diff --git a/apis_core/core/static/css/core.css b/apis_core/core/static/css/core.css
index b09338a15..b6fa1e51c 100644
--- a/apis_core/core/static/css/core.css
+++ b/apis_core/core/static/css/core.css
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-/* project/site logo in footer */
-#logo {
-    height: 1.5em;
-}
-
 a #logo:hover {
     opacity: 0.5;
 }
@@ -30,3 +25,8 @@ footer a:has(> span[class*="material-symbols"]):hover {
     display: none;
     opacity: 0.5;
 }
+
+footer .icon {
+    height: 1em;
+    font-size: 1.5em;
+}
diff --git a/apis_core/core/templates/base.html b/apis_core/core/templates/base.html
index 67234e2c0..1dcbd4f0f 100644
--- a/apis_core/core/templates/base.html
+++ b/apis_core/core/templates/base.html
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@
             {% block footer-center %}
               <a href="https://www.oeaw.ac.at/acdh/">
                 <img id="logo"
+                     class="icon"
                      alt="ACDH Logo"
                      title="Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities (ACDH) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences"
                      src="https://fundament.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/common-assets/images/acdh_logo.svg" />
diff --git a/apis_core/core/templates/partials/footer-left.html b/apis_core/core/templates/partials/footer-left.html
index 761298b26..16e7f854c 100644
--- a/apis_core/core/templates/partials/footer-left.html
+++ b/apis_core/core/templates/partials/footer-left.html
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 {% url "apis_core:api-root" as api_root %}
 {% if api_root %}
   <a href="{{ api_root }}" title="API">
-    <span class="material-symbols-outlined material-symbols-align">api</span>
+    <span class="material-symbols-outlined material-symbols-align icon">api</span>
   </a>
 {% endif %}
 {% url "apis_core:swagger-ui" as swagger_ui %}
 {% if swagger_ui %}
   <a href="{{ swagger_ui }}" title="Swagger UI">
-    <img src="{% static "img/Swagger-logo.png" %}" alt="Swagger UI" height="24px">
+    <img class="icon" src="{% static "img/Swagger-logo.png" %}" alt="Swagger UI">
   </a>
 {% endif %}
 {% git_repository_url as repository_url %}
 {% if repository_url %}
   <a href="{{ repository_url }}" title="Git repository">
-    <img src="{% static "img/Git-Icon-1788C.png" %}" alt="Git repository" height="24px">
+    <img class="icon" src="{% static "img/Git-Icon-1788C.png" %}" alt="Git repository">
   </a>
 {% endif %}