diff --git a/src/index.php b/src/index.php
index 2c207cb..989cc5f 100644
--- a/src/index.php
+++ b/src/index.php
@@ -71,12 +71,25 @@ $templatePath = 'media/templates/site/mokocassiopeia';
 $faviconHeadTags = '';
 if ($params_favicon_source) {
     require_once __DIR__ . '/helper/favicon.php';
-    // Joomla's media field may return 'images/file.png' or just 'file.png'
+    // Joomla's media field returns paths like:
+    //   'images/logo.png'                                    (images folder)
+    //   'media/templates/site/mokocassiopeia/images/logo.png' (template media)
+    //   'logo.png'                                            (bare filename)
     $faviconSourceRel = ltrim($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/' . $faviconSourceRel;
+    // Try common prefixes if not found
+    if (!is_file($faviconSourceAbs)) {
+        $candidates = [
+            JPATH_ROOT . '/images/' . $faviconSourceRel,
+            JPATH_ROOT . '/media/templates/site/' . $this->template . '/' . $faviconSourceRel,
+            JPATH_ROOT . '/media/templates/site/' . $this->template . '/images/' . basename($faviconSourceRel),
+        ];
+        foreach ($candidates as $candidate) {
+            if (is_file($candidate)) {
+                $faviconSourceAbs = $candidate;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
     }
     $faviconOutputDir = JPATH_ROOT . '/images/favicons';
     $faviconUrlBase   = Uri::root(true) . '/images/favicons';