diff --git a/internal/api/v1/favicon.go b/internal/api/v1/favicon.go
index 325274cc..131525eb 100644
--- a/internal/api/v1/favicon.go
+++ b/internal/api/v1/favicon.go
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ func FavIcon(c *gin.Context) {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, apitypes.Error("invalid url", err))
 			return
 		}
-		fetchResult, err := homepage.FetchFavIconFromURL(c.Request.Context(), &iconURL)
+		icon := &iconURL
+		if request.Variant != homepage.IconVariantNone {
+			icon = icon.WithVariant(request.Variant)
+		}
+		fetchResult, err := homepage.FetchFavIconFromURL(c.Request.Context(), icon)
 		if err != nil {
 			homepage.GinFetchError(c, fetchResult.StatusCode, err)
 			return
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ func GetFavIconFromAlias(ctx context.Context, alias string, variant homepage.Ico
 	hp := r.HomepageItem()
 	if hp.Icon != nil {
 		if hp.Icon.IconSource == homepage.IconSourceRelative {
-			result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, *hp.Icon.FullURL)
+			result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, *hp.Icon.FullURL, variant)
 		} else if variant != homepage.IconVariantNone {
 			result, err = homepage.FetchFavIconFromURL(ctx, hp.Icon.WithVariant(variant))
 			if err != nil {
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ func GetFavIconFromAlias(ctx context.Context, alias string, variant homepage.Ico
 		}
 	} else {
 		// try extract from "link[rel=icon]"
-		result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, "/")
+		result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, "/", variant)
 	}
 	if result.StatusCode == 0 {
 		result.StatusCode = http.StatusOK
diff --git a/internal/homepage/favicon.go b/internal/homepage/favicon.go
index 236bffd1..0960dcc1 100644
--- a/internal/homepage/favicon.go
+++ b/internal/homepage/favicon.go
@@ -150,9 +150,13 @@ type contextValue struct {
 	uri string
 }
 
-func FindIcon(ctx context.Context, r route, uri string) (FetchResult, error) {
+func FindIcon(ctx context.Context, r route, uri string, variant IconVariant) (FetchResult, error) {
 	for _, ref := range r.References() {
-		result, err := fetchIcon(ctx, sanitizeName(ref))
+		ref = sanitizeName(ref)
+		if variant != IconVariantNone {
+			ref += "-" + string(variant)
+		}
+		result, err := fetchIcon(ctx, ref)
 		if err == nil {
 			return result, err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go b/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go
index 84f4ba55..dd7763f0 100644
--- a/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go
+++ b/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ func (w *Watcher) getFavIcon(ctx context.Context) (result homepage.FetchResult,
 	hp := r.HomepageItem()
 	if hp.Icon != nil {
 		if hp.Icon.IconSource == homepage.IconSourceRelative {
-			result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, *hp.Icon.FullURL)
+			result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, *hp.Icon.FullURL, homepage.IconVariantNone)
 		} else {
 			result, err = homepage.FetchFavIconFromURL(ctx, hp.Icon)
 		}
 	} else {
 		// try extract from "link[rel=icon]"
-		result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, "/")
+		result, err = homepage.FindIcon(ctx, r, "/", homepage.IconVariantNone)
 	}
 	if result.StatusCode == 0 {
 		result.StatusCode = http.StatusOK