diff --git a/projector-launcher/CHANGELOG.md b/projector-launcher/CHANGELOG.md
index f1365c235..2e6f1d934 100644
--- a/projector-launcher/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/projector-launcher/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 Notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.0.1
+
+## Fixed
+
+- Taskbar icon not showing on Linux.
+
 # 1.0.0
 
 ## Changed
diff --git a/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/ElectronApp.kt b/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/ElectronApp.kt
index 96c8db5a6..23cf54435 100644
--- a/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/ElectronApp.kt
+++ b/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/ElectronApp.kt
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ class ElectronApp(val url: String) {
     var preloadPath = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, "../assets/js/preload.js"))
     this.mainWindow = BrowserWindow(js(windowOptions)(workAreaSize.width, workAreaSize.height, preloadPath))
 
+    if (process.platform.unsafeCast<String>().toLowerCase() !in setOf("win32", "darwin")) {
+      // change icon for Linux and other systems:
+      val iconPath = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, "assets/img/electron-icon.png")).unsafeCast<String>()
+      val iconImage = NativeImage.createFromPath(iconPath)
+      this.mainWindow.setIcon(iconImage)
+    }
+
     this.mainWindow.webContents.on("did-navigate-in-page")
     {
       _: Event,
diff --git a/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/KElectron.kt b/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/KElectron.kt
index c81d7df92..96761ac1c 100644
--- a/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/KElectron.kt
+++ b/projector-launcher/src/main/kotlin/KElectron.kt
@@ -1474,6 +1474,7 @@ external interface MouseWheelInputEvent : MouseInputEvent {
     set(value) = definedExternally
 }
 
+@JsName("nativeImage")
 open external class NativeImage {
   open fun addRepresentation(options: AddRepresentationOptions)
   open fun crop(rect: Rectangle): NativeImage
@@ -5473,8 +5474,6 @@ external var ipcMain: IpcMain
 
 external var ipcRenderer: IpcRenderer
 
-external var nativeImage: Any
-
 external var nativeTheme: NativeTheme
 
 external var net: Net
diff --git a/projector-launcher/webpack.config.d/webpack.config.js b/projector-launcher/webpack.config.d/webpack.config.js
index 3e8606969..81bd3a622 100644
--- a/projector-launcher/webpack.config.d/webpack.config.js
+++ b/projector-launcher/webpack.config.d/webpack.config.js
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@
 
 // todo: remove after https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-35327 is fixed
 config.target = 'electron-renderer';
+// fix root dir: https://webconfiguration.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/__dirname-resolving-to-root-of-disk/
+config.node = config.node || {};
+config.node.__dirname = false;
+config.node.__filename = false;