diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
index 99fa629b..f162f5c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class FeedService {
 		this.faviconFetchers = faviconFetchers;
 
 		try {
-			defaultFavicon = IOUtils.toByteArray(getClass().getResource("/images/default_favicon.ico"));
+			defaultFavicon = IOUtils.toByteArray(getClass().getResource("/images/default_favicon.gif"));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException("could not load default favicon", e);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.gif b/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de44d014
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.ico b/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index f2b63c26..00000000
Binary files a/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.ico and /dev/null differ