diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f06073d6..85d4c053 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 *Note: Numbers like (\#123) point to closed Pull Requests on the fractal-web repository.*
 
+# Unreleased
+
+* Added fractal logo (\#626);
+* Removed usage of pip extras when installing fractal-server for testing (\#626);
+* Removed usage of verbose query parameter in task collection (\#626);
+
 # 1.9.0
 
 * Alignment with fractal-server 2.7 (\#583, \#601, \#605, \#612, \#616, \#620):
diff --git a/playwright.config.js b/playwright.config.js
index dba4ba4e..77f9aab9 100644
--- a/playwright.config.js
+++ b/playwright.config.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
 	webServer: [
 		{
-			command: './tests/start-test-server.sh 2.7.0',
+			command: './tests/start-test-server.sh 2.7.1',
 			port: 8000,
 			waitForPort: true,
 			stdout: 'pipe',
diff --git a/src/lib/assets/fractal-logo-medium.png b/src/lib/assets/fractal-logo-medium.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/lib/assets/fractal-logo-small.png b/src/lib/assets/fractal-logo-small.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollection.svelte b/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollection.svelte
index 2fb1b397..7b80b82b 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollection.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollection.svelte
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 	 * @returns {Promise<import('$lib/types').TasksCollectionsState|undefined>}
 	 */
 	async function getTaskCollection(taskCollectionId) {
-		const response = await fetch(`/api/v2/task/collect/${taskCollectionId}?verbose=True`, {
+		const response = await fetch(`/api/v2/task/collect/${taskCollectionId}`, {
 			method: 'GET',
 			credentials: 'include'
 		});
diff --git a/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollectionLogsModal.svelte b/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollectionLogsModal.svelte
index f57f9f95..c97aecb4 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollectionLogsModal.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/v2/tasks/TaskCollectionLogsModal.svelte
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			}
 			logs = '';
 
-			const response = await fetch(`/api/v2/task/collect/${taskCollectionId}?verbose=True`, {
+			const response = await fetch(`/api/v2/task/collect/${taskCollectionId}`, {
 				method: 'GET',
 				credentials: 'include'
 			});
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 9aa3b165..8ae2512a 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script>
+	import logoSmall from '$lib/assets/fractal-logo-small.png';
 	import { browser } from '$app/environment';
 	import { afterNavigate, invalidateAll } from '$app/navigation';
 	import { page } from '$app/stores';
@@ -118,7 +119,9 @@
 		<div class="container d-flex flex-wrap">
 			<ul class="nav me-auto">
 				<li class="nav-item">
-					<a href="/" class="nav-link" class:active={selectedSection === 'home'}> Home </a>
+					<a href="/" class="nav-link" id="home-link" class:active={selectedSection === 'home'}>
+						<img alt="Fractal logo" src={logoSmall} />
+					</a>
 				</li>
 				{#if userLoggedIn}
 					<li class="nav-item">
@@ -280,6 +283,14 @@
 </main>
 
 <style>
+	#home-link img {
+		height: 24px;
+	}
+
+	#home-link:hover img {
+		transform: rotate(-7deg) scale(1.2);
+	}
+
 	nav.legacy {
 		background-color: #e4e4e4 !important;
 		border-bottom-color: #888 !important;
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/+page.svelte
index 3040cce0..c5dd053d 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 <script>
 	import { env } from '$env/dynamic/public';
 	import { page } from '$app/stores';
+	import logoMedium from '$lib/assets/fractal-logo-medium.png';
 
 	$: userLoggedIn = !!$page.data.userInfo;
 </script>
 
+<img alt="Fractal logo" src={logoMedium} class="float-end" id="fractal-logo-home" />
+
 <h1 class="fw-light">Welcome to Fractal web client.</h1>
 
 <div>
 	<p>
-		Welcome to the web client of Fractal, a framework to process high-content imaging data at scale
-		and prepare it for interactive visualization.
+		Fractal is a framework developed at the
+		<a href="https://www.biovisioncenter.uzh.ch/en.html">BioVisionCenter</a>
+		to process bioimaging data at scale in the OME-Zarr format and prepare the images for interactive
+		visualization.
 	</p>
 	<p>
 		To access Fractal features, you should first log-in as a registered user. Navigate to the
@@ -67,3 +72,17 @@
 		</li>
 	</ul>
 </div>
+
+<style>
+	#fractal-logo-home {
+		margin-top: 20px;
+		margin-left: 30px;
+		height: 220px;
+	}
+
+	@media (max-width: 768px) {
+		#fractal-logo-home {
+			height: 140px;
+		}
+	}
+</style>
diff --git a/static/favicon.png b/static/favicon.png
index 825b9e65..06474167 100644
Binary files a/static/favicon.png and b/static/favicon.png differ
diff --git a/tests/start-test-server.sh b/tests/start-test-server.sh
index ebcbe37c..6f612c59 100755
--- a/tests/start-test-server.sh
+++ b/tests/start-test-server.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ if [ ! -d "$fractal_server_test_path" ]; then
   cp "$(pwd)/lib/fractal-server/config_local.json" "$fractal_server_test_path"
   cp "$(pwd)/tests/.fractal_server.env" "$fractal_server_test_path"
 
-  if [ "$SKIP_OAUTH_TEST" != "true" ]; then
-    echo "\nOAUTH_DEXIDP_CLIENT_ID=client_test_web_id" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
-    echo "OAUTH_DEXIDP_CLIENT_SECRET=client_test_web_secret" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
-    echo "OAUTH_DEXIDP_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:5173/auth/login/oauth2/" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
-    echo "OAUTH_DEXIDP_OIDC_CONFIGURATION_ENDPOINT=http://127.0.0.1:5556/dex/.well-known/openid-configuration" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
-  fi
+  echo "\nOAUTH_DEXIDP_CLIENT_ID=client_test_web_id" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
+  echo "OAUTH_DEXIDP_CLIENT_SECRET=client_test_web_secret" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
+  echo "OAUTH_DEXIDP_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:5173/auth/login/oauth2/" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
+  echo "OAUTH_DEXIDP_OIDC_CONFIGURATION_ENDPOINT=http://127.0.0.1:5556/dex/.well-known/openid-configuration" >> "${fractal_server_test_path}/.fractal_server.env"
 
   cd "$fractal_server_test_path"
 
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ if [ ! -d "$fractal_server_test_path" ]; then
   python3 -m venv myenv
   . myenv/bin/activate
   pip install "fractal-server==$1"
-  pip install fractal-server[postgres-psycopg-binary]
   fractalctl set-db
 else
   cd "$fractal_server_test_path"