diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f8f45f1..9ce1bd3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ name = "archivr-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "base64",
  "chrono",
  "hex",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a9d811..f88610d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ tower = "0.5.1"
 tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.18.1", features = ["v4"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking"] }
+base64 = "0.22"
diff --git a/crates/archivr-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/archivr-core/Cargo.toml
index 30ecc0f..8192c98 100644
--- a/crates/archivr-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/archivr-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 sha3.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
+base64.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/crates/archivr-core/src/downloader/singlefile.rs b/crates/archivr-core/src/downloader/singlefile.rs
index 06b409a..c31328f 100644
--- a/crates/archivr-core/src/downloader/singlefile.rs
+++ b/crates/archivr-core/src/downloader/singlefile.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD as B64;
+use base64::Engine as _;
 use std::{env, io::Read, path::Path, process::Command};
 
 use crate::hash::hash_file;
 
+/// Result of archiving a web page with single-file.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SaveResult {
+    /// SHA-256 hex of the archived `.html` file.
+    pub html_hash: String,
+    /// Page title from `<title>` tag, if present.
+    pub title: Option<String>,
+    /// SHA-256 hex of the extracted favicon, if present.
+    pub favicon_hash: Option<String>,
+    /// File extension for the favicon (e.g. `".ico"`, `".png"`), if present.
+    pub favicon_ext: Option<String>,
+}
+
 /// Archives `url` as a self-contained HTML snapshot.
 ///
 /// Returns `(sha256_hex, title_hint)` on success.
@@ -12,7 +27,7 @@ use crate::hash::hash_file;
 /// Reads two env vars:
 /// - `ARCHIVR_SINGLE_FILE`: path to the `single-file` binary (default: `"single-file"`).
 /// - `ARCHIVR_CHROME`: path to the Chromium/Chrome binary (default: `"chromium"`).
-pub fn save(url: &str, store_path: &Path, timestamp: &str) -> Result<(String, Option<String>)> {
+pub fn save(url: &str, store_path: &Path, timestamp: &str) -> Result<SaveResult> {
     let single_file =
         env::var("ARCHIVR_SINGLE_FILE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "single-file".to_string());
     let chrome = env::var("ARCHIVR_CHROME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "chromium".to_string());
@@ -27,7 +42,7 @@ fn save_with(
     timestamp: &str,
     single_file: &str,
     chrome: &str,
-) -> Result<(String, Option<String>)> {
+) -> Result<SaveResult> {
     let temp_dir = store_path.join("temp").join(timestamp);
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&temp_dir).context("failed to create temp dir")?;
 
@@ -38,6 +53,7 @@ fn save_with(
         .arg(&out_file)
         .arg(format!("--browser-executable-path={chrome}"))
         .arg("--browser-headless")
+        .arg("--browser-wait-until=networkidle2")
         .output()
         .with_context(|| format!("failed to spawn {single_file} process"))?;
 
@@ -54,8 +70,11 @@ fn save_with(
     }
 
     let title = extract_html_title(&out_file);
-    let hash = hash_file(&out_file)?;
-    Ok((hash, title))
+    let html_hash = hash_file(&out_file)?;
+    let (favicon_hash, favicon_ext) = extract_and_save_favicon(&out_file, &temp_dir, timestamp)
+        .map(|(h, e)| (Some(h), Some(e)))
+        .unwrap_or((None, None));
+    Ok(SaveResult { html_hash, title, favicon_hash, favicon_ext })
 }
 
 /// Reads the first 8 KiB of `path` and extracts the content of the first
@@ -82,6 +101,87 @@ fn extract_html_title(path: &Path) -> Option<String> {
     if title.is_empty() { None } else { Some(title.to_string()) }
 }
 
+/// Extracts the favicon embedded in a single-file HTML archive.
+///
+/// Scans for a `<link rel="…icon…">` tag whose `href` is a `data:image/…;base64,…` URL.
+/// Decodes the base64 payload, writes it to `{temp_dir}/{timestamp}.favicon.{ext}`,
+/// hashes the file, and returns `(sha256_hex, ".ext")`.
+/// All failures are silent (returns `None`) — a missing favicon is non-fatal.
+fn extract_and_save_favicon(
+    html_path: &Path,
+    temp_dir: &Path,
+    timestamp: &str,
+) -> Option<(String, String)> {
+    let html = std::fs::read_to_string(html_path).ok()?;
+    let lower = html.to_ascii_lowercase();
+
+    // Find a <link> tag that has rel="...icon..." AND href="data:image/..."
+    let link_start = {
+        let mut found = None;
+        let mut search = 0;
+        while search < lower.len() {
+            let off = lower[search..].find("<link")?;
+            let abs = search + off;
+            // Find end of this tag, respecting quoted attribute values so that
+            // a '>' inside a data URL does not terminate the tag prematurely.
+            let tag_slice = &lower[abs..];
+            let mut in_q = false;
+            let mut tag_end = None;
+            for (i, c) in tag_slice.char_indices() {
+                match c {
+                    '"' => in_q = !in_q,
+                    '>' if !in_q => { tag_end = Some(i); break; }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+            let tag_end = match tag_end { Some(e) => e, None => break };
+            let tag_s = &lower[abs..abs + tag_end];
+            if tag_s.contains("rel=") && tag_s.contains("icon") && tag_s.contains("href=\"data:image") {
+                found = Some(abs);
+                break;
+            }
+            search = abs + tag_end + 1;
+        }
+        found?
+    };
+
+    // Extract href value from the original HTML (byte positions match because
+    // to_ascii_lowercase is byte-length-preserving).
+    let tag_lower = &lower[link_start..];
+    let href_off = tag_lower.find("href=\"")?;
+    let value_start = link_start + href_off + 6; // past href="
+    let value_end = html[value_start..].find('"')?;
+    let data_url = &html[value_start..value_start + value_end];
+
+    // Parse data:<mime>;base64,<payload>
+    let rest = data_url.strip_prefix("data:")?;
+    let comma = rest.find(',')?;
+    let meta = &rest[..comma];
+    let b64 = &rest[comma + 1..];
+    if !meta.to_ascii_lowercase().contains("base64") {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let mime = meta.split(';').next()?.trim().to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let ext = mime_to_favicon_ext(&mime)?;
+
+    let bytes = B64.decode(b64.trim()).ok()?;
+    let out = temp_dir.join(format!("{timestamp}.favicon{ext}"));
+    std::fs::write(&out, &bytes).ok()?;
+    hash_file(&out).ok().map(|h| (h, ext.to_string()))
+}
+
+fn mime_to_favicon_ext(mime: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    match mime {
+        "image/x-icon" | "image/vnd.microsoft.icon" => Some(".ico"),
+        "image/png" => Some(".png"),
+        "image/svg+xml" => Some(".svg"),
+        "image/jpeg" => Some(".jpg"),
+        "image/gif" => Some(".gif"),
+        "image/webp" => Some(".webp"),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;