diff --git a/manage b/manage
index ec8e13c0a..1236cb31c 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -708,42 +708,12 @@ themes.oscar() {
 themes.simple() {
     local static="searx/static/themes/simple"
     (   set -e
-        convert_if_newer "src/brand/searxng-wordmark.svg" "$static/img/favicon.png" \
-                         -transparent white -resize 64x64
         build_msg GRUNT "theme: simple"
         npm --prefix searx/static/themes/simple run build
     )
     dump_return $?
 }
 
-convert_if_newer() {
-
-    # usage: convert_if_newer <origfile> <outfile> [<options>, ...]
-    #
-    #    convert_if_newer "path/to/origin.svg" "path/to/converted.png" -resize 100x100
-    #
-    # Run's ImageMagik' convert comand to generate <outfile> from <origfile>, if
-    # <origfile> is newer than <outfile>.  The command line is to convert is::
-    #
-    #    convert <origfile> [<options>, ...] <outfile>
-
-    local src_file="$1" && shift
-    local dst_file="$1" && shift
-
-    if [[ "${src_file}" -nt "${dst_file}" ]]; then
-        if ! required_commands convert; then
-            info_msg "to install build tools use::"
-            info_msg "   sudo -H ./utils/searx.sh install buildhost"
-            die 1 "install needed build tools first"
-        fi
-        build_msg CONVERT "${src_file}" "$@" "${dst_file}"
-        convert "${src_file}" "$@" "${dst_file}"
-    else
-        build_msg CONVERT "${dst_file} (up-to-date)"
-    fi
-}
-
-
 PYLINT_FILES=()
 while IFS= read -r line; do
    PYLINT_FILES+=("$line")
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
index 006d64417..d51316dcf 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
-  const path = require('path');
+  const eachAsync = require('each-async');
 
   grunt.initConfig({
 
@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     watch: {
       scripts: {
         files: ['gruntfile.js', 'src/**'],
-        tasks: ['eslint', 'copy', 'concat', 'svg2jinja', 'uglify', 'image', 'less:development', 'less:production']
+        tasks: [
+          'eslint',
+          'copy',
+          'concat',
+          'uglify',
+          'less:development',
+          'less:production',
+          'image',
+          'svg2png',
+          'svg2jinja'
+        ]
       }
     },
     eslint: {
@@ -78,14 +88,18 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         },
         files: {
           'js/searxng.head.js': ['src/js/head/*.js'],
-          'js/searxng.js': ['src/js/main/*.js', '../__common__/js/*.js', './node_modules/autocomplete-js/dist/autocomplete.js']
+          'js/searxng.js': [
+            'src/js/main/*.js',
+            '../__common__/js/*.js',
+            './node_modules/autocomplete-js/dist/autocomplete.js'
+          ]
         }
       }
     },
     uglify: {
       options: {
         output: {
-	        comments: 'some'
+          comments: 'some'
         },
         ie8: false,
         warnings: true,
@@ -100,16 +114,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         }
       }
     },
-    image: {
-      svg4web: {
-        options: {
-          svgo: ['--config', 'svg4web.svgo.js']
-        },
-        files: {
-          '<%= _templates %>/__common__/searxng-wordmark.min.svg': '<%= _brand %>/searxng-wordmark.svg'
-        }
-      }
-    },
     less: {
       development: {
         options: {
@@ -137,6 +141,23 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         }
       },
     },
+    image: {
+      svg4web: {
+        options: {
+          svgo: ['--config', 'svg4web.svgo.js']
+        },
+        files: {
+          '<%= _templates %>/__common__/searxng-wordmark.min.svg': '<%= _brand %>/searxng-wordmark.svg'
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    svg2png: {
+      favicon: {
+        files: {
+          'img/favicon.png': '<%= _brand %>/searxng-wordmark.svg'
+        }
+      }
+    },
     svg2jinja: {
       all: {
         src: {
@@ -165,7 +186,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     },
   });
 
-
   grunt.registerMultiTask('svg2jinja', 'Create Jinja2 macro', function() {
     const ejs = require('ejs'), svgo = require('svgo');
     const icons = {}
@@ -222,6 +242,36 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     grunt.log.ok(this.data.dest + " created");
   });
 
+  grunt.registerMultiTask('svg2png', 'Convert SVG to PNG', function () {
+    const sharp = require('sharp'), done = this.async();
+    eachAsync(this.files, async (file, _index, next) => {
+      try {
+        if (file.src.length != 1) {
+          next("this task supports only one source per destination");
+        }
+        const info = await sharp(file.src[0])
+          .png({
+            force: true,
+            compressionLevel: 9,
+            palette: true,
+          })
+          .toFile(file.dest);
+        grunt.log.ok(file.dest + ' created (' + info.size + ' bytes, ' + info.width + 'px * ' + info.height + 'px)');
+        next();
+      } catch (error) {
+        grunt.fatal(error);
+        next(error);
+      }
+    }, error => {
+      if (error) {
+        grunt.fatal(error);
+        done(error);
+      } else {
+        done();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-copy');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
@@ -240,10 +290,11 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     'stylelint',
     'copy',
     'concat',
-    'svg2jinja',
     'uglify',
-    'image',
     'less:development',
-    'less:production'
+    'less:production',
+    'image',
+    'svg2png',
+    'svg2jinja',
   ]);
 };
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/img/favicon.png b/searx/static/themes/simple/img/favicon.png
index 3b961014b..b90d44fd8 100644
Binary files a/searx/static/themes/simple/img/favicon.png and b/searx/static/themes/simple/img/favicon.png differ
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json b/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json
index 25797b8fe..0cf6c4f64 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "ionicons": "^6.0.0",
     "less": "^4.1.1",
     "less-plugin-clean-css": "^1.5.1",
+    "sharp": "^0.29.3",
     "stylelint": "^13.13.1",
     "stylelint-config-standard": "^22.0.0",
     "ejs": "^3.1.6",