diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index eea67484a61f08e2cf1aad1cba7c8398bed1258e..16481f09ee84f836ed79cc82750537aba3af26bf 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -206,9 +206,8 @@ rst_epilog = """
 html_theme = 'theme'
 html_theme_path = ['.'] # make sphinx search for themes in current dir
 
-# the favicon has a property to set it in the documentation, but we don't need to use this
-# sphinx appears to automatically search in the theme folder and find the file
-#html_favicon = './theme/static/images/favicon.ico'
+# favicon
+html_favicon = './theme/static/images/favicon.ico'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the