diff --git a/code/game/machinery/kitchen/smartfridge.dm b/code/game/machinery/kitchen/smartfridge.dm
index 3688bfd182d2..18f816d0c7e1 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/kitchen/smartfridge.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/kitchen/smartfridge.dm
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 	icon_state = "bloodbank"
 	icon_on = "bloodbank"
 
-	accepted_types = list(/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/blood)	
+	accepted_types = list(/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/blood)
 
 /obj/machinery/smartfridge/bloodbank/New()
 	. = ..()
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 	if(istype(thisPile))
 		thisPile.addAmount(1)
 	else
-		piles[formatted_name] = new/datum/fridge_pile(formatted_name, src, 1, costly_bicon(O))
+		piles[formatted_name] = new/datum/fridge_pile(formatted_name, src, 1, bicon(O))
 
 
 /obj/machinery/smartfridge/proc/dump_bag(var/obj/item/weapon/storage/bag/B, var/mob/user)
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/vending.dm b/code/game/machinery/vending.dm
index f61c7ef406b9..a5c95f27ba0b 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/vending.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/vending.dm
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ var/global/num_vending_terminals = 1
 		qdel(coinbox)
 		coinbox = null
 	..()
-	
+
 /obj/machinery/vending/splashable()
 	return FALSE
 
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ var/global/num_vending_terminals = 1
 	var/datum/data/vending_product/R = new()
 	R.custom = TRUE
 	R.product_name = item.product_name()
-	R.mini_icon = costly_bicon(item)
+	R.mini_icon = bicon(item)
 	R.display_color = pick("red", "blue", "green")
 	R.amount = 1
 	if(item.price) // price tagger - only works on new items
diff --git a/goon/code/datums/browserOutput.dm b/goon/code/datums/browserOutput.dm
index 435061d122d4..9bc02f672300 100644
--- a/goon/code/datums/browserOutput.dm
+++ b/goon/code/datums/browserOutput.dm
@@ -238,45 +238,18 @@ For the main html chat area
 	var/list/partial = splittext(iconData, "{")
 	return replacetext(copytext(partial[2], 3, -5), "\n", "")
 
-/proc/bicon(var/obj)
-	if (!obj)
-		return
+/proc/bicon(atom/A)
+	if(isatom(A))
+		A = A.appearance //The caching is not very smart if you use the object directly.
+
+	spawn(5){} //Do nothing. Just hold onto a ref of A for a moment. Hopefully there will be a better way to do this later.
 
-	if (isicon(obj))
-		//Icons get pooled constantly, references are no good here.
-		/*if (!bicon_cache["\ref[obj]"]) // Doesn't exist yet, make it.
-			bicon_cache["\ref[obj]"] = icon2base64(obj)
-		return "<img class='icon misc' src='data:image/png;base64,[bicon_cache["\ref[obj]"]]'>"*/
-		return "<img class='icon misc' src='data:image/png;base64,[icon2base64(obj)]'>"
-
-	// Either an atom or somebody fucked up and is gonna get a runtime, which I'm fine with.
-	var/atom/A = obj
-	var/key = ("[A.icon]" || "\ref[A.icon]")+":[A.icon_state]"
-	if (!bicon_cache[key]) // Doesn't exist, make it.
-		var/icon/I = icon(A.icon, A.icon_state, SOUTH, 1, 0)
-		if (!"[A.icon]") // Shitty workaround for a BYOND issue.
-			var/icon/temp = I
-			I = icon()
-			I.Insert(temp, dir = SOUTH)
-		bicon_cache[key] = icon2base64(I, key)
-
-	return "<img class='icon [A.icon_state]' src='data:image/png;base64,[bicon_cache[key]]'>"
+	return "<img class='icon' src='\ref[A]'>"
 
 //Aliases for bicon
 /proc/bi(obj)
 	bicon(obj)
 
-//Costlier version of bicon() that uses getFlatIcon() to account for overlays, underlays, etc. Use with extreme moderation, ESPECIALLY on mobs.
-/proc/costly_bicon(var/obj)
-	if (!obj)
-		return
-
-	if (isicon(obj))
-		return bicon(obj)
-
-	var/icon/I = getFlatIcon(obj)
-	return bicon(I)
-
 /proc/to_chat(target, message)
 	//Ok so I did my best but I accept that some calls to this will be for shit like sound and images
 	//It stands that we PROBABLY don't want to output those to the browser output so just handle them here