diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index b901422d1..cbf855c61 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1961,7 +1961,6 @@
       favicon = $('link[rel="shortcut icon"]', d.head);
       clone = favicon.cloneNode(true);
       clone.href = href;
-      clone.setAttribute('type', 'image/x-icon');
       return $.replace(favicon, clone);
     }
   };
@@ -2277,6 +2276,7 @@
         return;
       }
       Favicon.halo = /ws/.test(Favicon["default"]) ? Favicon.haloSFW : Favicon.haloNSFW;
+      $('link[rel="shortcut icon"]', d.head).setAttribute('type', 'image/x-icon');
       g.hiddenReplies = $.getValue("hiddenReplies/" + g.BOARD + "/", {});
       tzOffset = (new Date()).getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
       g.chanOffset = 5 - tzOffset;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index bc141d7d3..f1bfa3499 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1540,10 +1540,8 @@ Favicon =
     favicon = $ 'link[rel="shortcut icon"]', d.head
     clone = favicon.cloneNode true
     clone.href = href
-    clone.setAttribute 'type', 'image/x-icon'
     $.replace favicon, clone
 
-
 redirect = ->
   switch g.BOARD
     when 'a', 'g', 'lit', 'sci', 'tv'
@@ -1748,6 +1746,7 @@ main =
       return
 
     Favicon.halo = if /ws/.test Favicon.default then Favicon.haloSFW else Favicon.haloNSFW
+    $('link[rel="shortcut icon"]', d.head).setAttribute 'type', 'image/x-icon'
     g.hiddenReplies = $.getValue "hiddenReplies/#{g.BOARD}/", {}
     tzOffset = (new Date()).getTimezoneOffset() / 60
     # GMT -8 is given as +480; would GMT +8 be -480 ?