diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 1414ca56e..5b55a6d19 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { ContentParseError } from '../../utils/errors'
 import {
   authorized,
   generateSlug,
+  isBase64Image,
   isParsingTimeout,
   pageError,
   stringToHash,
@@ -889,6 +890,10 @@ export const searchResolver = authorized<
   }
 
   const edges = results.map((r) => {
+    let siteIcon = r.siteIcon
+    if (siteIcon && !isBase64Image(siteIcon)) {
+      siteIcon = createImageProxyUrl(siteIcon, 128, 128)
+    }
     return {
       node: {
         ...r,
@@ -900,7 +905,7 @@ export const searchResolver = authorized<
         publishedAt: validatedDate(r.publishedAt),
         ownedByViewer: r.userId === claims.uid,
         pageType: r.pageType || PageType.Highlights,
-        siteIcon: r.siteIcon && createImageProxyUrl(r.siteIcon, 32, 32),
+        siteIcon,
       } as SearchItem,
       cursor: endCursor,
     }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index eb416b868..66ef3b2f4 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const subscriptionsResolver = authorized<
     return {
       subscriptions: subscriptions.map((s) => ({
         ...s,
-        icon: s.icon && createImageProxyUrl(s.icon, 32, 32),
+        icon: s.icon && createImageProxyUrl(s.icon, 128, 128),
       })),
     }
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts
index 84daf9a40..0f505c53b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_newsletter_email.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { saveSubscription } from './subscriptions'
 import { NewsletterEmail } from '../entity/newsletter_email'
 import { fetchFavicon } from '../utils/parser'
 import { updatePage } from '../elastic/pages'
+import { isBase64Image } from '../utils/helpers'
 
 interface NewsletterMessage {
   email: string
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ export const saveNewsletterEmail = async (
     return false
   }
 
-  if (!page.siteIcon) {
-    // fetch favicon if not already set
+  if (!page.siteIcon || isBase64Image(page.siteIcon)) {
+    // fetch favicon if not already set or is a base64 image
     const favicon = await fetchFavicon(page.url)
     if (favicon) {
       page.siteIcon = favicon
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index c85903660..a3137fbfb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -269,3 +269,7 @@ export const wordsCount = (text: string, isHtml = true): number => {
     return 0
   }
 }
+
+export const isBase64Image = (str: string): boolean => {
+  return str.startsWith('data:image/')
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index eee86b417..291fa5d4f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ export const fetchFavicon = async (
     const response = await axios.head(url, { timeout: 5000 })
     const realUrl = response.request.res.responseUrl
     const domain = new URL(realUrl).hostname
-    return `https://api.faviconkit.com/${domain}/32`
+    return `https://api.faviconkit.com/${domain}/128`
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('Error fetching favicon', e)
     return undefined
diff --git a/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js b/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js
index ffd4f34d6..07cfc11bf 100644
--- a/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js
+++ b/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js
@@ -1909,10 +1909,21 @@ Readability.prototype = {
       values["og:site_name"] || null;
 
     // get website icon
-    const iconLink = this._doc.querySelector(
+    const siteIcon = this._doc.querySelector(
       "link[rel='apple-touch-icon'], link[rel='shortcut icon'], link[rel='icon']"
     );
-    metadata.siteIcon = iconLink?.href;
+    if (siteIcon) {
+      const iconHref = siteIcon.getAttribute("href");
+      if (iconHref) {
+        if (this.REGEXPS.b64DataUrl.test(iconHref)) {
+          // base64 encoded image
+          metadata.siteIcon = iconHref;
+        } else {
+          // allow relative URLs
+          metadata.siteIcon = this.toAbsoluteURI(iconHref);
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     // get published date
     metadata.publishedDate = jsonld.publishedDate ||