diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart
index 79637af82..b4ab2318a 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import "dart:developer" show log;
-import "dart:io" show Platform;
 import "dart:typed_data";
 
 import "package:flutter/cupertino.dart";
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ import "package:photos/utils/face/face_box_crop.dart";
 import "package:photos/utils/thumbnail_util.dart";
 // import "package:photos/utils/toast_util.dart";
 
+const useGeneratedFaceCrops = false;
+
 class FaceWidget extends StatefulWidget {
   final EnteFile file;
   final Face face;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class _FaceWidgetState extends State<FaceWidget> {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    if (Platform.isIOS) {
+    if (useGeneratedFaceCrops) {
       return FutureBuilder<Uint8List?>(
         future: getFaceCrop(),
         builder: (context, snapshot) {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/people/cropped_face_image_view.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/people/cropped_face_image_view.dart
index 04980098f..79c2b7775 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/people/cropped_face_image_view.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/people/cropped_face_image_view.dart
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CroppedFaceImageView extends StatelessWidget {
               final double relativeFaceCenterY =
                   faceBox.yMin + faceBox.height / 2;
 
-              const double desiredFaceHeightRelativeToWidget = 1 / 2;
+              const double desiredFaceHeightRelativeToWidget = 7 / 10;
               final double scale =
                   (1 / faceBox.height) * desiredFaceHeightRelativeToWidget;
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart
index 36f5db800..f2c96fc7a 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import "dart:developer";
-import "dart:io";
+// import "dart:io";
 import "dart:typed_data";
 
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import "package:photos/face/model/person.dart";
 import 'package:photos/models/file/file.dart';
 import "package:photos/services/machine_learning/face_ml/person/person_service.dart";
 import 'package:photos/ui/viewer/file/thumbnail_widget.dart';
+import "package:photos/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart";
 import "package:photos/ui/viewer/people/cropped_face_image_view.dart";
 import "package:photos/utils/face/face_box_crop.dart";
 import "package:photos/utils/thumbnail_util.dart";
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class PersonFaceWidget extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    if (Platform.isIOS || Platform.isAndroid) {
+    if (useGeneratedFaceCrops) {
       return FutureBuilder<Uint8List?>(
         future: getFaceCrop(),
         builder: (context, snapshot) {