diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/__snapshots__/application-error-alert.spec.tsx.snap b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/__snapshots__/application-error-alert.spec.tsx.snap
index e2031aaac..289c36a54 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/__snapshots__/application-error-alert.spec.tsx.snap
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/__snapshots__/application-error-alert.spec.tsx.snap
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ exports[`ApplicationErrorAlert renders correctly 1`] = `
     <p
       class="d-flex align-items-center"
     >
-      This is a mock for "HedgeDocLogoHorizontalGrey". Props: {"color":"dark","showText":false,"size":32,"width":32,"className":"logo"}
-      <span
-        class="exclamation ms-1 me-2"
-      >
-        !
-      </span>
+      This is a mock for "AlertIcon". Props: {"className":"logo"}
       <span>
         <span>
           Test Child
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/alert-icon.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/alert-icon.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8e607227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/alert-icon.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import React from 'react'
+
+export interface AlertIconProps {
+  className?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders the icon used in the {@link ApplicationAlert}.
+ *
+ * @param className The class name attribute that should be added to the SVG
+ */
+export const AlertIcon: React.FC<AlertIconProps> = ({ className }) => {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      width='64'
+      height='48'
+      version='1.1'
+      viewBox='0 0 64 48'
+      xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'
+      className={className}>
+      <path
+        d='m24.215 0.026861c-0.13384-0.035836-0.27475-0.035815-0.40857 6.25e-5v6.25e-5c-0.13382 0.035865-0.25585 0.10632-0.35382 0.20429l-1.9063 1.9065-2.2828-1.4343c-0.36911-0.23185-0.85628-0.12064-1.0882 0.24842l-1.4343 2.2826-2.5447-0.89058c-0.41146-0.14395-0.86171 0.072883-1.0057 0.48432l-0.89033 2.5447-2.6793-0.30189c-0.43316-0.04877-0.82386 0.2628-0.87271 0.69595l-0.30183 2.679-2.679 0.30183c-0.43315 0.048845-0.74472 0.43955-0.69595 0.87271l0.30195 2.679-2.5452 0.89058c-0.41144 0.144-0.62827 0.59425-0.48432 1.0057l0.89046 2.5446-2.2828 1.4343c-0.36904 0.23195-0.48022 0.71912-0.24836 1.0882l1.4345 2.2832-1.9067 1.9065c-0.30823 0.30824-0.30826 0.80797-6.25e-5 1.1162l1.9066 1.9068-1.4343 2.283c-0.23185 0.36911-0.12064 0.85628 0.24842 1.0882l2.2827 1.4342-0.89046 2.5447c-0.14395 0.41146 0.072882 0.86171 0.48432 1.0057l2.545 0.89052-0.30183 2.6787c-0.048733 0.43314 0.26283 0.8238 0.69595 0.87264l2.679 0.30201 0.30183 2.679c0.048814 0.43315 0.43948 0.74475 0.87265 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+        fill='currentColor'
+      />
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx
index d6bfa45b4..d5a3fe40f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.spec.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 
 import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { ApplicationErrorAlert } from './application-error-alert'
-import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react'
+import type { AlertIconProps } from './alert-icon'
 
-jest.mock('../hedge-doc-logo/hedge-doc-logo-horizontal-grey', () => ({
-  HedgeDocLogoHorizontalGrey: (props: PropsWithChildren) =>
-    `This is a mock for "HedgeDocLogoHorizontalGrey". Props: ${JSON.stringify(props)}`
+jest.mock('./alert-icon', () => ({
+  AlertIcon: (props: AlertIconProps) => `This is a mock for "AlertIcon". Props: ${JSON.stringify(props)}`
 }))
 
 describe('ApplicationErrorAlert', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.tsx
index c77f740cb..8aa718ba9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/application-error-alert.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react'
 import React from 'react'
-import { HedgeDocLogoHorizontalGrey } from '../hedge-doc-logo/hedge-doc-logo-horizontal-grey'
 import styles from './style.module.scss'
 import { Alert } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { concatCssClasses } from '../../../utils/concat-css-classes'
+import { AlertIcon } from './alert-icon'
 
 export interface ApplicationErrorAlertProps extends PropsWithChildren {
   className?: string
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ export const ApplicationErrorAlert: React.FC<ApplicationErrorAlertProps> = ({ ch
   return (
     <Alert className={concatCssClasses(styles.alert, className)}>
       <p className={'d-flex align-items-center'}>
-        <HedgeDocLogoHorizontalGrey color={'dark'} showText={false} size={32} width={32} className={styles.logo} />
-        <span className={concatCssClasses(styles.exclamation, 'ms-1 me-2')}>!</span>
+        <AlertIcon className={styles.logo} />
         <span>{children}</span>
       </p>
     </Alert>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/style.module.scss b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/style.module.scss
index b1e0f2c03..6cab13104 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/style.module.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/application-error-alert/style.module.scss
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 
-.exclamation {
-  font-size: 2.3em;
-  line-height: 1.4em;
-  height: 48px;
-  display: inline-block;
-  user-select: none;
-}
-
 .alert {
   $color: #5A0F04;
   display: flex;
@@ -22,5 +14,7 @@
 }
 
 .logo {
-  flex: 0 0 32px;
+  flex: 0 0 50px;
+  height: 48px;
+  margin-right: 8px;
 }