diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 257ba6d..326c01c 100755
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ type SearchEngine struct {
 }
 
 type LinkParts struct {
-	Domain template.HTML
-	Path   template.HTML
+	Domain  template.HTML
+	Path    template.HTML
+	RootURL string // used by getFaviconProxyURL()
 }
 
 // Helper function to render templates without elapsed time measurement
@@ -131,11 +132,10 @@ func FormatElapsedTime(elapsed time.Duration) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f %s", elapsed.Seconds(), Translate("seconds"))
 }
-
-func FormatURLParts(rawURL string) (domain, path string) {
+func FormatURLParts(rawURL string) (domain, path, rootURL string) {
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return rawURL, ""
+	if err != nil || parsed.Host == "" {
+		return "", "", ""
 	}
 
 	domain = parsed.Host
@@ -143,36 +143,33 @@ func FormatURLParts(rawURL string) (domain, path string) {
 		domain = domain[4:]
 	}
 
-	// Clean up the path - remove empty segments and trailing slashes
+	rootURL = parsed.Scheme + "://" + parsed.Host
+
 	path = strings.Trim(parsed.Path, "/")
 	pathSegments := strings.Split(path, "/")
-
-	// Filter out empty segments
 	var cleanSegments []string
 	for _, seg := range pathSegments {
 		if seg != "" {
 			cleanSegments = append(cleanSegments, seg)
 		}
 	}
-
 	path = strings.Join(cleanSegments, "/")
-	return domain, path
+	return domain, path, rootURL
 }
 
 func FormatLinkHTML(rawURL string) LinkParts {
-	domain, path := FormatURLParts(rawURL)
+	domain, path, root := FormatURLParts(rawURL)
 
-	if path == "" {
-		return LinkParts{
-			Domain: template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="result-domain">%s</span>`, template.HTMLEscapeString(domain))),
-		}
+	lp := LinkParts{
+		RootURL: root,
 	}
 
-	// Only add separators between non-empty path segments
-	pathDisplay := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "/", " › ")
+	lp.Domain = template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="result-domain">%s</span>`, template.HTMLEscapeString(domain)))
 
-	return LinkParts{
-		Domain: template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="result-domain">%s</span>`, template.HTMLEscapeString(domain))),
-		Path:   template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="result-path"> › %s</span>`, template.HTMLEscapeString(pathDisplay))),
+	if path != "" {
+		pathDisplay := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "/", " › ")
+		lp.Path = template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`<span class="result-path"> › %s</span>`, template.HTMLEscapeString(pathDisplay)))
 	}
+
+	return lp
 }
diff --git a/text.go b/text.go
index 5fddc9f..7dedb63 100755
--- a/text.go
+++ b/text.go
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func HandleTextSearch(w http.ResponseWriter, settings UserSettings, query string
 
 		// First format the link
 		prettyLink := FormatLinkHTML(r.URL)
-		faviconID := faviconIDFromURL(r.URL)
-		faviconURL := getFaviconProxyURL("", r.URL) //string(prettyLink.Domain)
+		faviconID := faviconIDFromURL(prettyLink.RootURL)
+		faviconURL := getFaviconProxyURL("", prettyLink.RootURL)
 
 		decoratedResults = append(decoratedResults, DecoratedResult{
 			TextSearchResult: r,