diff --git a/internal/api/v1/favicon/favicon.go b/internal/api/v1/favicon/favicon.go
index cb03fa8..8084747 100644
--- a/internal/api/v1/favicon/favicon.go
+++ b/internal/api/v1/favicon/favicon.go
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ func GetFavIcon(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// try with alias
+	GetFavIconFromAlias(w, req, alias)
+	return
+}
+
+func GetFavIconFromAlias(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, alias string) {
 	// try with route.Icon
 	r, ok := routes.HTTP.Get(alias)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go b/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go
index 0c2f0e9..9c2d9f4 100644
--- a/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go
+++ b/internal/idlewatcher/handle_http.go
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) wakeFromHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (shouldN
 
 	// handle favicon request
 	if isFaviconPath(r.URL.Path) {
-		r.URL.RawQuery = "alias=" + w.rp.TargetName
-		favicon.GetFavIcon(rw, r)
+		favicon.GetFavIconFromAlias(rw, r, w.route.Name())
 		return false
 	}