diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
index 8075e0797..b7501c732 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
@@ -150,7 +150,15 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
'<%= _templates %>/__common__/searxng-wordmark.min.svg': '<%= _brand %>/searxng-wordmark.svg',
'img/searxng.svg': '<%= _brand %>/searxng.svg'
}
- }
+ },
+ favicon: {
+ options: {
+ svgo: ['--config', 'svg4favicon.svgo.js']
+ },
+ files: {
+ 'img/favicon.svg': '<%= _brand %>/searxng-wordmark.svg'
+ }
+ },
},
svg2png: {
favicon: {
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/svg4favicon.svgo.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/svg4favicon.svgo.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9dd0da8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/svg4favicon.svgo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * svgo config: Optimize SVG for WEB usage
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+ plugins: [
+ {
+ name: 'preset-default',
+ },
+ // make diff friendly
+ 'sortAttrs',
+ ],
+};
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 52a5e5192..bb1f51cad 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
{% block head %}
{% endblock %}
-
+
+