diff --git a/packages/common/src/string.ts b/packages/common/src/string.ts
index 75f757a78..178cb9a47 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/string.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/string.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,26 @@ export const capitalize = <T extends string>(str: T) => {
 export const isNullOrWhitespace = (value: string | null): value is null => {
   return value == null || value.trim() === "";
 };
+
+export const bestMatch = <TItem extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+  search: string,
+  options: TItem[],
+  by: (item: TItem) => string,
+) => {
+  if (options.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const normalizedSearch = search.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+  return options.reduce<TItem | null>((best, current) => {
+    const currentMatchIndex = by(current).toLowerCase().indexOf(normalizedSearch);
+
+    if (currentMatchIndex === -1) return best;
+    if (best === null) return current;
+
+    const bestMatchIndex = by(best).toLowerCase().indexOf(normalizedSearch);
+
+    if (currentMatchIndex < bestMatchIndex) return current;
+    if (by(current).length < by(best).length && currentMatchIndex === bestMatchIndex) return current;
+    return best;
+  }, null);
+};
diff --git a/packages/common/src/test/string.spec.ts b/packages/common/src/test/string.spec.ts
index df8b4461a..d1bc1f9d0 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/test/string.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/test/string.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 
-import { capitalize } from "../string";
+import { bestMatch, capitalize } from "../string";
 
 const capitalizeTestCases = [
   ["hello", "Hello"],
@@ -12,8 +12,45 @@ const capitalizeTestCases = [
 
 describe("capitalize should capitalize the first letter of a string", () => {
   capitalizeTestCases.forEach(([input, expected]) => {
-    it(`should capitalize ${input} to ${expected}`, () => {
+    test(`should capitalize ${input} to ${expected}`, () => {
       expect(capitalize(input)).toEqual(expected);
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("bestMatch should find the best match in an array of options", () => {
+  test("should find exact match for 'nginx'", () => {
+    const options = [
+      { name: "my-nginx" },
+      { name: "nginx-proxy" },
+      { name: "nginx" },
+      { name: "redis" },
+      { name: "postgres" },
+    ];
+
+    const result = bestMatch("nginx", options, ({ name }) => name);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ name: "nginx" });
+  });
+  test("should find closest match for 'nginx' when exact match is not available", () => {
+    const options = [{ name: "redis" }, { name: "nginx-proxy" }, { name: "my-nginx" }, { name: "postgres" }];
+
+    const result = bestMatch("nginx", options, ({ name }) => name);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ name: "nginx-proxy" });
+  });
+  test("should return null if no match is found", () => {
+    const options = [{ name: "redis" }, { name: "postgres" }];
+
+    const result = bestMatch("nginx", options, ({ name }) => name);
+
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+  test("should return null if options array is empty", () => {
+    const options: { name: string }[] = [];
+
+    const result = bestMatch("nginx", options, ({ name }) => name);
+
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/request-handler/src/docker.ts b/packages/request-handler/src/docker.ts
index 6610aba7e..a31eed56c 100644
--- a/packages/request-handler/src/docker.ts
+++ b/packages/request-handler/src/docker.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import type { ContainerInfo, ContainerStats } from "dockerode";
 import type Dockerode from "dockerode";
 
+import { bestMatch } from "@homarr/common";
 import { createLogger } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs";
 import { ErrorWithMetadata } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs/error";
 import { db, like, or } from "@homarr/db";
@@ -82,12 +83,7 @@ async function getContainersWithStatsAsync() {
       name: container.Names[0]?.split("/")[1] ?? "Unknown",
       host: container.instance,
       state: container.State as ContainerState,
-      iconUrl:
-        dbIcons.find((icon) => {
-          const extractedImage = extractImage(container);
-          if (!extractedImage) return false;
-          return icon.name.toLowerCase().includes(extractedImage.toLowerCase());
-        })?.url ?? null,
+      iconUrl: bestMatch(extractImage(container), dbIcons, (icon) => icon.name)?.url ?? null,
       cpuUsage,
       memoryUsage,
       image: container.Image,