diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c
index 6ffa314b86..4ab6edde9a 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_conference/mod_conference.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ static void layer_set_banner(conference_member_t *member, mcu_layer_t *layer, co
 	const char *bg = "#142e55";
 	char *parsed = NULL;
 	switch_event_t *params = NULL;
-	const char *font_face = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansOblique.ttf";
+	const char *font_face = NULL;
 	const char *var, *tmp = NULL;
 	char *dup = NULL;
 	
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp b/src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp
index 5ae714bcbc..d9e46ff6ca 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp
@@ -287,10 +287,6 @@ static void stop_ticker(cv_context_t *context)
 static void set_ticker(cv_context_t *context, const char *fg, const char *bg, const char *font_face, const char *fontsz, int speed, switch_img_position_t pos, const char *text)
 {
 
-    if (zstr(font_face)) {
-        font_face = "FreeMono.ttf";
-    }
-
     if (zstr(fg)) {
         fg = "#cccccc";
     }
@@ -362,11 +358,6 @@ static int add_text(cv_context_t *context, const char *nick, const char *fg, con
         }
     }
 
-
-    if (zstr(font_face)) {
-        font_face = "FreeMono.ttf";
-    }
-
     if (zstr(fg)) {
         fg = "#cccccc";
     }
diff --git a/src/switch_core_video.c b/src/switch_core_video.c
index 9d7e8bb0ab..fc50fa883b 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_video.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_video.c
@@ -508,6 +508,10 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_img_txt_handle_create(switch_img_txt_hand
 	new_handle->pool = pool;
 	new_handle->free_pool = free_pool;
 
+    if (zstr(font_family)) {
+		font_family = switch_core_sprintf(new_handle->pool, "%s%s%s",SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.fonts_dir, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, "FreeMono.ttf");
+    }
+
 	if (!switch_is_file_path(font_family)) {
 		new_handle->font_family = switch_core_sprintf(new_handle->pool, "%s%s%s",SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.fonts_dir, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, font_family);
 	} else {