diff --git a/lib/REST/Fever/API.php b/lib/REST/Fever/API.php
index 59f7a9f..83c3be8 100644
--- a/lib/REST/Fever/API.php
+++ b/lib/REST/Fever/API.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ use Zend\Diactoros\Response\EmptyResponse;
 
 class API extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\REST\AbstractHandler {
     const LEVEL = 3;
+    const GENERIC_ICON_TYPE = "image/png;base64";
+    const GENERIC_ICON_DATA = "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAAAZdEVYdFNvZnR3YXJlAHBhaW50Lm5ldCA0LjAuMjHxIGmVAAAADUlEQVQYV2NgYGBgAAAABQABijPjAAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==";
 
     // GET parameters for which we only check presence: these will be converted to booleans
     const PARAM_BOOL = ["groups", "feeds", "items", "favicons", "links", "unread_item_ids", "saved_item_ids"];
@@ -143,7 +145,14 @@ class API extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\REST\AbstractHandler {
             $out['feeds_groups'] = $this->getRelationships();
         }
         if ($G['favicons']) {
-            # deal with favicons
+            // TODO: implement favicons properly
+            // we provide a single blank favicon for now
+            $out['favicons'] = [
+                [
+                    'id' => 0,
+                    'data' => self::GENERIC_ICON_TYPE.",".self::GENERIC_ICON_DATA,
+                ],
+            ];
         }
         if ($G['items']) {
             $out['items'] = $this->getItems($G);
@@ -318,7 +327,7 @@ class API extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\REST\AbstractHandler {
         foreach (arsse::$db->subscriptionList(Arsse::$user->id) as $sub) {
             $out[] = [
                 'id'                   => (int) $sub['id'],
-                'favicon_id'           => (int) ($sub['favicon'] ? $sub['feed'] : 0),
+                'favicon_id'           => 0, // TODO: implement favicons
                 'title'                => (string) $sub['title'],
                 'url'                  => $sub['url'],
                 'site_url'             => $sub['source'],
diff --git a/tests/cases/REST/Fever/TestAPI.php b/tests/cases/REST/Fever/TestAPI.php
index def389a..b81bdc3 100644
--- a/tests/cases/REST/Fever/TestAPI.php
+++ b/tests/cases/REST/Fever/TestAPI.php
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ class TestAPI extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Test\AbstractTest {
         ]));
         $exp = new JsonResponse([
             'feeds' => [
-                ['id' => 1, 'favicon_id' => 5, 'title' => "Ankh-Morpork News", 'url' => "http://example.com/feed", 'site_url' => "http://example.com/", 'is_spark' => 0, 'last_updated_on_time' => strtotime("2019-01-01T21:12:00Z")],
+                ['id' => 1, 'favicon_id' => 0, 'title' => "Ankh-Morpork News", 'url' => "http://example.com/feed", 'site_url' => "http://example.com/", 'is_spark' => 0, 'last_updated_on_time' => strtotime("2019-01-01T21:12:00Z")],
                 ['id' => 2, 'favicon_id' => 0, 'title' => "Ook, Ook Eek Ook!", 'url' => "http://example.net/feed", 'site_url' => "http://example.net/", 'is_spark' => 0, 'last_updated_on_time' => strtotime("1988-06-24T12:21:00Z")],
-                ['id' => 3, 'favicon_id' => 1, 'title' => "The Last Soul",     'url' => "http://example.org/feed", 'site_url' => "http://example.org/", 'is_spark' => 0, 'last_updated_on_time' => strtotime("1991-08-12T03:22:00Z")],
+                ['id' => 3, 'favicon_id' => 0, 'title' => "The Last Soul",     'url' => "http://example.org/feed", 'site_url' => "http://example.org/", 'is_spark' => 0, 'last_updated_on_time' => strtotime("1991-08-12T03:22:00Z")],
             ],
             'feeds_groups' => [
                 ['group_id' => 1, 'feed_ids' => "1,2"],
@@ -496,4 +496,10 @@ class TestAPI extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Test\AbstractTest {
         $act = $this->h->dispatch($this->req("api=xml"));
         $this->assertMessage($exp, $act);
     }
+
+    public function testListFeedIcons() {
+        $act = $this->h->dispatch($this->req("api&favicons"));
+        $exp = new JsonResponse(['favicons' => [['id' => 0, 'data' => API::GENERIC_ICON_TYPE.",".API::GENERIC_ICON_DATA]]]);
+        $this->assertMessage($exp, $act);        
+    }
 }