diff --git a/src/helper/favicon.php b/src/helper/favicon.php
index 028eaf2..78d6269 100644
--- a/src/helper/favicon.php
+++ b/src/helper/favicon.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
+use Joomla\CMS\Log\Log;
+
 class MokoFaviconHelper
 {
     /**
@@ -39,7 +41,13 @@ class MokoFaviconHelper
      */
     public static function generate(string $sourcePath, string $outputDir): bool
     {
-        if (!is_file($sourcePath) || !extension_loaded('gd')) {
+        if (!extension_loaded('gd')) {
+            Log::add('Favicon: GD extension not loaded', Log::WARNING, 'mokocassiopeia');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!is_file($sourcePath)) {
+            Log::add('Favicon: source file not found: ' . $sourcePath, Log::WARNING, 'mokocassiopeia');
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -55,8 +63,24 @@ class MokoFaviconHelper
             return true;
         }
 
-        $source = imagecreatefrompng($sourcePath);
+        // Detect image type and load accordingly
+        $imageInfo = @getimagesize($sourcePath);
+        if ($imageInfo === false) {
+            Log::add('Favicon: cannot read image info from ' . $sourcePath, Log::WARNING, 'mokocassiopeia');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $source = match ($imageInfo[2]) {
+            IMAGETYPE_PNG  => @imagecreatefrompng($sourcePath),
+            IMAGETYPE_JPEG => @imagecreatefromjpeg($sourcePath),
+            IMAGETYPE_GIF  => @imagecreatefromgif($sourcePath),
+            IMAGETYPE_WEBP => function_exists('imagecreatefromwebp') ? @imagecreatefromwebp($sourcePath) : false,
+            IMAGETYPE_BMP  => function_exists('imagecreatefrombmp') ? @imagecreatefrombmp($sourcePath) : false,
+            default        => false,
+        };
+
         if (!$source) {
+            Log::add('Favicon: unsupported image type (' . ($imageInfo['mime'] ?? 'unknown') . ') at ' . $sourcePath, Log::WARNING, 'mokocassiopeia');
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/index.php b/src/index.php
index 70db6f6..2c207cb 100644
--- a/src/index.php
+++ b/src/index.php
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ $templatePath = 'media/templates/site/mokocassiopeia';
 $faviconHeadTags = '';
 if ($params_favicon_source) {
     require_once __DIR__ . '/helper/favicon.php';
-    $faviconSourceAbs = JPATH_ROOT . '/' . ltrim($params_favicon_source, '/');
+    // Joomla's media field may return 'images/file.png' or just 'file.png'
+    $faviconSourceRel = ltrim($params_favicon_source, '/');
+    $faviconSourceAbs = JPATH_ROOT . '/' . $faviconSourceRel;
+    // If not found, try prepending images/
+    if (!is_file($faviconSourceAbs) && !str_starts_with($faviconSourceRel, 'images/')) {
+        $faviconSourceAbs = JPATH_ROOT . '/images/' . $faviconSourceRel;
+    }
     $faviconOutputDir = JPATH_ROOT . '/images/favicons';
     $faviconUrlBase   = Uri::root(true) . '/images/favicons';