diff --git a/src/build/buildNativefierApp.ts b/src/build/buildNativefierApp.ts
index c864e79..85a5928 100644
--- a/src/build/buildNativefierApp.ts
+++ b/src/build/buildNativefierApp.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ async function copyIconsIfNecessary(
   }
 
   // windows & linux: put the icon file into the app
-  const destAppPath = path.join(appPath, 'resources/app');
   const destFileName = `icon${path.extname(options.packager.icon)}`;
-  const destIconPath = path.join(destAppPath, destFileName);
+  const destIconPath = path.join(appPath, destFileName);
 
   log.debug(`Copying icon ${options.packager.icon} to`, destIconPath);
   await copyFileOrDir(options.packager.icon, destIconPath);
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ export async function buildNativefierApp(
   log.info('\nConverting icons...');
   options.packager.dir = tmpPath; // const optionsWithTmpPath = { ...options, dir: tmpPath };
   await convertIconIfNecessary(options);
+  await copyIconsIfNecessary(options, tmpPath);
 
   log.info(
     "\nPackaging... This will take a few seconds, maybe minutes if the requested Electron isn't cached yet...",
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export async function buildNativefierApp(
 
   log.info('\nFinalizing build...');
   const appPath = getAppPath(appPathArray);
-  await copyIconsIfNecessary(options, appPath);
 
   if (appPath) {
     let osRunHelp = '';