diff --git a/ImageWrangler.cs b/ImageWrangler.cs
index 841e923..9682a27 100644
--- a/ImageWrangler.cs
+++ b/ImageWrangler.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ namespace GreatHomeChildcare
          * OUPUT byte[] array
          * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3801275/how-to-convert-image-to-byte-array
          */
-        public byte[] ImageToByteArray(Image imageIn)
+        public static byte[] ImageToByteArray(Image imageIn)
         {
             if (imageIn == null)
                 return null;
 
+            if (imageIn == Properties.Resources.child)
+                return null;
+
             using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
             {
                 imageIn.Save(ms, imageIn.RawFormat);