diff --git a/inc/template.php b/inc/template.php
index d5e4823dc7f42b713c59d9a580a933a3231fda69..b9b3951ff8dafc276e12b289d348c632d8ee0eeb 100644
--- a/inc/template.php
+++ b/inc/template.php
@@ -1347,14 +1347,15 @@ function tpl_flush(){
  * @author Anika Henke <anika@selfthinker.org>
  */
 function tpl_getFavicon($abs=false) {
-    if (file_exists(mediaFN('favicon.ico')))
-        return ml('favicon.ico', '', '', '', $abs);
+    if (file_exists(mediaFN('favicon.ico'))) {
+        return ml('favicon.ico', '', true, '', $abs);
+    }
 
-    if($abs) { 
+    if($abs) {
         return DOKU_URL.substr(DOKU_TPL.'images/favicon.ico', strlen(DOKU_REL));
-    } else { 
-         return DOKU_TPL.'images/favicon.ico';   
     }
+
+    return DOKU_TPL.'images/favicon.ico';
 }