diff --git a/app/filter.py b/app/filter.py
index eef967b..e7afaa4 100644
--- a/app/filter.py
+++ b/app/filter.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class Filter:
 
         for audio in [_ for _ in self.soup.find_all('audio') if 'src' in _.attrs]:
             self.update_element_src(audio, 'audio/mpeg')
+            audio['controls'] = ''
 
         for link in self.soup.find_all('a', href=True):
             self.update_link(link)
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 3d18c4a..2938ed7 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from app.models.config import Config
 from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.request import Request, TorError
 from app.utils.bangs import resolve_bang
-from app.utils.misc import get_proxy_host_url
+from app.utils.misc import empty_gif, placeholder_img, get_proxy_host_url
 from app.filter import Filter
 from app.utils.misc import read_config_bool, get_client_ip, get_request_url, \
     check_for_update
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ def imgres():
 @session_required
 @auth_required
 def element():
-    empty_gif = base64.b64decode(
-        'R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///////yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==')
     element_url = src_url = request.args.get('url')
     if element_url.startswith('gAAAAA'):
         try:
@@ -493,8 +491,11 @@ def element():
         response = g.user_request.send(base_url=src_url)
 
         # Display an empty gif if the requested element couldn't be retrieved
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            return send_file(io.BytesIO(empty_gif), mimetype='image/gif')
+        if response.status_code != 200 or len(response.content) == 0:
+            if 'favicon' in src_url:
+                return send_file(io.BytesIO(placeholder_img), mimetype='image/png')
+            else:
+                return send_file(io.BytesIO(empty_gif), mimetype='image/gif')
 
         file_data = response.content
         tmp_mem = io.BytesIO()
diff --git a/app/static/css/search.css b/app/static/css/search.css
index 748020f..6c5df2f 100644
--- a/app/static/css/search.css
+++ b/app/static/css/search.css
@@ -59,8 +59,23 @@ details summary span {
 }
 
 .site-favicon {
-	float: right;
+	float: left;
 	width: 25px;
+	padding-right: 5px;
+}
+
+.sCuL3 {
+	padding-left: 30px;
+}
+
+#flex_text_audio_icon_chunk {
+	display: none;
+}
+
+audio {
+	display: block;
+	margin-right: auto;
+	padding-bottom: 5px;
 }
 
 @media (min-width: 801px) {
diff --git a/app/utils/misc.py b/app/utils/misc.py
index b1e65f0..140e5c4 100644
--- a/app/utils/misc.py
+++ b/app/utils/misc.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import base64
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bsoup
 from flask import Request
 import hashlib
@@ -6,6 +7,19 @@ import re
 from requests import exceptions, get
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+empty_gif = base64.b64decode(
+    'R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///////yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==')
+
+placeholder_img = base64.b64decode(
+    'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABkAAAAZCAYAAADE6YVjAAABF0lEQVRIS8XWPw9EMBQA8Eok' \
+    'JBKrMFqMBt//GzAYLTZ/VomExPDu6uLiaPteqVynBn0/75W2Vp7nEIYhe6p1XcespmmAd7Is' \
+    'M+4URcGiKPogvMMvmIS2eN9MOMKbKWgf54SYgI4vKkTuQKJKSJErkKzUSkQHUs0lilAg7GMh' \
+    'ISoIA/hYMiKCKIA2soeowCWEMkfHtUmrXLcyGYYBfN9HF8djiaglWzNZlgVs21YisoAUaEXG' \
+    'cQTP86QIFgi7vyLzPIPjOEIEC7ANQv/4aZrAdd0TUtc1i+MYnSsMWjPp+x6CIPgJVlUVS5KE' \
+    'DKig/+wnVzM4pnzaGeHd+ENlWbI0TbVLJBtw2uMfP63wc9d2kDCWxi5Q27bsBerSJ9afJbeL' \
+    'AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC'
+)
+
 
 def gen_file_hash(path: str, static_file: str) -> str:
     file_contents = open(os.path.join(path, static_file), 'rb').read()