diff --git a/baseTemplate/static/baseTemplate/assets/finalBase/favicon.png b/baseTemplate/static/baseTemplate/assets/finalBase/favicon.png
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diff --git a/baseTemplate/templates/baseTemplate/index.html b/baseTemplate/templates/baseTemplate/index.html
index 5c5aa2327..6d062bd32 100755
--- a/baseTemplate/templates/baseTemplate/index.html
+++ b/baseTemplate/templates/baseTemplate/index.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
               href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.css">
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'baseTemplate/custom-js/pnotify.custom.min.css' %}">
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'websiteFunctions/websiteFunctions.css' %}">
-        <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="{% static 'baseTemplate/assets/finalBase/favicon.png' %}">
+        <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{% static 'baseTemplate/assets/finalBase/favicon.png' %}">
         <link type="text/css" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/css/select2.min.css"
               rel="stylesheet"/>
         {% block styles %}