diff --git a/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/QuickLinks.jsx b/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/QuickLinks.jsx
index 444604f7..d1c93233 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/QuickLinks.jsx
+++ b/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/QuickLinks.jsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default function QuickLinks() {
     <>
       <h2>{language.title}</h2>
       <Switch name='quicklinksenabled' text={window.language.modals.main.settings.enabled} category='quicklinks' element='.quicklinks-container' />
+      <Checkbox name='quicklinksddgProxy' text={window.language.modals.main.settings.sections.background.ddg_proxy} element='.other' />
       <Checkbox name='quicklinksnewtab' text={language.open_new} category='quicklinks' />
       <Checkbox name='quicklinkstooltip' text={language.tooltip} category='quicklinks' />
     </>
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/quicklinks/QuickLinks.jsx b/src/components/widgets/quicklinks/QuickLinks.jsx
index aa5b7374..84c39c93 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/quicklinks/QuickLinks.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/quicklinks/QuickLinks.jsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default class QuickLinks extends React.PureComponent {
     // allows you to add a link by pressing enter
     document.querySelector('.topbarquicklinks').onkeydown = (e) => {
       e = e || window.event;
-      let code = e.which || e.keyCode;
+      const code = e.which || e.keyCode;
       if (code === 13 && this.state.showAddLink === 'visible') {
         this.addLink();
         e.preventDefault();
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ export default class QuickLinks extends React.PureComponent {
     const tooltipEnabled = localStorage.getItem('quicklinkstooltip');
 
     const quickLink = (item) => {
+      const useProxy = (localStorage.getItem('quicklinksddgProxy') !== 'false');
+      const url = useProxy ? 'https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip2/' : 'https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=32&domain=';
+
       const link = (
         <a key={item.key} onContextMenu={(e) => this.deleteLink(item.key, e)} href={item.url} target={target} rel={rel} draggable={false}>
-          <img src={'https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip2/' + item.url.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '') + '.ico'} alt={item.name} draggable={false}/>
+          <img src={url + item.url.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '') + (useProxy ? '.ico' : '')} alt={item.name} draggable={false}/>
         </a>
       );
 
diff --git a/src/modules/default_settings.json b/src/modules/default_settings.json
index b35a10a0..be056c48 100644
--- a/src/modules/default_settings.json
+++ b/src/modules/default_settings.json
@@ -226,5 +226,9 @@
   {
     "name": "photoInformation",
     "value": true
+  }, 
+  {
+    "name": "quicklinksddgProxy",
+    "value": true
   }
 ]