diff --git a/static/img/favicon.png b/static/img/favicon.png
index 20e725d6e..4570d2248 100644
Binary files a/static/img/favicon.png and b/static/img/favicon.png differ
diff --git a/static/img/lbry-favicon.png b/static/img/lbry-favicon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4570d2248..000000000
Binary files a/static/img/lbry-favicon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/static/index-web.html b/static/index-web.html
index f34303615..248dcd0e6 100644
--- a/static/index-web.html
+++ b/static/index-web.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
     <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate" />
-    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/public/favicon.png" />
 
     <link rel="preload" href="/public/font/v1/300.woff" as="font" type="font/woff" crossorigin />
     <link rel="preload" href="/public/font/v1/300i.woff" as="font" type="font/woff" crossorigin />
diff --git a/ui/util/query-params.js b/ui/util/query-params.js
index af13a036e..bf4fa6bcc 100644
--- a/ui/util/query-params.js
+++ b/ui/util/query-params.js
@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@ export const getSearchQueryString = (query: string, options: any = {}) => {
   const encodedQuery = encodeURIComponent(query);
   const queryParams = [
     options.exact && !isSurroundedByQuotes(encodedQuery) ? `s="${encodedQuery}"` : `s=${encodedQuery}`,
-    `free_only=true`,
     `size=${options.size || DEFAULT_SEARCH_SIZE}`,
     `from=${options.from || DEFAULT_SEARCH_RESULT_FROM}`,
-    // `mediaType=${SEARCH_OPTIONS.MEDIA_VIDEO}`,
-    // `claimType=${SEARCH_OPTIONS.INCLUDE_FILES}`,
   ];
-
   const { isBackgroundSearch } = options;
   const includeUserOptions = typeof isBackgroundSearch === 'undefined' ? false : !isBackgroundSearch;
 
diff --git a/web/src/html.js b/web/src/html.js
index ed764b9f1..8463180a2 100644
--- a/web/src/html.js
+++ b/web/src/html.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const {
   OG_IMAGE_URL,
   SITE_DESCRIPTION,
   SITE_NAME,
+  FAVICON,
 } = require('../../config.js');
 const { generateEmbedUrl, generateStreamUrl, generateDirectUrl } = require('../../ui/util/web');
 const PAGES = require('../../ui/constants/pages');
@@ -82,20 +83,31 @@ function buildOgMetadata(overrideOptions = {}) {
 function conditionallyAddPWA() {
   let head = '';
   if (DOMAIN === 'odysee.com') {
-    head +=  '<link rel="manifest" href="./public/pwa/manifest.json"/>';
+    head += '<link rel="manifest" href="./public/pwa/manifest.json"/>';
     head += '<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="./public/pwa/icon-180.png">';
     head += '<script src="./serviceWorker.js"></script>';
   }
   return head;
 }
 
+function addFavicon() {
+  let head = '';
+  head += `<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="${FAVICON || './public/favicon.png'}" />`;
+  return head;
+}
+
 function buildHead() {
-  const head = '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_BEGIN -->' + conditionallyAddPWA() + buildOgMetadata() + '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_END -->';
+  const head =
+    '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_BEGIN -->' +
+    addFavicon() +
+    conditionallyAddPWA() +
+    buildOgMetadata() +
+    '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_END -->';
   return head;
 }
 
 function buildBasicOgMetadata() {
-  const head = '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_BEGIN -->' + buildOgMetadata() + '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_END -->';
+  const head = '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_BEGIN -->' + addFavicon() + buildOgMetadata() + '<!-- VARIABLE_HEAD_END -->';
   return head;
 }
 
@@ -128,6 +140,7 @@ function buildClaimOgMetadata(uri, claim, overrideOptions = {}) {
 
   let head = '';
 
+  head += `${addFavicon()}`;
   head += '<meta charset="utf8"/>';
   head += `<title>${title}</title>`;
   head += `<meta name="description" content="${cleanDescription}"/>`;
diff --git a/web/src/rss.js b/web/src/rss.js
index aba49f644..98684ab89 100644
--- a/web/src/rss.js
+++ b/web/src/rss.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const { generateDownloadUrl } = require('../../ui/util/web');
-const { URL, SITE_NAME, LBRY_WEB_API } = require('../../config.js');
+const { URL, SITE_NAME, LBRY_WEB_API, FAVICON } = require('../../config.js');
 const { Lbry } = require('lbry-redux');
 const Feed = require('feed').Feed;
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async function getFeed(channelClaim, feedLink) {
   const title = value ? value.title : channelClaim.name;
 
   const options = {
-    favicon: URL + '/public/favicon.png',
+    favicon: FAVICON || URL + '/public/favicon.png',
     generator: SITE_NAME + ' RSS Feed',
     title: title + ' on ' + SITE_NAME,
     description: fmtDescription(value && value.description ? value.description : ''),
diff --git a/web/src/xml.js b/web/src/xml.js
index bad950406..9cd48fe44 100644
--- a/web/src/xml.js
+++ b/web/src/xml.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-const { URL, SITE_TITLE } = require('../../config.js');
-
+const { URL, SITE_TITLE, FAVICON } = require('../../config.js');
+const favicon = FAVICON || `${URL}/public/favicon.png`;
 function getOpenSearchXml() {
   return (
     `<ShortName>${SITE_TITLE}</ShortName>` +
     `<Description>Search ${SITE_TITLE}</Description>` +
     '<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>' +
-    `<Image width="32" height="32" type="image/png">${URL}/public/favicon.png</Image>` +
+    `<Image width="32" height="32" type="image/png">${favicon}</Image>` +
     `<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="${URL}/$/search?q={searchTerms}"/>` +
     `<moz:SearchForm>${URL}</moz:SearchForm>`
   );