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diff --git a/templates/base.mako b/templates/base.mako
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--- a/templates/base.mako
+++ b/templates/base.mako
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
 <link href="/common/kwant.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
 <title><%block name="title">kwant: quantum transport simulation package</%block></title>
+<link rel="icon" href="/common/kwant_icon.png" type="image/png">
 <%block name="extra_head" />\
 </head>