diff --git a/public/favicon.ico b/public/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d6179a..0000000
Binary files a/public/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/public/favicon.png b/public/favicon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb3ddde
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/favicon.png differ
diff --git a/resources/views/backend/layouts/app.blade.php b/resources/views/backend/layouts/app.blade.php
index 2eadad0..c5658fd 100644
--- a/resources/views/backend/layouts/app.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/backend/layouts/app.blade.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <title>{{ appName() }} | @yield('title')</title>
     <meta name="description" content="@yield('meta_description', appName())">
     <meta name="author" content="@yield('meta_author', 'cepdnaclk')">
-    <link rel="icon" href="/assets/img/favicon.png">
+    <link rel="icon" href="{{ asset('favicon.png') }}">
     @yield('meta')
 
     @stack('before-styles')
diff --git a/resources/views/frontend/index.blade.php b/resources/views/frontend/index.blade.php
index ca5f8e7..572efb1 100644
--- a/resources/views/frontend/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/frontend/index.blade.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     <title>{{ appName() }}</title>
     <meta name="description" content="@yield('meta_description', appName())">
-    <meta name="author" content="@yield('meta_author', 'Anthony Rappa')">
+    <meta name="author" content="@yield('meta_author', 'Department of Computer Engineering, UoP')">
+    <link rel="icon" href="{{ asset('favicon.png') }}">
     @yield('meta')
 
     @stack('before-styles')
diff --git a/resources/views/frontend/layouts/app.blade.php b/resources/views/frontend/layouts/app.blade.php
index fa41950..1fc528d 100644
--- a/resources/views/frontend/layouts/app.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/frontend/layouts/app.blade.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <title>{{ appName() }} | @yield('title')</title>
     <meta name="description" content="@yield('meta_description', appName())">
     <meta name="author" content="@yield('meta_author', 'cepdnaclk')">
-    <link rel="icon" href="/assets/img/favicon.png">
+    <link rel="icon" href="{{ asset('favicon.png') }}">
     @yield('meta')
 
     @stack('before-styles')