diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index e4c59aa9..4760a2ee 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ footer_text: >
   Photos from <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank">Unsplash</a>.
 keywords: jekyll, jekyll-theme, academic-website, portfolio-website # add your own keywords or leave empty
 lang: en # the language of your site (for example: en, fr, cn, ru, etc.)
-icon: ⚛️ # the emoji used as the favicon (alternatively, provide image name in /assets/img/)
+icon: /assets/img/Maclabicon-nobg.png # the emoji used as the favicon (alternatively, provide image name in /assets/img/)
 
 url: https://MacCurdyLab.github.io # the base hostname & protocol for your site
 baseurl:  # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog/. Leave blank for root
diff --git a/assets/Maclabicon-nobg.png b/assets/img/Maclabicon-nobg.png
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/Maclabicon-nobg.png
rename to assets/img/Maclabicon-nobg.png