diff --git a/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index bd38e7239..205cd053a 100644
--- a/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license = ""
 repository = ""
 default-run = "app"
 edition = "2018"
+build = "src/build.rs"
 
 [package.metadata.bundle]
 identifier = "com.tauri.dev"
@@ -22,13 +23,16 @@ icon = [
 
 [dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0.41"
-serde = "1.0"
-serde_derive = "1.0"
+serde = "1.0.104"
+serde_derive = "1.0.104"
 tiny_http = "0.6"
-phf = "0.7.24"
-includedir = "0.5.0"
+phf = "0.8.0"
+tauri_includedir = "0.5.0"
 tauri = { version = "0.2.0", features = [ "edge" ] }
 
+[target."cfg(windows)".build-dependencies]
+winres = "0.1"
+
 [features]
 dev-server = [ "tauri/dev-server" ]
 embedded-server = [ "tauri/embedded-server" ]
diff --git a/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/build.rs b/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcd568038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#[cfg(windows)]
+extern crate winres;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn main() {
+  let mut res = winres::WindowsResource::new();
+  res.set_icon("icons/icon.ico");
+  res.compile().expect("Unable to find visual studio tools");
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 4c2d44740..8a4babc3e 100644
--- a/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/react/next.js/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#![cfg_attr(
+  all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
+  windows_subsystem = "windows"
+)]
+
 mod cmd;
 
 #[macro_use]