diff --git a/src/applinks.js b/src/applinks.js
index 0c4ba2c01..53098b34f 100644
--- a/src/applinks.js
+++ b/src/applinks.js
@@ -107,16 +107,23 @@ async function detectMetaInfo(applink) {
         if (!favicon.endsWith('.png') && dom.window.document.querySelector('meta[itemprop="image"]')) favicon = dom.window.document.querySelector('meta[itemprop="image"]').content;
 
         if (favicon) {
-            if (favicon.startsWith('/')) favicon = (redirectUri || applink.upstreamUri) + favicon;
+            favicon = new URL(favicon, redirectUri || applink.upstreamUri).toString();
 
             debug(`detectMetaInfo: found icon: ${favicon}`);
 
             const [error, response] = await safe(superagent.get(favicon));
             if (error) debug(`Failed to fetch icon ${favicon}: `, error);
-            else if (response.ok && response.headers['content-type'] === 'image/png') applink.icon = response.body;
+            else if (response.ok) applink.icon = response.body;
+            else debug(`Failed to fetch icon ${favicon}: statusCode=${response.status}`);
+        }
+
+        if (!favicon) {
+            debug(`Unable to find a suitable icon for ${applink.upstreamUri}, try fallback favicon.ico`);
+
+            const [error, response] = await safe(superagent.get(applink.upstreamUri + '/favicon.ico'));
+            if (error) debug(`Failed to fetch icon ${favicon}: `, error);
+            else if (response.ok) applink.icon = response.body;
             else debug(`Failed to fetch icon ${favicon}: statusCode=${response.status}`);
-        } else {
-            debug(`Unable to find a suitable icon for ${applink.upstreamUri}`);
         }
     }