diff --git a/electron_app/src/tray.js b/electron_app/src/tray.js
index 2ccdf40cc..ab3a8e1c5 100644
--- a/electron_app/src/tray.js
+++ b/electron_app/src/tray.js
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-const path = require('path');
-const electron = require('electron');
-
-const app = electron.app;
-const Tray = electron.Tray;
-const MenuItem = electron.MenuItem;
+const {app, Tray, Menu, nativeImage} = require('electron');
 
 let trayIcon = null;
 
@@ -44,7 +39,7 @@ exports.create = function (win, config) {
         }
     };
 
-    const contextMenu = electron.Menu.buildFromTemplate([
+    const contextMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
         {
             label: 'Show/Hide ' + config.brand,
             click: toggleWin
@@ -64,4 +59,11 @@ exports.create = function (win, config) {
     trayIcon.setToolTip(config.brand);
     trayIcon.setContextMenu(contextMenu);
     trayIcon.on('click', toggleWin);
+
+    win.webContents.on('page-favicon-updated', function(ev, favicons) {
+        try {
+            const img = nativeImage.createFromDataURL(favicons[0]);
+            trayIcon.setImage(img);
+        } catch (e) {console.error(e);}
+    });
 };
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/VectorBasePlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/VectorBasePlatform.js
index 1466b76ae..00c9c47c3 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/VectorBasePlatform.js
+++ b/src/vector/platform/VectorBasePlatform.js
@@ -17,12 +17,57 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import BasePlatform from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/BasePlatform'
+import BasePlatform from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/BasePlatform';
+import Favico from 'favico.js';
 
 /**
  * Vector-specific extensions to the BasePlatform template
  */
 export default class VectorBasePlatform extends BasePlatform {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        // The 'animations' are really low framerate and look terrible.
+        // Also it re-starts the animationb every time you set the badge,
+        // and we set the state each time, even if the value hasn't changed,
+        // so we'd need to fix that if enabling the animation.
+        this.favicon = new Favico({animation: 'none'});
+        this._updateFavicon();
+    }
+
+    _updateFavicon() {
+        try {
+            // This needs to be in in a try block as it will throw
+            // if there are more than 100 badge count changes in
+            // its internal queue
+            let bgColor = "#d00",
+                notif = this.notificationCount;
+
+            if (this.errorDidOccur) {
+                notif = notif || "×";
+                bgColor = "#f00";
+            }
+
+            this.favicon.badge(notif, {
+                bgColor: bgColor,
+            });
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.warn(`Failed to set badge count: ${e.message}`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    setNotificationCount(count: number) {
+        if (this.notificationCount === count) return;
+        super.setNotificationCount(count);
+        this._updateFavicon();
+    }
+
+    setErrorStatus(errorDidOccur: boolean) {
+        if (this.errorDidOccur === errorDidOccur) return;
+        super.setErrorStatus(errorDidOccur);
+        this._updateFavicon();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check for the availability of an update to the version of the
      * app that's currently running.
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
index 72ca19f06..204317bab 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
+++ b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import VectorBasePlatform from './VectorBasePlatform';
-import Favico from 'favico.js';
 import request from 'browser-request';
 import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/dispatcher.js';
 import q from 'q';
@@ -27,49 +26,6 @@ import url from 'url';
 import UAParser from 'ua-parser-js';
 
 export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-        this.runningVersion = null;
-        // The 'animations' are really low framerate and look terrible.
-        // Also it re-starts the animationb every time you set the badge,
-        // and we set the state each time, even if the value hasn't changed,
-        // so we'd need to fix that if enabling the animation.
-        this.favicon = new Favico({animation: 'none'});
-        this._updateFavicon();
-    }
-
-    _updateFavicon() {
-        try {
-            // This needs to be in in a try block as it will throw
-            // if there are more than 100 badge count changes in
-            // its internal queue
-            let bgColor = "#d00",
-                notif = this.notificationCount;
-
-            if (this.errorDidOccur) {
-                notif = notif || "×";
-                bgColor = "#f00";
-            }
-
-            this.favicon.badge(notif, {
-                bgColor: bgColor,
-            });
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.warn(`Failed to set badge count: ${e.message}`);
-        }
-    }
-
-    setNotificationCount(count: number) {
-        if (this.notificationCount === count) return;
-        super.setNotificationCount(count);
-        this._updateFavicon();
-    }
-
-    setErrorStatus(errorDidOccur: boolean) {
-        if (this.errorDidOccur === errorDidOccur) return;
-        super.setErrorStatus(errorDidOccur);
-        this._updateFavicon();
-    }
 
     /**
      * Returns true if the platform supports displaying