diff --git a/client/components/admin/admin-navigation.vue b/client/components/admin/admin-navigation.vue
index 1d2c0fcb..0681568c 100644
--- a/client/components/admin/admin-navigation.vue
+++ b/client/components/admin/admin-navigation.vue
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@
                               :class='(navItem === current) ? "blue" : ""'
                               @click='selectItem(navItem)'
                               )
-                              v-list-item-avatar(size='24', tile): v-icon {{navItem.icon}}
+                              v-list-item-avatar(size='24', tile)
+                                v-icon(v-if='navItem.icon.match(/fa[a-z] fa-/)', size='19') {{ navItem.icon }}
+                                v-icon(v-else) {{ navItem.icon }}
                               v-list-item-title {{navItem.label}}
                             .py-2.clickable(
                               v-else-if='navItem.kind === "divider"'
diff --git a/client/themes/default/components/nav-sidebar.vue b/client/themes/default/components/nav-sidebar.vue
index 2cb671bc..2f3b2074 100644
--- a/client/themes/default/components/nav-sidebar.vue
+++ b/client/themes/default/components/nav-sidebar.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
           :rel='item.y === `externalblank` ? `noopener` : ``'
           )
           v-list-item-avatar(size='24', tile)
-            v-icon {{ item.c }}
+            v-icon(v-if='item.c.match(/fa[a-z] fa-/)', size='19') {{ item.c }}
+            v-icon(v-else) {{ item.c }}
           v-list-item-title {{ item.l }}
         v-divider.my-2(v-else-if='item.k === `divider`')
         v-subheader.pl-4(v-else-if='item.k === `header`') {{ item.l }}