diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
index 09646e90..5ceb53d7 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ module.directive('favicon', function() {
 		template : '<img ng-src="{{iconUrl()}}" class="favicon" onError="this.src=\'images/default_favicon.gif\'"></img>',
 		controller : ['$scope', function($scope) {
 			
-			var firstLetterDomain = function(url) {
-				url = url.replace('http://', '');
-				url = url.replace('https://', '');
-				url = url.replace('www.', '');
-				return url.substring(0, 1);
-			};
-			
 			$scope.iconUrl = function() {
 				var url = $scope.url;
 
@@ -60,10 +53,9 @@ module.directive('favicon', function() {
 					return defaultIcon;
 				}
 				
-				var prefix = firstLetterDomain(url);
 				var index = Math.max(url.length, url.lastIndexOf('?'));
 				
-				var iconUrl = 'http://' + prefix + '.getfavicon.appspot.com/';
+				var iconUrl = '//getfavicon.appspot.com/';
 				iconUrl += encodeURIComponent(url.substring(0, index));
 				iconUrl += '?defaulticon=none';
 				return iconUrl;
@@ -362,4 +354,4 @@ module.directive('spinner', function() {
 			});
 		}
 	};
-});
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+});