe }},
   "summary": {{ page.description | json_encode | safe }},
   "publicationDate": {{ page.date | date(format="%+") | json_encode | safe }},
-  "poster": {{ macros::poster(page=page) | json_encode | safe }},
+  "poster": {{ get_url(path="assets/poster.jpg") | safe | json_encode | safe }},
   "duration": {{ episodes[page.slug].duration | json_encode | safe }},
   "link": {{ page.permalink | json_encode | safe }},