diff --git a/src/main/app/images/default_favicon.gif b/src/main/app/images/default_favicon.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index de44d014..00000000
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
index dbe85094..99fa629b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
@@ -1,27 +1,40 @@
 package com.commafeed.backend.service;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
-
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import com.commafeed.backend.dao.FeedDAO;
 import com.commafeed.backend.favicon.AbstractFaviconFetcher;
 import com.commafeed.backend.feed.FeedUtils;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Feed;
 
-@RequiredArgsConstructor(onConstructor = @__({ @Inject }))
 @Singleton
 public class FeedService {
 
 	private final FeedDAO feedDAO;
 	private final Set<AbstractFaviconFetcher> faviconFetchers;
 
+	private byte[] defaultFavicon;
+
+	@Inject
+	public FeedService(FeedDAO feedDAO, Set<AbstractFaviconFetcher> faviconFetchers) {
+		this.feedDAO = feedDAO;
+		this.faviconFetchers = faviconFetchers;
+
+		try {
+			defaultFavicon = IOUtils.toByteArray(getClass().getResource("/images/default_favicon.ico"));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("could not load default favicon", e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public synchronized Feed findOrCreate(String url) {
 		String normalized = FeedUtils.normalizeURL(url);
 		Feed feed = feedDAO.findByUrl(normalized);
@@ -46,6 +59,9 @@ public class FeedService {
 				break;
 			}
 		}
+		if (icon == null) {
+			icon = defaultFavicon;
+		}
 		return icon;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
index d7038fa7..7dc5cbba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
@@ -324,13 +324,7 @@ public class FeedREST {
 		Feed feed = subscription.getFeed();
 		byte[] icon = feedService.fetchFavicon(feed);
 
-		ResponseBuilder builder = null;
-		if (icon == null) {
-			String baseUrl = FeedUtils.removeTrailingSlash(config.getApplicationSettings().getPublicUrl());
-			builder = Response.status(Status.MOVED_PERMANENTLY).location(URI.create(baseUrl + "/images/default_favicon.gif"));
-		} else {
-			builder = Response.ok(icon, "image/x-icon");
-		}
+		ResponseBuilder builder = Response.ok(icon, "image/x-icon");
 
 		CacheControl cacheControl = new CacheControl();
 		cacheControl.setMaxAge(2592000);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.ico b/src/main/resources/images/default_favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2b63c26
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