diff --git a/website/models.py b/website/models.py
index ec88531ff2..6a8a7e1e82 100644
--- a/website/models.py
+++ b/website/models.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
 from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator, MinValueValidator, URLValidator
 from django.db import models, transaction
@@ -299,16 +298,13 @@ def get_name(self):
     def get_logo(self):
         if self.logo:
             return self.logo.url
-        image_request = requests.get("https://logo.clearbit.com/" + self.name)
-        try:
-            if image_request.status_code == 200:
-                image_content = ContentFile(image_request.content)
-                self.logo.save(self.name + ".jpg", image_content)
-                return self.logo.url
-
-        except:
-            favicon_url = self.url + "/favicon.ico"
-            return favicon_url
+        # Use Google's favicon service as a free alternative to Clearbit
+        # Extract domain from URL for better compatibility
+        parsed_url = urlparse(self.url if "://" in self.url else f"http://{self.url}")
+        domain = parsed_url.netloc or self.name
+        # Google favicon service with 128px size for better quality
+        favicon_url = f"https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain={domain}&sz=128"
+        return favicon_url
 
     @property
     def hostname_domain(self):