diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index a8a94cf6e..ff43bc6fe 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
 				foreach ($ids as $id) {
 					db_query($link, "DELETE FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE id = '$id'");
 
-					$icons_dir = get_pref($link, 'ICONS_DIR');
+					$icons_dir = ICONS_DIR;
 					
 					if (file_exists($icons_dir . "/$id.ico")) {
 						unlink($icons_dir . "/$id.ico");
@@ -944,11 +944,11 @@
 
 			print "<tr class=\"$class\" id=\"FEEDR-$feed_id\">";
 
-			$icon_file = get_pref($link, 'ICONS_DIR') . "/$feed_id.ico";
+			$icon_file = ICONS_DIR . "/$feed_id.ico";
 
 			if (file_exists($icon_file) && filesize($icon_file) > 0) {
 					$feed_icon = "<img width=\"16\" height=\"16\"
-						src=\"" . get_pref($link, 'ICONS_URL') . "/$feed_id.ico\">";
+						src=\"" . ICONS_URL . "/$feed_id.ico\">";
 			} else {
 				$feed_icon = "&nbsp;";
 			}
diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 9cea364dd..3af61c32f 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	
 	define(WEB_DEMO_MODE, false);
 
+	define(ICONS_DIR, "icons");
+	define(ICONS_URL, "icons");
 
 	define(USE_HTTP_AUTH, false);
 	// use HTTP Basic authentication
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 67575cbb2..3198c4970 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 		$feed_url = preg_replace("/\/.*$/", "", $feed_url);
 		
 		$icon_url = "http://$feed_url/favicon.ico";
-		$icon_file = get_pref($link, 'ICONS_DIR') . "/$feed.ico";
+		$icon_file = ICONS_DIR . "/$feed.ico";
 
 		if (!file_exists($icon_file)) {
 				
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
index a6ec99191..31d1ff01d 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ create table ttrss_entries (id integer not null primary key auto_increment,
 	feed_id integer not null,
 	updated datetime not null, 
 	title text not null, 
-	guid varchar(255) not null unique, 
+	guid varchar(255) not null, 
 	link text not null, 
 	content text not null,
 	content_hash varchar(250) not null,
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ create table ttrss_prefs (pref_name varchar(250) not null primary key,
 	foreign key (section_id) references ttrss_prefs_sections(id)) TYPE=InnoDB;
 
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ENABLE_FEED_ICONS', 1, 'true', 'Enable icons in feedlist',2);
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ICONS_DIR', 2, 'icons', 'Local directory for feed icons',1);
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ICONS_URL', 2, 'icons', 'Local URL for icons',1);
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('PURGE_OLD_DAYS', 3, '60', 'Purge old posts after this number of days (0 - disables)',1);
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('UPDATE_POST_ON_CHECKSUM_CHANGE', 1, 'true', 'Update post on checksum change',1);
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ENABLE_PREFS_CATCHUP_UNCATCHUP', 1, 'false', 'Enable catchup/uncatchup buttons in feed editor',2);
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
index caecd9707..ab839ebf3 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ create table ttrss_prefs (pref_name varchar(250) not null primary key,
 	def_value text not null);
 
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ENABLE_FEED_ICONS', 1, 'true', 'Enable icons in feedlist',2);
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ICONS_DIR', 2, 'icons', 'Local directory for feed icons',1);
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ICONS_URL', 2, 'icons', 'Local URL for icons',1);
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('PURGE_OLD_DAYS', 3, '60', 'Purge old posts after this number of days (0 - disables)',1);
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('UPDATE_POST_ON_CHECKSUM_CHANGE', 1, 'true', 'Update post on checksum change',1);
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('ENABLE_PREFS_CATCHUP_UNCATCHUP', 1, 'false', 'Enable catchup/uncatchup buttons in feed editor',2);