diff --git a/melon.ico b/melon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38702791
Binary files /dev/null and b/melon.ico differ
diff --git a/melon.rc b/melon.rc
index ccf97668..9f2602f9 100644
--- a/melon.rc
+++ b/melon.rc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define VFT_APP                      0x00000001L
 
 //this will set your .exe icon
-//A ICON MOVEABLE PURE LOADONCALL DISCARDABLE "melon.ico"
+100 ICON MOVEABLE PURE LOADONCALL DISCARDABLE "melon.ico"
 
 //include version information in .exe, modify these values to match your needs
 1 VERSIONINFO
diff --git a/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/window.cpp b/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/window.cpp
index 50a01c6f..e2127cb2 100644
--- a/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/window.cpp
+++ b/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/window.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ATOM registerWindowClass(HICON hDefaultIcon, HCURSOR hDefaultCursor)
 	wc.lpszClassName = windowClass;
 	wc.lpfnWndProc = windowWndProc;
 	wc.hInstance = hInstance;
-	wc.hIcon = hDefaultIcon;
+	wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(100));
 	wc.hCursor = hDefaultCursor;
 	wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_BTNFACE + 1);
 	return RegisterClassW(&wc);