diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 890da35..b40d5fd 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@
 {{ if lt .Date .Lastmod -}}
 <meta property="article:modified_time" content="{{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }}">
 {{ end -}}
+<!--the Tor Browser's safest setting disables SVGs but still downloads them to avoid fingerprinting-->
+{{ if (ne .Site.BaseURL "http://wgq3bd2kqoybhstp77i3wrzbfnsyd27wt34psaja4grqiezqircorkyd.onion/") -}}
 {{ $icon_svg := resources.Get "/favicon.svg" | resources.Fingerprint "md5" }}
 {{- printf `<link rel="icon" sizes="any" href="%s" type="image/svg+xml">` $icon_svg.RelPermalink | safeHTML }}
+{{- fi }}
 {{ $icon_192 := resources.Get "/apple-touch-icon.png" | resources.Fingerprint "md5" }}
 {{- printf `<link rel="icon" sizes="192x192" href="%s" type="image/png">` $icon_192.RelPermalink | safeHTML -}}
 {{ $favicon := resources.Get "/favicon.png" -}}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-author.html b/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-author.html
index 35181a8..3ca6e42 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-author.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-author.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -->
 <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" class="h-card p-author author vcard">
 	<a itemprop="url" href="https://seirdy.one" rel="author home cc:attributionURL" class="u-url url" property="cc:attributionName">
-		<img itemprop="image" class="u-photo photo" src="data:image/png;base64,{{ $favicon_base64 }}" alt="" width="16" height="16">
+		{{ partial "indieweb-icon.html" }}
 		<span itemprop="name" class="p-name fn n">
 			<span itemprop="givenName" class="p-given-name given-name">Rohan</span>
 			<span itemprop="familyName" class="p-family-name family-name">Kumar</span></span></a>
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-icon.html b/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-icon.html
index ad3d4b4..9d2c9be 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-icon.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/indieweb-icon.html
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 {{- $favicon_base64 := $favicon.Content | base64Encode -}}
 {{- $favicon_svg := resources.Get "/favicon.svg" | resources.Fingerprint "md5" -}}
 {{- $favicon_bigpng := resources.Get "/apple-touch-icon.png" | resources.Fingerprint "md5" -}}
-{{- if (ne .Site.BaseURL "http://wgq3bd2kqoybhstp77i3wrzbfnsyd27wt34psaja4grqiezqircorkyd.onion/") -}}
-<picture itemprop="image">
-	<source srcset="{{ $favicon_svg.RelPermalink }}" type="image/svg+xml">
-{{- end -}}
-	<img class="u-photo photo" src="data:image/png;base64,{{ $favicon_base64 }}" width="16" height="16" alt=""
-		srcset="{{ $favicon_bigpng.RelPermalink }} 2x">
-{{- if (ne .Site.BaseURL "http://wgq3bd2kqoybhstp77i3wrzbfnsyd27wt34psaja4grqiezqircorkyd.onion/") -}}
-</picture>
+<img itemprop="image" class="u-photo photo" width="16" height="16" alt=""
+{{ if (eq .Site.BaseURL "http://wgq3bd2kqoybhstp77i3wrzbfnsyd27wt34psaja4grqiezqircorkyd.onion/") -}}
+	src="data:image/png;base64,{{ $favicon_base64 }}" srcset="{{ $favicon_bigpng.RelPermalink }} 2x"
+{{- else -}}
+	src="{{ $favicon_svg.RelPermalink }}"
 {{- end -}}
+>