Chrome not rendering SVG referenced via

Question

I am having issues with google chrome not rendering svg with an img tag. This happens when refreshing the page and initial page load. I can get the image to show up by \"

Answer 1

A simple and easy way; according to https://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/svg-css-background-image-not-showing-in-chrome/ You have to open the .SVG file with a text editor (like notepad) and change

xlink:href="data:img/png;base64,

to:

xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,

it worked for me!