diff --git a/cfg/loader.go b/cfg/loader.go
index 974ef38..d8c5329 100644
--- a/cfg/loader.go
+++ b/cfg/loader.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package cfg
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ var CONFIG_FULL_PATH string = ""
 // rename/refactor due here too!
 var configDirAbsPath string = ""
 
+var ICON_DIR_PATH string = ""
+
 // TODO we only had double key combos
 // e.g. cmd+s. we want to handle things
 // like cmd+alt+s
@@ -198,6 +203,57 @@ func Setup() TomlConfig {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// ----
+	// downloads the icon from github
+	// and puts it into the phi-editor config folder.
+	ICON_DIR_PATH = filepath.Join(CONFIG_DIR, "icons")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(ICON_DIR_PATH); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.Mkdir(ICON_DIR_PATH, 0775); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		log.Println("setting up the icons folder")
+
+		// https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felixangell/phi/gh-pages/images/icon128.png
+		downloadIcon := func(iconSize int) {
+			log.Println("downloading the phi icon ", iconSize, "x", iconSize, " png image.")
+
+			file, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(ICON_DIR_PATH, fmt.Sprintf("icon%d.png", iconSize)))
+			defer file.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println(err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Generated by curl-to-Go: https://mholt.github.io/curl-to-go
+			resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felixangell/phi/gh-pages/images/icon%d.png", iconSize))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println("Failed to download icon", iconSize, "!", err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+			_, err = io.Copy(file, resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println(err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+
+		size := 16
+		switch runtime.GOOS {
+		case "windows":
+			size = 64
+		case "darwin":
+			size = 512
+		case "linux":
+			size = 96
+		}
+
+		// download the icon and
+		// write it to the phi-editor folder.
+		downloadIcon(size)
+	}
+
 	// try make the syntax config folder.
 	if _, err := os.Stat(SYNTAX_CONFIG_DIR); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		if err := os.Mkdir(SYNTAX_CONFIG_DIR, 0775); err != nil {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 86bc388..f6fee36 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
@@ -86,19 +87,20 @@ func main() {
 	window.Create()
 
 	{
-		size := "16"
+		size := 16
 		switch runtime.GOOS {
 		case "windows":
-			size = "64"
+			size = 64
 		case "darwin":
-			size = "512"
+			size = 512
 		case "linux":
-			size = "96"
+			size = 96
 		default:
 			log.Println("unrecognized runtime ", runtime.GOOS)
 		}
 
-		icon, err := strife.LoadImage("./res/icons/icon" + size + ".png")
+		iconFile := fmt.Sprintf("icon%d.png", size)
+		icon, err := strife.LoadImage(filepath.Join(cfg.ICON_DIR_PATH, iconFile))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println("Failed to load icon ", err.Error())
 		} else {
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