diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 4c5031251..69e29975e 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Header set X-Content-Type-Options: "nosniff"
 RewriteEngine On
 #RewriteRule "^favicon\.ico$" "-" [L]
 #RewriteRule "^(favicon\.ico)$" %{HTTP_HOST}/views/bootstrap/images/favicon.svg [L,NC]
-RewriteRule "(favicon\.ico)" /views/bootstrap/images/favicon.svg [L,NC]
+RewriteRule "^(favicon\.ico)" /views/bootstrap/images/favicon.svg [L,NC]
 
 # Store the current location in an environment variable CWD to use
 # mod_rewrite in .htaccess files without knowing the RewriteBase
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RewriteRule ^ext/[^/]+/icon.(?:png|svg)$ - [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "ext/[^/]+/"
 RewriteRule !^ext/[^/]+/.*(?:op|out|res|node_modules) - [F]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "ext/[^/]+/res/.*$" [NC]
-RewriteRule !^ext/[^/]+/res/.*\.(?:css|js|png|gif|svg|html|woff) - [F]
+RewriteRule !^ext/[^/]+/res/.*\.(?:css|js|png|gif|svg|ico|html|woff) - [F]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
 RewriteRule ^ext/.*$ - [L]