diff --git a/addon/YaCy_TrayIcon.png b/addon/YaCy_TrayIcon.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b87c59d20
Binary files /dev/null and b/addon/YaCy_TrayIcon.png differ
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyTray.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyTray.java
index 547235d4a..4349f8fe7 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyTray.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyTray.java
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ public final class yacyTray {
 	public static void init(final plasmaSwitchboard par_sb) {
 		sb = par_sb;
 		try {
-			final boolean trayIcon = sb.getConfig("trayIcon", "false").equals("true");
+			final boolean trayIcon = sb.getConfigBool("trayIcon", false);
 			if (trayIcon) {
 				System.setProperty("java.awt.headless", "false");
 
 				if(nativeTrayIcon.isSupported()) {
-					final String iconpath = sb.getRootPath().toString() + "/addon/YaCy_TrayIcon.gif".replace("/", File.separator);
+					final String iconpath = sb.getRootPath().toString() + "/addon/YaCy_TrayIcon.png".replace("/", File.separator);
 					ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
 						public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
 							trayClickAction();