diff --git a/config/i18n.json b/config/i18n.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26938eb86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/i18n.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "_i18n": true,
+    "de-de-formal": "Ein webbasiertes Schulungsverwaltungssystem",
+    "en-eu": "A web-based training management system"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 636e7f61d..d9b28412b 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ import webpackJson from 'webpack/package.json' assert { type: "json" };
 const webpackVersion = webpackJson.version.split('.').slice(0, 2).join('.');
 import packageJson from './package.json' assert { type: "json" };
 const packageVersion = packageJson.version;
+import i18nJson from './config/i18n.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
 async function webpackConfig() {
-  const wellKnownCacheDir = resolve('.cache/well-known');
-  const assetsDirectory = resolve('assets');
+  const wellKnownDir = 'well-known';
+  const wellKnownCacheDir = '.cache/well-known';
+  const staticDir = 'static';
+  const assetsDir = 'assets';
+  const faviconsDir = `${assetsDir}/favicons`;
 
   return {
     module: {
@@ -118,8 +122,8 @@ async function webpackConfig() {
         serialize: yaml.dump
       }),
       new CleanWebpackPlugin({
-        cleanOnceBeforeBuildPatterns: [ resolve('static'),
-                                        resolve('well-known'),
+        cleanOnceBeforeBuildPatterns: [ resolve(staticDir),
+                                        resolve(wellKnownDir),
                                       ]
       }),
       new webpack.IgnorePlugin({
@@ -129,47 +133,28 @@ async function webpackConfig() {
       new webpack.DefinePlugin({
         VERSION: JSON.stringify(packageVersion)
       }),
-      /* TODO: deprecated due to removal of online favicon generation; is this still needed?
       ...(() => {
         const langs = new Set();
-        function findLangs(json) {
+        function findLangs(json, langs = new Set()) {
           if (json && json._i18n) {
             Object.keys(json).forEach(key => {
               if (key !== '_i18n') {
                 langs.add(key);
               }
             })
-          } else if (Array.isArray(json)) {
-            json.forEach(elem => findLangs(elem));
-          } else if (typeof json === 'object') {
-            Object.keys(json).forEach(key => findLangs(json[key]));
-          }
-        }
-        findLangs(faviconJson);
-
-        function selectLang(lang, json) {
-          if (json && json._i18n) {
-            return json[lang];
-          } else if (Array.isArray(json)) {
-            return json.map(elem => selectLang(lang, elem));
-          } else if (typeof json === 'object') {
-            return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(json).map(([k, v]) => [k, selectLang(lang, v)]));
           } else {
-            return json;
+            console.error('Invalid i18nJson format!');
           }
+          return langs;
         }
-
-        const langJsons = {};
-        Array.from(langs).forEach(lang => {
-          langJsons[lang] = selectLang(lang, faviconJson);
-        });
+        findLangs(i18nJson, langs);
 
         const cacheHash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
-        cacheHash.update(JSON.stringify(langJsons));
+        cacheHash.update(JSON.stringify(langs));
 
         const cacheFiles = new Set([
-          ...(Array.from(langs).map(lang => resolve(langJsons[lang].masterPicture))),
           resolve('config/robots.txt'),
+          resolve('assets/favicon.svg'),
         ]);
 
         for (const cacheFile of cacheFiles) {
@@ -180,7 +165,7 @@ async function webpackConfig() {
 
         let cachedVersion = undefined;
 
-        const versionFile = resolve('.well-known-cache', `${cacheDigest}.version`);
+        const versionFile = resolve(wellKnownCacheDir, `${cacheDigest}.version`);
         try {
           if (fs.existsSync(versionFile)) {
             cachedVersion = fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
@@ -192,32 +177,24 @@ async function webpackConfig() {
         const versionDigest = cacheHash.digest('hex');
 
         return Array.from(langs).map(lang => {
-          const tmpobj = tmp.fileSync({ postfix: ".json" });
-          fs.writeSync(tmpobj.fd, JSON.stringify(faviconConfig));
-          fs.close(tmpobj.fd);
-
           return [
             new CopyPlugin({
               patterns: [
-                { from: 'config/robots.txt', to: resolve('well-known', lang, 'robots.txt') },
+                { from: 'config/robots.txt', to: resolve(wellKnownDir, lang, 'robots.txt') },
+                { from: `${faviconsDir}/include.html`, to: resolve(wellKnownDir, lang, 'html_code.html') },
+                { from: `${faviconsDir}/*.png`, to: resolve(wellKnownDir, lang, '[name][ext]') },
               ]
             }),
-            { apply: compiler => compiler.hooks.afterEmit.tap('AfterEmitPlugin', compilation => {
-                const imgFiles = globSync(resolve('well-known', lang) + '/*.@(png)');
-                const imgFilesArgs = Array.from(imgFiles).join(" ");
-                execSync(`exiftool -overwrite_original -all= ${imgFilesArgs}`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
-              })
-            }
           ];
         }).flat(1);
-      })() */
+      })()
     ],
 
     output: {
       chunkFilename: '[chunkhash].js',
       filename: '[chunkhash].js',
-      path: resolve('static', `wp-${webpackVersion}`),
-      publicPath: `/static/res/wp-${webpackVersion}/`,
+      path: resolve(staticDir, `wp-${webpackVersion}`),
+      publicPath: `/${staticDir}/res/wp-${webpackVersion}/`,
       hashFunction: 'shake256',
       hashDigestLength: 36
     },