diff --git a/src/window.js b/src/window.js
index 68640f7..e1de668 100644
--- a/src/window.js
+++ b/src/window.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function addBrowserViewEvents(browserView) {
 
     // catches notifications and displays them
     ipcMain.on("notification-show",  function (event, arg) {
-        let note = new Notification({icon: path.join(__dirname, "../assets/img/threema_128.png")});
+        let note = new Notification({icon: path.join("assets/img/threema_128.png")});
         note.title = arg.title;
         note.body = arg.options.body;
         note.show();