diff --git a/hrafn.py b/hrafn.py
index 4cd0c3b..372b49c 100755
--- a/hrafn.py
+++ b/hrafn.py
@@ -635,7 +635,9 @@ parser.add_option('-c' ,'--config', dest="filename", default="~/.hrafn.conf", he
 parser.add_option('-n' ,'--no-resize', dest="resize", action='store_false', default=True, help="use the default window size instead of the size from the last session")
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
-gtk.window_set_default_icon_from_file('ui/icon.svg')
+base_icon = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file('ui/icon.svg')
+icon = base_icon.scale_simple(128, 128, gtk.gdk.INTERP_BILINEAR)
+gtk.window_set_default_icon(icon)
 my_twitter = Hrafn(options.filename, options.resize)
 
 gtk.gdk.threads_init()