diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 8669fdb36..c6925e2a7 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * Martin Zimmermann
 * Error 800
 * Brian Jackson
+* sbinix
 * Johannes Altmanninger
 * Samir Benmendil
 * Regina Hug
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py b/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py
index 39037811a..61873bd01 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py
@@ -369,7 +369,10 @@ MAPPINGS = {
 
 def init():
     """Initialize the global QWebSettings."""
-    QWebSettings.setIconDatabasePath(standarddir.cache())
+    if config.get('general', 'private-browsing'):
+        QWebSettings.setIconDatabasePath('')
+    else:
+        QWebSettings.setIconDatabasePath(standarddir.cache())
     QWebSettings.setOfflineWebApplicationCachePath(
         os.path.join(standarddir.cache(), 'application-cache'))
     QWebSettings.globalSettings().setLocalStoragePath(
@@ -391,9 +394,15 @@ def init():
 
 def update_settings(section, option):
     """Update global settings when qwebsettings changed."""
-    try:
-        mapping = MAPPINGS[section][option]
-    except KeyError:
-        return
-    value = config.get(section, option)
-    mapping.set(value)
+    if (section, option) == ('general', 'private-browsing'):
+        if config.get('general', 'private-browsing'):
+            QWebSettings.setIconDatabasePath('')
+        else:
+            QWebSettings.setIconDatabasePath(standarddir.cache())
+    else:
+        try:
+            mapping = MAPPINGS[section][option]
+        except KeyError:
+            return
+        value = config.get(section, option)
+        mapping.set(value)
diff --git a/scripts/src2asciidoc.py b/scripts/src2asciidoc.py
index cd489a0aa..451126284 100755
--- a/scripts/src2asciidoc.py
+++ b/scripts/src2asciidoc.py
@@ -324,8 +324,11 @@ def generate_settings(filename):
 
 def _get_authors():
     """Get a list of authors based on git commit logs."""
+    corrections = {'binix': 'sbinix'}
     commits = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'log', '--format=%aN'])
-    cnt = collections.Counter(commits.decode('utf-8').splitlines())
+    authors = [corrections.get(author, author)
+               for author in commits.decode('utf-8').splitlines()]
+    cnt = collections.Counter(authors)
     return sorted(cnt, key=lambda k: (cnt[k], k), reverse=True)