diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index df84bb580..9658b645f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.3.5'
 gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
 gem 'bootstrap_form'
 gem 'yomu'
+gem 'font-awesome-rails', '~> 4.6'
+
 # JS datetime library, requirement of datetime picker
 gem 'momentjs-rails', '>= 2.9.0'
 # JS datetime picker
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ gem 'aws-sdk', '~> 2.2.8'
 gem 'aws-sdk-v1'
 gem 'delayed_job_active_record'
 gem 'devise-async'
-gem 'ruby-graphviz', '~> 1.2' # Graphviz for rails 
+gem 'ruby-graphviz', '~> 1.2' # Graphviz for rails
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'byebug'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f008db80c..32f598656 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ GEM
       i18n (~> 0.5)
     figaro (1.1.1)
       thor (~> 0.14)
+    font-awesome-rails (4.6.3.1)
+      railties (>= 3.2, < 5.1)
     globalid (0.3.6)
       activesupport (>= 4.1.0)
     hammerjs-rails (2.0.4)
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise_invitable
   faker
   figaro
+  font-awesome-rails (~> 4.6)
   hammerjs-rails
   i18n-js (>= 3.0.0.rc11)
   introjs-rails
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index 7f2c9605a..32c8f3c51 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 @import "bootstrap-tagsinput-typeahead";
 @import "handsontable.full.min";
 @import "extend/bootstrap";
+@import "font-awesome";
 @import "themes/scinote";
diff --git a/app/views/reports/elements/_experiment_element.html.erb b/app/views/reports/elements/_experiment_element.html.erb
index fde6f41dc..372defcb0 100644
--- a/app/views/reports/elements/_experiment_element.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/reports/elements/_experiment_element.html.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   data-type="experiment"
   data-id="<%= experiment.id %>"
   data-modal-title="<%=t "projects.reports.elements.modals.experiment_contents.head_title",
-    experiment: experiment.name %>" data-name="<%= name %>" data-icon-class="glyphicon-filter">
+    experiment: experiment.name %>" data-name="<%= name %>" data-icon-class="fa fa-flask">
   <div class="report-element-header">
     <div class="row">
       <div class="pull-left user-time">
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <div class="row">
       <div class="pull-left experiment-name">
         <h4>
-          <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span>
+          <%= fa_icon 'flask' %>
           <%= name %></h4>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/views/search/index.html.erb b/app/views/search/index.html.erb
index 02a076017..9265253da 100644
--- a/app/views/search/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/index.html.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         >
           <a href="?<%= {category: 'experiments', q: @search_query, utf8: '✓'}.to_query %>">
             <span class="badge pull-right"><%= @experiment_search_count %></span>
-            <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span>
+            <%= fa_icon 'flask' %>
             <%= t'Experiments' %>
           </a>
         </li>
diff --git a/app/views/search/results/_experiments.html.erb b/app/views/search/results/_experiments.html.erb
index 153eae5df..04e90fe68 100644
--- a/app/views/search/results/_experiments.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/results/_experiments.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <% results.each do |experiment| %>
   <h5>
-    <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span>
+    <%= fa_icon 'flask' %>
     <%= render partial: "search/results/partials/experiment_text.html.erb",
                locals: { experiment: experiment, query: search_query } %>
   </h5>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_secondary_navigation.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_secondary_navigation.html.erb
index 6d3516adf..7b68c2a2c 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_secondary_navigation.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_secondary_navigation.html.erb
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@
         <% if experiment_page? || module_page? %>
           <% if !module_page? %>
             <li class="active">
-              <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span>
+              <%= fa_icon 'fa-flask' %>
             </li>
           <% else %>
             <li>
               <% if can_view_experiment(@experiment) %>
                 <%= link_to canvas_experiment_path(@experiment) do %>
-                  <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span>
+                  <%= fa_icon 'fa-flask' %>
                 <% end %>
               <% else %>
-                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-filter"></span>
+                <%= fa_icon 'fa-flask' %>
               <% end %>
             </li>
           <% end %>