diff --git a/app/assets/images/default-favicon.png b/app/assets/images/default-favicon.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37f8ac9a0
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/default-favicon.png differ
diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index ec0a3b89f..657aabd02 100644
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   setting(:invite_expiry_days, 14)
   setting(:active_user_rate_limit_secs, 60)
   setting(:previous_visit_timeout_hours, 1)
-  setting(:favicon_url, '/assets/favicon.ico')
+  setting(:favicon_url, '/assets/default-favicon.png')
 
   setting(:ninja_edit_window, 5.minutes.to_i)
   setting(:post_undo_action_window_mins, 10)