diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb7530896..6db07f7bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 dist*
 node_modules/
 assets/icons
+assets/favicons
 bin/
 *.hi
 *.o
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 282944364..37cf6fbba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ all:
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -rf node_modules .npm .cache assets/icons well-known static/
+	rm -rf node_modules .npm .cache assets/icons assets/favicons well-known static/
 	rm -rf .stack .stack-work .stack-work-build .stack-work-run .stack-work-test .stack-work-doc
 	rm -rf bin/
 
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ node_modules: package.json package-lock.json
 package-lock.json: package.json
 	npm install --cache .npm --prefer-offline
 
+# FIXME: refraining from targets below assets/ (e.g. assets/icons, assets/favicon) to avoid / in target name for now (and maybe to avoid target name pollution)
 assets: node_modules
+# favicons
+	./utils/faviconize.pl assets/favicon.svg long assets/favicons
+# site icons
 	./utils/renamer.pl node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/solid utils/rename-fa.json assets/icons/fradrive
 	./utils/renamer.pl node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/regular utils/rename-fa.json assets/icons/fradrive
 assets/.assets:
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ serve-database: --containerized-database
 
 .PHONY: --containerized-database
 --containerized-database: FRADRIVE_SERVICE=database
+# port forwarding is disabled in --network=host mode; nevertheless it is stated here for documentation reasons
 --containerized-database: CONTAINER_PORTS=-p 5432:5432 --network="host"
 --containerized-database: --image-build
 	if [ "$(IN_CONTAINER)" == "false" ] ; then \
diff --git a/assets/apple-icon-180x180.png b/assets/apple-icon-180x180.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 7616ebd51..000000000
Binary files a/assets/apple-icon-180x180.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/assets/apple-icon-180x180.png.license b/assets/apple-icon-180x180.png.license
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb358d6a..000000000
--- a/assets/apple-icon-180x180.png.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Fraport AG
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Fraport-Corporate-Design
diff --git a/assets/favicon.ico b/assets/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d3db0787..000000000
Binary files a/assets/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/assets/favicon.ico.license b/assets/favicon.ico.license
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb358d6a..000000000
--- a/assets/favicon.ico.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Fraport AG
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Fraport-Corporate-Design
diff --git a/assets/favicon.svg.license b/assets/favicon.svg.license
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb358d6a..000000000
--- a/assets/favicon.svg.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Fraport AG
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Fraport-Corporate-Design
diff --git a/utils/faviconize.pl b/utils/faviconize.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8298a4cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/faviconize.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my ($file, $sizes, $faviconDir) = @ARGV;
+
+die "usage: $0 [origfile] [sizes] [faviconDir]   (sizes is ,-seperated list of side length or short, medium or long\n" unless defined $file and defined $sizes and defined $faviconDir;
+
+die "File '$file' not found!\n" unless -e $file;
+
+$sizes = '16,32' if 'short' eq $sizes;
+$sizes = '16,32,48,64,128,256' if 'medium' eq $sizes;
+$sizes = '16,32,48,64,128,192,228,230,256,512' if 'long' eq $sizes;
+
+my @sizes = split m/,/, $sizes;
+
+my $include = "";
+
+mkdir($faviconDir);
+system("rm $faviconDir/*");
+for my $s(@sizes) {
+  resize($s, "favicon-${s}x$s.png");
+}
+
+resize(180, "apple-touch-icon.png");
+
+sub resize {
+  my ($size, $newfile) = @_;
+  my $ret = system("convert '$file' -resize '${size}x$size' '$faviconDir/$newfile'");
+  die "$0: convert exited with error code $ret on generating '$faviconDir/$newfile'\n" if $ret;
+  die "$0: output file '$faviconDir/$newfile' could not be generated\n" unless -e "$faviconDir/$newfile";
+  my $icon = "icon";
+  $icon = "apple-touch-icon" if $newfile=~m#apple#;
+  $include .= qq#<link rel="$icon" sizes="${size}x$size" href="/$newfile">#
+}
+
+my $wh = undef;
+open($wh, '>', "$faviconDir/include.html") or die "Could not write '$faviconDir/include.html', because: $!";
+print $wh $include;
+
+