diff --git a/pytorrent/routes/api.py b/pytorrent/routes/api.py
index 9b26421..535c850 100644
--- a/pytorrent/routes/api.py
+++ b/pytorrent/routes/api.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def tracker_favicon(domain: str):
     enabled = bool(prefs and prefs.get("tracker_favicons_enabled"))
     static_url = tracker_cache.favicon_public_url(domain, enabled=enabled, create=True)
     if static_url:
-        # Note: The API only discovers/cache-warms the icon; the browser receives the file from /static/data/tracker_favicons/.
+        # Note: The API only discovers/cache-warms the icon; the browser receives the file from /static/tracker_favicons/.
         return redirect(static_url, code=302)
     abort(404)
 
diff --git a/pytorrent/services/tracker_cache.py b/pytorrent/services/tracker_cache.py
index 68099cb..c919461 100644
--- a/pytorrent/services/tracker_cache.py
+++ b/pytorrent/services/tracker_cache.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TRACKER_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
 FAVICON_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
 TRACKER_SCAN_LIMIT = 80
 FAVICON_DIR = BASE_DIR / "data" / "tracker_favicons"
-PUBLIC_FAVICON_BASE = "/static/data/tracker_favicons"
+PUBLIC_FAVICON_BASE = "/static/tracker_favicons"
 
 
 class _IconParser(HTMLParser):
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def summary(profile: dict, hashes: list[str], loader, scan_limit: int = TRACKER_
 
 def favicon_public_url(domain: str, enabled: bool = True, create: bool = False) -> str:
     """Return the static URL for a cached tracker favicon, optionally creating it first."""
-    # Note: Favicon files are stored under data/tracker_favicons and can be served by the static/data symlink.
+    # Note: Favicon files stay in data/tracker_favicons, but the browser loads them via the static/tracker_favicons symlink.
     clean = tracker_domain(domain)
     if not enabled or not clean:
         return ""
diff --git a/pytorrent/static/app.js b/pytorrent/static/app.js
index c8a5b9e..66733bf 100644
--- a/pytorrent/static/app.js
+++ b/pytorrent/static/app.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
   function trackerFavicon(tracker){
     const domain=typeof tracker==='string'?tracker:(tracker?.domain||'');
     if(!trackerFaviconsEnabled || !domain) return '<i class="fa-solid fa-bullseye"></i>';
-    // Note: Cached favicons are served from the static/data symlink; the API path is only a one-time cache warmer fallback.
+    // Note: Cached favicons are served from the static/tracker_favicons symlink; the API path is only a one-time cache warmer fallback.
     const src=(typeof tracker==='object' && tracker?.favicon_url) ? tracker.favicon_url : `/api/trackers/favicon/${encodeURIComponent(domain)}`;
     return `<img class="tracker-favicon" src="${esc(src)}" alt="" loading="lazy" onerror="this.classList.add('d-none')"><i class="fa-solid fa-bullseye tracker-fallback-icon"></i>`;
   }
diff --git a/pytorrent/static/tracker_favicons b/pytorrent/static/tracker_favicons
deleted file mode 120000
index d4b544b..0000000
--- a/pytorrent/static/tracker_favicons
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../data/tracker_favicons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pytorrent/static/tracker_favicons b/pytorrent/static/tracker_favicons
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d4b544b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytorrent/static/tracker_favicons
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../data/tracker_favicons
\ No newline at end of file