diff --git a/app/views/json/_taxon.rabl b/app/views/json/_taxon.rabl
index 916abeff78..265ace60d7 100644
--- a/app/views/json/_taxon.rabl
+++ b/app/views/json/_taxon.rabl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 attributes :name, :id, :permalink
 
 node :icon do |taxon|
-  taxon.icon.url
+  taxon.icon(:original)
 end