diff --git a/.github/workflows/jest.yml b/.github/workflows/jest.yml
index 3d1c7b780..99f2d8d8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jest.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# Runs jest based unit tests for the binderhub-client JS package
-name: "binderhub-client unit tests"
+# Runs jest based unit tests for frontend javascript and @jupyterhub/binderhub-client
+name: "JS Unit tests"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
+    paths: &paths
+      - "binderhub/static/js/**"
       - "js/packages/binderhub-client/**"
   push:
-    paths:
-      - "js/**"
+    paths: *paths
     branches-ignore:
       - "dependabot/**"
       - "pre-commit-ci-update-config"
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - run: |
-          cd js/packages/binderhub-client
+      - name: "binderhub unit tests"
+        run: |
           npm install
+          npm test
 
-      - run: |
+      - name: "@jupyterhub/binderhub-client unit tests"
+        run: |
           cd js/packages/binderhub-client
+          npm install
           npm test
diff --git a/binderhub/static/js/index.js b/binderhub/static/js/index.js
index 30398630c..cd1f9c871 100644
--- a/binderhub/static/js/index.js
+++ b/binderhub/static/js/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { BinderRepository } from '@jupyterhub/binderhub-client';
 import { makeBadgeMarkup } from './src/badge';
 import { getPathType, updatePathText } from './src/path';
 import { nextHelpText } from './src/loading';
+import { updateFavicon } from './src/favicon';
 
 import 'xterm/css/xterm.css';
 
@@ -33,14 +34,6 @@ const BASE_URL = $('#base-url').data().url;
 const BADGE_BASE_URL = $('#badge-base-url').data().url;
 let config_dict = {};
 
-function update_favicon(path) {
-    let link = document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']") || document.createElement('link');
-    link.type = 'image/x-icon';
-    link.rel = 'shortcut icon';
-    link.href = path;
-    document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
-}
-
 function v2url(providerPrefix, repository, ref, path, pathType) {
   // return a v2 url from a providerPrefix, repository, ref, and (file|url)path
   if (repository.length === 0) {
@@ -153,7 +146,7 @@ function updateUrls(formValues) {
 }
 
 function build(providerSpec, log, fitAddon, path, pathType) {
-  update_favicon(BASE_URL + "favicon_building.ico");
+  updateFavicon(BASE_URL + "favicon_building.ico");
   // split provider prefix off of providerSpec
   const spec = providerSpec.slice(providerSpec.indexOf('/') + 1);
   // Update the text of the loading page if it exists
@@ -199,7 +192,7 @@ function build(providerSpec, log, fitAddon, path, pathType) {
     $("#loader").addClass("paused");
 
     // If we fail for any reason, show an error message and logs
-    update_favicon(BASE_URL + "favicon_fail.ico");
+    updateFavicon(BASE_URL + "favicon_fail.ico");
     log.show();
     if ($('div#loader-text').length > 0) {
       $('#loader').addClass("error");
@@ -214,7 +207,7 @@ function build(providerSpec, log, fitAddon, path, pathType) {
       $('#phase-launching').removeClass('hidden');
     }
     $('#phase-launching').removeClass('hidden');
-    update_favicon(BASE_URL + "favicon_success.ico");
+    updateFavicon(BASE_URL + "favicon_success.ico");
   });
 
   image.onStateChange('ready', function(oldState, newState, data) {
diff --git a/binderhub/static/js/src/favicon.js b/binderhub/static/js/src/favicon.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1353226dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binderhub/static/js/src/favicon.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Dynamically set current page's favicon.
+ *
+ * @param {String} href Path to Favicon to use
+ */
+function updateFavicon(href) {
+    let link = document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']");
+    if(!link) {
+        link = document.createElement('link');
+        document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
+    }
+    link.type = 'image/x-icon';
+    link.rel = 'shortcut icon';
+    link.href = href;
+}
+
+export { updateFavicon };
diff --git a/binderhub/static/js/src/favicon.test.js b/binderhub/static/js/src/favicon.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfd515d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binderhub/static/js/src/favicon.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { updateFavicon } from "./favicon";
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    // Clear out HEAD after each test run, so our DOM is clean.
+    // Jest does *not* clear out the DOM between test runs on the same file!
+    document.querySelector("head").innerHTML = '';
+});
+
+test("Setting favicon when there is none works", () => {
+    expect(document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']")).toBeNull();
+
+    updateFavicon("https://example.com/somefile.png");
+
+    expect(document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']").href).toBe("https://example.com/somefile.png");
+});
+
+test("Setting favicon multiple times works without leaking link tags", () => {
+    expect(document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']")).toBeNull();
+
+    updateFavicon("https://example.com/somefile.png");
+
+    expect(document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']").href).toBe("https://example.com/somefile.png");
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll("link[rel*='icon']").length).toBe(1);
+
+    updateFavicon("https://example.com/some-other-file.png");
+
+    expect(document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']").href).toBe("https://example.com/some-other-file.png");
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll("link[rel*='icon']").length).toBe(1);
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cfdaeacc6..28c367353 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
     "@babel/cli": "^7.21.0",
     "@babel/core": "^7.21.4",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.21.4",
+    "@types/jest": "^29.5.5",
+    "babel-jest": "^29.7.0",
     "babel-loader": "^9.1.2",
     "css-loader": "^6.7.3",
     "eslint": "^8.38.0",
+    "jest": "^29.7.0",
+    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.7.5",
     "webpack": "^5.78.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^5.0.1"
@@ -26,6 +30,10 @@
   "scripts": {
     "webpack": "webpack",
     "webpack:watch": "webpack --watch",
-    "lint": "eslint binderhub/static/js"
+    "lint": "eslint binderhub/static/js",
+    "test": "jest"
+  },
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "jsdom"
   }
 }