diff --git a/img/misc/favicon.png b/img/misc/favicon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ed1d2
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/misc/favicon.png differ
diff --git a/src/GameFrame.java b/src/GameFrame.java
index 5f87182..f81bdab 100644
--- a/src/GameFrame.java
+++ b/src/GameFrame.java
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ public class GameFrame extends JFrame{
     }
     this.add(game);
     this.setTitle("GUI is cool!"); //set title for frame
+    // set game icon and ignore exception (failing to set icon doesn't otherwise break program)
+    try {
+      this.setIconImage(GamePanel.getImage("img/misc/favicon.png"));
+    } catch (IOException ignored) {}
     this.setResizable(false); //frame can't change size
     this.setBackground(Color.white);
     this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //X button will stop program execution
diff --git a/src/GamePanel.java b/src/GamePanel.java
index eae9433..aa462ff 100644
--- a/src/GamePanel.java
+++ b/src/GamePanel.java
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
 
   }
 
-  public BufferedImage getImage(String imageLocation) throws IOException {
+  public static BufferedImage getImage(String imageLocation) throws IOException {
     return ImageIO.read(new File(imageLocation));
   }
 
-  public BufferedImage flipImageHorizontally(BufferedImage originalImage) {
+  public static BufferedImage flipImageHorizontally(BufferedImage originalImage) {
     BufferedImage flippedImage = new BufferedImage(originalImage.getWidth(), originalImage.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
     for (int x = 0; x < originalImage.getWidth(); x++) {
       for (int y = 0; y < originalImage.getHeight(); y++) {