diff --git a/client/config/webpack.common.js b/client/config/webpack.common.js
index acf22dab1..c37516271 100644
--- a/client/config/webpack.common.js
+++ b/client/config/webpack.common.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const LoaderOptionsPlugin = require('webpack/lib/LoaderOptionsPlugin')
 const ScriptExtHtmlWebpackPlugin = require('script-ext-html-webpack-plugin')
 const InlineManifestWebpackPlugin = require('inline-manifest-webpack-plugin')
 const ngcWebpack = require('ngc-webpack')
+const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin')
 
 const WebpackNotifierPlugin = require('webpack-notifier')
 
@@ -267,6 +268,17 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
         inject: 'body'
       }),
 
+      new CopyWebpackPlugin([
+        {
+          from: helpers.root('src/assets/images/favicon.png'),
+          to: 'assets/images/favicon.png'
+        },
+        {
+          from: helpers.root('src/assets/images/default-avatar.png'),
+          to: 'assets/images/default-avatar.png'
+        }
+      ]),
+
       /*
        * Plugin: ScriptExtHtmlWebpackPlugin
        * Description: Enhances html-webpack-plugin functionality
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
index 220362ef0..9364ae721 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ export class User implements UserServerModel {
   getAvatarPath () {
     if (this.account && this.account.avatar) return this.account.avatar.path
 
-    return '/assets/images/default-avatar.png'
+    return '/client/assets/images/default-avatar.png'
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/assets/images/favicon.png b/client/src/assets/images/favicon.png
index bb57ee6b0..cef0f0d2e 100644
Binary files a/client/src/assets/images/favicon.png and b/client/src/assets/images/favicon.png differ
diff --git a/client/src/index.html b/client/src/index.html
index 8e94b903d..4af6b12f6 100644
--- a/client/src/index.html
+++ b/client/src/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <!-- open graph and oembed tags -->
     <!-- Do not remove it! -->
 
-    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/client/assets/favicon.png" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/client/assets/images/favicon.png" />
 
     <!-- base url -->
     <base href="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.metadata.baseUrl %>">
diff --git a/server/controllers/client.ts b/server/controllers/client.ts
index 64e5829ca..f474c4282 100644
--- a/server/controllers/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/client.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { VideoInstance } from '../models'
 const clientsRouter = express.Router()
 
 const distPath = join(root(), 'client', 'dist')
+const assetsImagesPath = join(root(), 'client', 'dist', 'assets', 'images')
 const embedPath = join(distPath, 'standalone', 'videos', 'embed.html')
 const indexPath = join(distPath, 'index.html')
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ clientsRouter.use('/videos/embed', (req: express.Request, res: express.Response,
 
 // Static HTML/CSS/JS client files
 clientsRouter.use('/client', express.static(distPath, { maxAge: STATIC_MAX_AGE }))
+clientsRouter.use('/client/assets/images', express.static(assetsImagesPath, { maxAge: STATIC_MAX_AGE }))
 
 // 404 for static files not found
 clientsRouter.use('/client/*', (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => {