diff --git a/src/bahnhofname.gleam b/src/bahnhofname.gleam
index 8ddb090..708aca6 100644
--- a/src/bahnhofname.gleam
+++ b/src/bahnhofname.gleam
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ fn lookup_station(
   fuzzy: fn (String) -> List(String)
 ) -> Response(BitBuilder) {
   let #(code, text) = case request {
+    // blackhole favicon.ico requests instead of using the index
+    Request(method: Get, path: "/favicon.ico", ..) -> #(404, "")
     Request(method: Get, path: "/help", ..)
     | Request(method: Get, path: "/", ..) -> #(
       200,