1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/helper.c b/src/common/helper.c
index ee63c00d..4db79cf2 100644
--- a/src/common/helper.c
+++ b/src/common/helper.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ GNUNET_GTK_display_daemon_status (GNUNET_GTK_STATUS status,
       char *finalPath;
       char *instDir;
       char *dataDir;
+      char *absPath;
 
       trayIcon = GNUNET_GTK_get_trayIcon ();
 
@@ -551,7 +552,9 @@ GNUNET_GTK_display_daemon_status (GNUNET_GTK_STATUS status,
       gtk_icon_set_add_source (iconSet, iconSource);
       iconPath = g_build_filename (instDir, "..", "gnunet-gtk",
                                    "gnunet-gtk-status-connected.png", NULL);
-      gtk_icon_source_set_filename (iconSource, iconPath);
+      absPath = GNUNET_expand_file_name(NULL, iconPath);
+      gtk_icon_source_set_filename (iconSource, absPath);
+      GNUNET_free(absPath);
       g_free (iconPath);
       gtk_icon_source_set_size_wildcarded (iconSource, FALSE);
       gtk_icon_set_add_source (iconSet, iconSource);