diff --git a/jekyll/_includes/solaar.svg b/jekyll/_includes/solaar.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1681b79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jekyll/_includes/solaar.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" style="width: 48px; height:48px; margin-bottom: -10px;">
+  <defs>
+    <linearGradient id="gradient_blue">
+      <stop style="stop-color:#009099;stop-opacity:1" offset="0" />
+      <stop style="stop-color:#00a899;stop-opacity:0.9" offset="1" />
+    </linearGradient>
+    <linearGradient x1="5" y1="50" x2="95" y2="50" id="gradient_rect" xlink:href="#gradient_blue" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" />
+    <linearGradient x1="37" y1="50" x2="63" y2="50" id="gradient_dot" xlink:href="#gradient_blue" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" />
+  </defs>
+  <g transform="scale(0.48)">
+    <path d="M 21.5,5.5 C 12.636,5.5 5.5,12.636 5.5,21.5 L 5.5,78.5 C 5.5,87.364 12.636,94.5 21.5,94.5 L 78.5,94.5 C 87.364,94.5 94.5,87.364 94.5,78.5 L 94.5,21.5 C 94.5,12.636 87.364,5.5 78.5,5.5 L 21.5,5.5 z M 37.6875,16.6875 46.71875,32.3125 C 47.784179,32.115965 48.877705,32 50,32 51.122295,32 52.215821,32.115965 53.28125,32.3125 L 62.3125,16.6875 72.6875,22.6875 63.65625,38.3125 C 65.078123,39.972287 66.191785,41.898777 66.9375,44 L 85,44 85,56 66.9375,56 C 66.191785,58.101223 65.078123,60.027713 63.65625,61.6875 L 72.6875,77.3125 62.3125,83.3125 53.28125,67.6875 C 52.215821,67.884035 51.122295,68 50,68 48.877705,68 47.784179,67.884035 46.71875,67.6875 L 37.6875,83.3125 27.3125,77.3125 36.34375,61.6875 C 34.921877,60.027713 33.808215,58.101223 33.0625,56 L 15,56 15,44 33.0625,44 C 33.808215,41.898777 34.921877,39.972287 36.34375,38.3125 L 27.3125,22.6875 37.6875,16.6875 z" style="fill:url(#gradient_rect);fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:nonzero;stroke:#16161d;stroke-width:1;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-opacity:1" />
+    <path d="M 62,50 A 12,12 0 1 1 38,50 12,12 0 1 1 62,50 z" style="fill:url(#gradient_dot);fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:nonzero;stroke:#16161d;stroke-opacity:1" />
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/jekyll/_layouts/default.html b/jekyll/_layouts/default.html
index 49468025..aa96978c 100644
--- a/jekyll/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/jekyll/_layouts/default.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 			<header class="inner">
 				<a id="forkme_banner" href="{{ site.repository }}">View on GitHub</a>
 
-				<h1 id="project_title"><img class="logo" alt="logo" src="images/solaar-logo.png" /> {{ site.title }}</h1>
+				<h1 id="project_title">{% include solaar.svg %} {{ site.title }}</h1>
 				<h2 id="project_tagline">{{ site.tagline }}</h2>
 
 				<section id="downloads">
diff --git a/jekyll/_layouts/page.html b/jekyll/_layouts/page.html
index 1ff2522e..c4af10e7 100644
--- a/jekyll/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/jekyll/_layouts/page.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<div id="header_wrap" class="outer">
 			<header class="inner">
 				<h1 id="project_title">
-					<a href="index.html"><img alt="logo" class="logo" src="images/solaar-logo.png" /> {{ site.title }}</a>
+					<a href="index.html">{% include solaar.svg %} {{ site.title }}</a>
 				</h1>
 			</header>
 		</div>
diff --git a/tools/build_gh_pages.sh b/tools/build_gh_pages.sh
index 65f90e46..bbbb9761 100755
--- a/tools/build_gh_pages.sh
+++ b/tools/build_gh_pages.sh
@@ -55,11 +55,9 @@ fix_times() {
 #
 
 /bin/cp --archive --update "$SELF/jekyll"/* "$BUILD/"
-# convert the svg logo to png for the web site
+# convert the svg logo to png for the web site favicon
 /usr/bin/convert.im6 "$SELF/share/solaar/icons/solaar.svg" -transparent white \
-	-resize 48x48  "$BUILD/images/solaar-logo.png"
-/usr/bin/convert.im6 "$SELF/share/solaar/icons/solaar.svg" -transparent white \
-	-resize 16x16 "$BUILD/images/favicon.png"
+	-resize 32x32 "$BUILD/images/favicon.png"
 
 # optimize the converted pngs
 command -V optipng && optipng -preserve -quiet -o 7 "$BUILD/images"/*.png
@@ -133,6 +131,5 @@ fix_times docs/devices.md devices.html
 fix_times docs/installation.md installation.html
 fix_times docs/debian.md debian.html
 fix_times jekyll/images images
-fix_times share/solaar/icons/solaar.svg images/solaar-logo.png
 fix_times share/solaar/icons/solaar.svg images/favicon.png
 fix_times jekyll/style style