diff --git a/windows/Cargo.toml b/windows/Cargo.toml
index 886a5bc..f1a63f7 100644
--- a/windows/Cargo.toml
+++ b/windows/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ iced_wgpu = "0.14"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 dirs = "6"
+image = "0.25"
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
-embed-resource = "3"
diff --git a/windows/build.rs b/windows/build.rs
index daac1c9..38957bd 100644
--- a/windows/build.rs
+++ b/windows/build.rs
@@ -1,53 +1,5 @@
 fn main() {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    {
-        use std::process::Command;
-
-        let svg = "../assets/Acord.svg";
-        let ico = "icon.ico";
-        let rc = "icon.rc";
-        let tmp = "icon_tmp";
-
-        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={svg}");
-
-        // Generate icon.ico from SVG via rsvg-convert + magick.
-        let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(tmp);
-        let sizes = [16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256];
-        let mut pngs = Vec::new();
-
-        for size in sizes {
-            let out = format!("{tmp}/icon_{size}.png");
-            let s = size.to_string();
-            let ok = Command::new("rsvg-convert")
-                .args(["--width", &s, "--height", &s, svg, "-o", &out])
-                .status()
-                .map(|s| s.success())
-                .unwrap_or(false);
-            if !ok {
-                println!("cargo:warning=rsvg-convert not found or failed — building without icon");
-                let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(tmp);
-                return;
-            }
-            pngs.push(out);
-        }
-
-        let ok = Command::new("magick")
-            .args(pngs.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()))
-            .arg(ico)
-            .status()
-            .map(|s| s.success())
-            .unwrap_or(false);
-
-        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(tmp);
-
-        if !ok {
-            println!("cargo:warning=magick (ImageMagick) not found — building without icon");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Write a .rc file and embed via embed-resource (supports LLVM/GNU toolchains).
-        std::fs::write(rc, "1 ICON \"icon.ico\"\n").ok();
-        embed_resource::compile(rc, embed_resource::NONE);
-        println!("cargo:warning=icon embedded successfully");
-    }
+    // Icon embedding via resource compilers (winres, embed-resource) doesn't
+    // work reliably with the gnullvm toolchain. The window icon is set at
+    // runtime via winit instead — see app.rs.
 }
diff --git a/windows/src/app.rs b/windows/src/app.rs
index 97a18c2..7beb158 100644
--- a/windows/src/app.rs
+++ b/windows/src/app.rs
@@ -154,9 +154,16 @@ impl ApplicationHandler for App {
     fn resumed(&mut self, event_loop: &ActiveEventLoop) {
         if self.window.is_some() { return; }
 
-        let attrs = WindowAttributes::default()
+        let mut attrs = WindowAttributes::default()
             .with_title("Acord")
             .with_inner_size(LogicalSize::new(1100.0, 750.0));
+
+        // Load window icon from the bundled PNG (rasterized from SVG at build
+        // time or shipped alongside the exe). Falls back to no icon silently.
+        if let Some(icon) = load_window_icon() {
+            attrs = attrs.with_window_icon(Some(icon));
+        }
+
         let window = event_loop.create_window(attrs).expect("create window");
         self.scale = window.scale_factor() as f32;
 
@@ -363,3 +370,36 @@ fn decode_winit_modifiers(state: ModifiersState) -> iced_wgpu::core::keyboard::M
     if state.control_key() { m |= iced_wgpu::core::keyboard::Modifiers::LOGO; }
     m
 }
+
+/// Load the app icon from `assets/Acord.svg` (relative to exe) or a
+/// pre-rasterized PNG next to the exe. Returns None on any failure.
+fn load_window_icon() -> Option<winit::window::Icon> {
+    // Try loading a PNG icon next to the exe first.
+    let exe_dir = std::env::current_exe().ok()?.parent()?.to_path_buf();
+
+    // Try pre-rasterized icon.png next to exe.
+    let png_path = exe_dir.join("icon.png");
+    let bytes = if png_path.exists() {
+        std::fs::read(&png_path).ok()?
+    } else {
+        // Fall back to the SVG in the assets dir (repo layout).
+        let svg_path = exe_dir.join("../assets/Acord.svg")
+            .canonicalize().ok()
+            .or_else(|| {
+                // Running from repo root via cargo run.
+                std::path::PathBuf::from("assets/Acord.svg").canonicalize().ok()
+            })?;
+        // Use rsvg-convert at runtime as a fallback.
+        let output = std::process::Command::new("rsvg-convert")
+            .args(["--width", "256", "--height", "256"])
+            .arg(&svg_path)
+            .output()
+            .ok()?;
+        if !output.status.success() { return None; }
+        output.stdout
+    };
+
+    let img = image::load_from_memory(&bytes).ok()?.into_rgba8();
+    let (w, h) = img.dimensions();
+    winit::window::Icon::from_rgba(img.into_raw(), w, h).ok()
+}