diff --git a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/PolymerRequest.java b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/PolymerRequest.java
index 941397b..3910586 100644
--- a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/PolymerRequest.java
+++ b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/PolymerRequest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class PolymerRequest implements Request {
 
   private static final String POLYMER_ROOT = "WEB-INF/polymer-app";
   private static final Set<String> FORWARD = Sets.newHashSet("/bower_components",
-      "/images", "/src", "/service-worker.js", "/manifest.json", "/index.html");
+      "/favicon", "/images", "/src", "/service-worker.js", "/manifest.json", "/index.html");
 
   private final ResourceLoader mResourceLoader;
 
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ public boolean serveUrl(RequestData requestData,
       url = "/index.html";
     }
 
+    // Re-write the favicon path in case the browser is requesting it.
+    if (url.equals("/favicon.ico")) {
+      url = "/favicon/favicon.ico";
+    }
+
     for (String path : FORWARD) {
       if (url.startsWith(path)) {
-        Optional<String> content = mResourceLoader.load(POLYMER_ROOT + url);
+        Optional<byte[]> content = mResourceLoader.load(POLYMER_ROOT + url);
         if (content.isPresent()) {
           responder.respond(content.get(), fromFilename(url));
         }
diff --git a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/Responder.java b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/Responder.java
index 733139b..346ed3e 100644
--- a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/Responder.java
+++ b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/Responder.java
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ public void respond(String content, ContentType contentType) {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Respond with the given content text and type. */
+  public void respond(byte[] content, ContentType contentType) {
+    try {
+      mResponse.setContentType(contentType.str);
+      mResponse.getOutputStream().write(content);
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot serve data", ex);
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Converts the given object into JSON and sends it. */
   public void respondJson(Object object) {
     try {
diff --git a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/ScreenshotRequest.java b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/ScreenshotRequest.java
index 54c59d3..dceb466 100644
--- a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/ScreenshotRequest.java
+++ b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/request/ScreenshotRequest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import com.google.appengine.api.blobstore.BlobKey;
 import com.google.appengine.api.images.Image;
-import com.google.appengine.api.images.ImagesService;
 import com.google.appengine.api.images.ImagesServiceFactory;
 import com.google.appengine.api.images.ServingUrlOptions;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
diff --git a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/DefaultResourceLoader.java b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/DefaultResourceLoader.java
index 9334c32..ffd861a 100644
--- a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/DefaultResourceLoader.java
+++ b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/DefaultResourceLoader.java
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.retrostore.resources;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import com.google.common.io.CharStreams;
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -37,15 +36,13 @@ public class DefaultResourceLoader implements ResourceLoader {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger("DefaultResourceLoader");
 
   @Override
-  public Optional<String> load(String filename) {
+  public Optional<byte[]> load(String filename) {
     // TODO: Cache!
     // TODO: Debug mode for local reloading
     try {
       File file = new File(filename);
       LOG.info("Loading file: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
-      InputStream fileStream = new FileInputStream(file);
-      String content = CharStreams.toString(new InputStreamReader(fileStream, Charsets.UTF_8));
-      return Optional.of(content);
+      return Optional.of(toBytes(new FileInputStream(file)));
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot load file.", e);
     }
@@ -53,13 +50,11 @@ public Optional<String> load(String filename) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Optional<String> loadUrl(String urlStr) {
+  public Optional<byte[]> loadUrl(String urlStr) {
     try {
       URL url = new URL(urlStr);
       InputStream is = url.openStream();
-      String content = CharStreams.toString(new InputStreamReader(is, Charsets.UTF_8));
-      is.close();
-      return Optional.of(content);
+      return Optional.of(toBytes(is));
     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
       LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Invalid URL", e);
     } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -67,4 +62,10 @@ public Optional<String> loadUrl(String urlStr) {
     }
     return Optional.absent();
   }
+
+  private byte[] toBytes(InputStream input) throws IOException {
+    ByteArrayOutputStream data = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    ByteStreams.copy(input, data);
+    return data.toByteArray();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/PolymerDebugLoader.java b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/PolymerDebugLoader.java
index e458065..826165f 100644
--- a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/PolymerDebugLoader.java
+++ b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/PolymerDebugLoader.java
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ public PolymerDebugLoader(String polymerServer, ResourceLoader fallbackResourceL
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Optional<String> load(String filename) {
+  public Optional<byte[]> load(String filename) {
     if (!filename.startsWith(POLYMER_ROOT)) {
       LOG.warning(String.format("Not a polymer file, falling back for '%s'.", filename));
       return mFallbackResourceLoader.load(filename);
     }
     String url = mPolymerServer + filename.substring(POLYMER_ROOT.length());
 
-    Optional<String> resource = loadUrl(url);
+    Optional<byte[]> resource = loadUrl(url);
     if (!resource.isPresent()) {
       LOG.warning(
           String.format("Polymer debug resource cannot be loaded: '%s'. Falling back.", url));
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public Optional<String> load(String filename) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Optional<String> loadUrl(String url) {
+  public Optional<byte[]> loadUrl(String url) {
     return mFallbackResourceLoader.loadUrl(url);
   }
 }
diff --git a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/ResourceLoader.java b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/ResourceLoader.java
index adbbd19..e515692 100644
--- a/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/ResourceLoader.java
+++ b/appengine/src/main/java/org/retrostore/resources/ResourceLoader.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
  */
 public interface ResourceLoader {
   /** Loads a file with the given name. */
-  Optional<String> load(String filename);
+  Optional<byte[]> load(String filename);
 
   /** Loads the given URL. */
-  Optional<String> loadUrl(String url);
+  Optional<byte[]> loadUrl(String url);
 }