diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 8f5338a..76ad5a2 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-  <link rel="icon" href="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/avatar.jpeg">
+  <link rel="icon" href="https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/Mikaela/mikaela.github.io/master/avatar.jpeg">
   <title>{% if page.title %}{{ page.title }} ~~ {{ site.title }}{% else %}{{ site.title }}{% endif %}</title>
   <meta name="description" content="{% if page.excerpt %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 160 }}{% else %}{{ site.description | nstrip_html | strip_newlines }}{% endif %}">
 
diff --git a/favicon.ico b/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/favicon.ico b/favicon.ico
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..4741f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/favicon.ico
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+avatar.jpeg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6990602..fc8581c 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Index
 excerpt: "I am a Highly Sensitive Autistic Pirate with Linux experience from 2008. I am familiar with git and unemployed."
 ---
 
-<p id=avatar><img alt="Avatar" src="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/avatar.jpeg" /></p>
+<p id=avatar><img alt="Avatar" src="https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/Mikaela/mikaela.github.io/master/avatar.jpeg" /></p>
 
 <p id=bio>I am a Highly Sensitive Autistic Pirate with Linux experience from 2008. I am familiar with git and unemployed.</p>
 <p>I speak Finnish, English and a little Esperanto. I am currently learning Czech.</p>