diff --git a/application/webpage.class.inc.php b/application/webpage.class.inc.php
index b50c378e0..b762c9195 100644
--- a/application/webpage.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/webpage.class.inc.php
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ class WebPage
             }
             echo "</style>\n";
         }
- 		echo "<link rel=\"shortcut icon\" href=\"".utils::GetAbsoluteUrlAppRoot()."images/favicon.ico\" />\n";
+        if (class_exists('MetaModel') && MetaModel::GetConfig())
+        {
+ 			echo "<link rel=\"shortcut icon\" href=\"".utils::GetAbsoluteUrlAppRoot()."images/favicon.ico\" />\n";
+        }
         echo "</head>\n";
         echo "<body>\n";
         echo self::FilterXSS($this->s_content);
