diff --git a/lib/favicons.php b/lib/favicons.php
index 48b649c28..8bfa8e001 100644
--- a/lib/favicons.php
+++ b/lib/favicons.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function searchFavicon(string &$url): string {
 
 		// Handle protocol-relative URLs by adding the current URL's scheme
 		if (substr($href, 0, 2) === '//') {
-			$href = ($urlParts['scheme'] ?? 'https') . '://' . $href;
+			$href = ($urlParts['scheme'] ?? 'https') . ':' . $href;
 		}
 
 		$href = SimplePie_IRI::absolutize($baseUrl, $href);