diff --git a/tests/e2e/ui/tests/migration/migratedPages.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/ui/tests/migration/migratedPages.spec.ts
index c5f7e5effd4..5d4c742eee7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ui/tests/migration/migratedPages.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/ui/tests/migration/migratedPages.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { MIGRATED_E2E_PAGES, type MigratedPage } from "../../fixtures/migratedPa
 import { ADMIN_STORAGE_PATH } from "../../constants";
 import { clickSidebarLink, dismissFeedbackPopup, expectUiRoute, sidebarLink } from "../../helpers/navigation";
 import { proxyIsPremium } from "../../helpers/premium";
+import { masterKey } from "../../helpers/traffic";
 
 const ROOT = (process.env.SERVER_ROOT_PATH ?? "").replace(/\/+$/, "");
 const apiKeys = MIGRATED_E2E_PAGES["api-keys"];
@@ -33,6 +34,64 @@ async function navigateToDestination(page: Page, destination: MigratedPage): Pro
 test.use({ storageState: ADMIN_STORAGE_PATH });
 
 test.describe("App Router migrated pages", () => {
+  test("keeps the configured favicon after navigating from UI Theme to Home", async ({ page, request }) => {
+    const themeResponse = await request.get(`${ROOT}/get/ui_theme_settings`);
+    expect(themeResponse.ok()).toBe(true);
+    const originalTheme: { values: Record<string, string | null> } = await themeResponse.json();
+
+    await page.goto(`${ROOT}/ui/ui-theme/`);
+    const faviconInput = page.getByLabel("Custom Favicon URL", { exact: true });
+    await expect(faviconInput).toHaveValue(originalTheme.values.favicon_url ?? "");
+
+    const customIconUrl = new URL(`${ROOT}/ui/next.svg`, page.url()).href;
+    const customIcon = await request.get(customIconUrl);
+    expect(customIcon.ok()).toBe(true);
+    const customIconBody = await customIcon.body();
+
+    try {
+      await faviconInput.fill(customIconUrl);
+      const saved = page.waitForResponse(
+        (response) =>
+          new URL(response.url()).pathname === `${ROOT}/update/ui_theme_settings` &&
+          response.request().method() === "PATCH",
+      );
+      await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Save Changes", exact: true }).click();
+      expect((await saved).ok()).toBe(true);
+
+      await page.reload();
+      await expect(faviconInput).toHaveValue(customIconUrl);
+      await clickSidebarLink(page, "Home");
+      await expectUiRoute(page, "home");
+      await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Home", exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+
+      await expect
+        .poll(() =>
+          page
+            .locator('link[rel="icon"]')
+            .evaluateAll(
+              (icons, url) => icons.length > 0 && icons.every((icon) => (icon as HTMLLinkElement).href === url),
+              customIconUrl,
+            ),
+        )
+        .toBe(true);
+      const iconUrls = await page
+        .locator('link[rel="icon"]')
+        .evaluateAll((icons) => icons.map((icon) => (icon as HTMLLinkElement).href));
+      expect(iconUrls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      for (const iconUrl of iconUrls) {
+        const icon = await request.get(iconUrl);
+        expect(icon.ok(), `Favicon ${iconUrl} loads after navigation`).toBe(true);
+        expect(await icon.body(), `Favicon ${iconUrl} uses the saved image`).toEqual(customIconBody);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      const restored = await request.patch(`${ROOT}/update/ui_theme_settings`, {
+        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${masterKey()}` },
+        data: originalTheme.values,
+      });
+      expect(restored.ok(), "Restore the original theme settings").toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
   for (const destination of Object.values(MIGRATED_E2E_PAGES)) {
     test(`${destination.segment}: sidebar nav, reload, and round-trip via the api-keys landing`, async ({ page }) => {
       const pageErrors: string[] = [];
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/favicon.ico b/ui/litellm-dashboard/public/favicon.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/favicon.ico
rename to ui/litellm-dashboard/public/favicon.ico
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/layout.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/layout.tsx
index 7bb05ef11a7..6953dd8793f 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const inter = Inter({ subsets: ["latin"] });
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: "LiteLLM Dashboard",
   description: "LiteLLM Proxy Admin UI",
-  icons: { icon: "/get_favicon" },
 };
 
 export default function RootLayout({
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({
     // cannot predict; suppressHydrationWarning confines that mismatch to this element.
     <html lang="en" suppressHydrationWarning>
       <body className={inter.className}>
+        <link rel="icon" href="/get_favicon" />
         <ThemeProvider attribute="class" defaultTheme="light" enableSystem disableTransitionOnChange>
           <NuqsAdapter>
             <ReactQueryProvider>