diff --git a/static/favicon.svg b/static/favicon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81b5fbaf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/favicon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index b9f3df9c6..3f667ebb4 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
{# Place icon files in the root if possible (let browsers look for them where they expect them to be) #}
+