diff --git a/uffd/__init__.py b/uffd/__init__.py
index a933db827553cf3909ef715e216b37b830708946..ab98f736b3035cccf545fa662345a73edeb5e49b 100644
--- a/uffd/__init__.py
+++ b/uffd/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def create_app(test_config=None):
 	app.config.from_mapping(
 		SECRET_KEY=secrets.token_hex(128),
 		SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="sqlite:///{}".format(os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'uffd.sqlit3')),
-		BRANDING_LOGO_URL=url_for("static", filename="empty.png")
 	)
 	app.config.from_pyfile('default_config.cfg')
 
diff --git a/uffd/default_config.cfg b/uffd/default_config.cfg
index f33010a2b392addff773204a9d30b04f9cc4e03e..95f0934817c38f404b93d8f79e465758403fbffb 100644
--- a/uffd/default_config.cfg
+++ b/uffd/default_config.cfg
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ SERVICES=[
 # Enable the service overview page for users who are not logged in
 SERVICES_PUBLIC=True
 
-#BRANDING_LOGO_URL='https://example.com/logo.svg'
+BRANDING_LOGO_URL='/static/empty.png'
 
 # do NOT set in production