diff --git a/gawa/gawa/settings.py b/gawa/gawa/settings.py
index 6e28cf0..4bb019b 100644
--- a/gawa/gawa/settings.py
+++ b/gawa/gawa/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 
 # default django
 from pathlib import Path
-from django.conf.global_settings import MEDIA_ROOT
+from django.conf.global_settings import FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR, MEDIA_ROOT
 from django.utils.log import ServerFormatter
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
@@ -296,3 +296,4 @@ LOGGING = {
 #MEDIA_ROOT = "/home/plex/Documents/code/python/gawa/media"
 MEDIA_ROOT = "media/"
 MEDIA_URL = "media/"
+FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR = "/tmp/gawa/upload"
diff --git a/gawa/start/admin.py b/gawa/start/admin.py
index 275e097..446cfb6 100644
--- a/gawa/start/admin.py
+++ b/gawa/start/admin.py
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ class LinkAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     """
     Admin Interface for Links
     """
-    list_display = ["title_en", "title_de", "url", "suburl"]
+    list_display = ["title_en", "title_de", "url", "suburl", "favicon"]
     ordering = ['title_de', 'title_en']
     actions = [regenerate]
diff --git a/gawa/start/models.py b/gawa/start/models.py
index f5a02f2..7d2ad85 100644
--- a/gawa/start/models.py
+++ b/gawa/start/models.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-from enum import unique
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.options import override
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.core.files import File
+
+from django.conf import settings
 
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+import requests
+import favicon
+import random
+
 class Keyword(models.Model):
     """
     this is the model that should contain searchable keywords
@@ -103,6 +109,24 @@ class Link(Searchable):
         """
         logger.info(f"regenerating {self.__class__.__name__} object: {self}")
         self.suburl = f"/links#{self.title_en}"
+        logger.info(f"getting favicon for link object {self}: '{self.url}'")
+        icons = favicon.get(self.url, timeout=2)
+        if icons[0] is None:
+            # just keep whatever was stored if we cant get a new favicon
+            return
+
+        response = requests.get(icons[0].url, stream=True)
+        filename: str = f"favicon-{random.randint(0x1000, 0xffff)}.{icons[0].format}"
+        logger.debug(response)
+        logger.debug(filename)
+        with open(f"{settings.FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR}/{filename}", 'wb') as image:
+            for chunk in response.iter_content(1024):
+                image.write(chunk)
+            logger.debug(image)
+        with open(f"{settings.FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR}/{filename}", 'rb') as image:
+            self.favicon.save(filename, File(image))
+
+        #self.favicon.save(f"favicon-{self.title_en}", favicon.get(self.url, timeout=2))
         self.save()
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b0e22f7..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Django>=3.0,<4.0
-psycopg2>=2.8
-mysqlclient>=1.4.3
diff --git a/web/requirements.txt b/web/requirements.txt
index b15909d..8cb5b66 100644
--- a/web/requirements.txt
+++ b/web/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ django_compressor>=2.2
 django-libsass>=0.7
 pillow>=9.0.0
 colorlog>=6.7.0
+favicon>=0.7.0