# Use Font-Awesome 4 icons in theme but keep FA5?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [27.Май.2019 09:30:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-font-awesome-4-icons-in-theme-but-keep-fa5/118776 "2019-05-27T09:30:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Post date:** [27.Май.2019 21:50:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-font-awesome-4-icons-in-theme-but-keep-fa5/118776/4 "2019-05-27T21:50:31Z")

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Thanks, @Falco, and @dax, but how would I reference that uploaded SVG icon?  
Currently, I’m trying to do this:

```plaintext
api.replaceIcon('shield-alt', '$old-icon);

```

But it leaves a blank space instead of loading the SVG icon. Am I doing something wrong?

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