diff --git a/tests/proxy_migration_tests/test_ui_root_path.py b/tests/proxy_migration_tests/test_ui_root_path.py
index 7978ca394b9..474696772af 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_migration_tests/test_ui_root_path.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_migration_tests/test_ui_root_path.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class TestUIRootPath(unittest.TestCase):
             '<script src="/litellm-asset-prefix/_next/app.js"></script>'
             '<img src="/ui/assets/logo.png"></body></html>'
         )
+        (source / "index.txt").write_text('[{"href":"/favicon.ico?version=1"}]')
         (source / "app.js").write_text('fetch("/litellm/.well-known/litellm-ui-config")')
         (source / "font.woff2").write_bytes(bytes(range(256)))
         return source
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class TestUIRootPath(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertIn('href="/services/llm/get_favicon"', (runtime / "index.html").read_text())
             self.assertIn('href="/services/llm/favicon.ico?version=1"', (runtime / "index.html").read_text())
             self.assertIn('src="/services/llm/ui/assets/logo.png"', (runtime / "index.html").read_text())
+            self.assertIn("/services/llm/favicon.ico?version=1", (runtime / "index.txt").read_text())
             self.assertEqual(runtime.stat().st_mode & 0o005, 0o005)
             self.assertEqual((runtime / "index.html").stat().st_mode & 0o004, 0o004)
             self.assertIn("/services/llm/.well-known/litellm-ui-config", (runtime / "app.js").read_text())
diff --git a/ui/prepare-root-path.sh b/ui/prepare-root-path.sh
index b55341707de..bdd17e25840 100644
--- a/ui/prepare-root-path.sh
+++ b/ui/prepare-root-path.sh
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ if [ -n "$prefix" ]; then
             for file do
                 sed -e "s|/litellm-asset-prefix|$prefix|g" \
                     -e "s|/litellm/\.well-known/litellm-ui-config|$prefix/.well-known/litellm-ui-config|g" \
+                    -e "s|/favicon.ico|$prefix/favicon.ico|g" \
                     "$file" > "$file.tmp"
                 case "$file" in
                     *.html)
                         sed -e "s|<head>|<head><meta name=\"litellm-server-root-path\" content=\"$prefix\">|g" \
                             -e "s|src=\"/ui/assets/|src=\"$prefix/ui/assets/|g" \
                             -e "s|href=\"/get_favicon\"|href=\"$prefix/get_favicon\"|g" \
-                            -e "s|href=\"/favicon.ico|href=\"$prefix/favicon.ico|g" \
                             "$file.tmp" > "$file"
                         rm "$file.tmp"
                         ;;