diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index c55856c6..c4881499 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 <html lang="en">
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/src/assets/frontend_assets/favicon.ico" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <title>Foodie - All types of food available</title>
 
-
     <!-- now for location support -->
-
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.9.4/dist/leaflet.css" />
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.9.4/dist/leaflet.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.9.4/dist/leaflet.js"></script>
 
   </head>
   <body>
diff --git a/frontend/public/favicon.png b/frontend/public/favicon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65dd4e35
Binary files /dev/null and b/frontend/public/favicon.png differ
