diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 28a586ac..251eaa72 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     %meta{content: "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0", name: "viewport"}/
     %meta{content: "", name: "description"}/
     %meta{content: "", name: "author"}/
-    %link{href: image_path("ppcoin.png"), rel: "shortcut icon"}/
+    %link{href: "/favicon.ico", rel: "shortcut icon"}/
     
     %title= content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) : "Peer4commit"
 
diff --git a/public/favicon.ico b/public/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d7438b4
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/favicon.ico differ