diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2a0999..dc6221a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+- **Sharper App Icon**: The icon shipped at a single small size, so Windows stretched it for shortcuts, folder views and notifications — it looked fuzzy nearly everywhere. It now includes every size Windows asks for, up to 256px
+
 ## v1.6.0
 - **Progress Bar No Longer Sticks at 50%**: Downloads that come as a single file — an mp3, or a video served directly by the developer — used to leave the bar stuck at half forever, even though the download had finished. Fixed
 - **Accurate Progress Bar**: The bar now tracks how many bytes are actually left, instead of giving the video and the audio half each. A 1080p download's audio is a small part of the total, so the bar no longer crawls and then jumps
diff --git a/CHANGELOG_ro.md b/CHANGELOG_ro.md
index 17e5233..04d4dc3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_ro.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_ro.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Istoric versiuni
 
+## Unreleased
+- **Pictogramă mai clară**: Pictograma era livrată într-o singură dimensiune mică, așa că Windows o întindea pentru scurtături, foldere și notificări — arăta neclară aproape peste tot. Acum include toate dimensiunile cerute de Windows, până la 256px
+
 ## v1.6.0
 - **Bara nu mai rămâne blocată la 50%**: Descărcările care vin ca un singur fișier — un mp3 sau un video servit direct de dezvoltator — lăsau bara blocată la jumătate pentru totdeauna, chiar dacă descărcarea se terminase. Rezolvat
 - **Bară de progres corectă**: Bara urmărește acum câți octeți au rămas de fapt, în loc să dea câte o jumătate imaginii și sunetului. La o descărcare 1080p sunetul este o parte mică din total, așa că bara nu mai avansează greu și apoi sare brusc
diff --git a/app/frontend/assets/icon4.icns b/app/frontend/assets/icon4.icns
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe135cf
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diff --git a/app/frontend/assets/icon4.ico b/app/frontend/assets/icon4.ico
index e6692e3..9a99977 100644
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diff --git a/scripts/build_icon.py b/scripts/build_icon.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..83b523d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_icon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Regenerate app/frontend/assets/icon4.ico from the .icns master.
+
+The shipped .ico used to contain **a single 32x32 image**, so Windows scaled it
+up everywhere it wanted something bigger - shortcuts and toast notifications ask
+for 256, Explorer for 48 - and the icon looked soft in every one of those
+places. The .icns beside it holds real renders up to 1024, so the fix is simply
+to emit the sizes Windows actually asks for.
+
+Native .icns entries are preferred at each size; only 16, 24 and 48 have no
+native entry and are resampled from the 1024 bitmap.
+
+    venv/bin/python scripts/build_icon.py
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from PIL import Image, IcnsImagePlugin
+
+ASSETS = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
+                      "app", "frontend", "assets")
+ICNS = os.path.join(ASSETS, "icon4.icns")
+ICO = os.path.join(ASSETS, "icon4.ico")
+
+# 16 tray/menus, 24+32 taskbar and title bar, 48 Explorer, 64/128 large icons,
+# 256 shortcuts and notification toasts.
+SIZES = [16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256]
+
+
+def main():
+    if not os.path.isfile(ICNS):
+        sys.exit(f"missing master icon: {ICNS}")
+
+    with open(ICNS, "rb") as f:
+        icns = IcnsImagePlugin.IcnsFile(f)
+        native = {}
+        for key in icns.itersizes():
+            img = icns.getimage(key).convert("RGBA")
+            native.setdefault(img.size[0], img)
+    if not native:
+        sys.exit("no images found in the .icns")
+
+    biggest = native[max(native)]
+    frames, notes = [], []
+    for size in SIZES:
+        if size in native:
+            frames.append(native[size])
+            notes.append(f"{size}=native")
+        else:
+            frames.append(biggest.resize((size, size), Image.LANCZOS))
+            notes.append(f"{size}=scaled")
+
+    frames[-1].save(ICO, format="ICO", sizes=[(s, s) for s in SIZES])
+    print("  ".join(notes))
+
+    written = sorted(Image.open(ICO).ico.sizes())
+    print(f"wrote {ICO}: {written}")
+    assert written == sorted((s, s) for s in SIZES), written
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tests/test_smoke.py b/tests/test_smoke.py
index 3e729e0..02dcae9 100644
--- a/tests/test_smoke.py
+++ b/tests/test_smoke.py
@@ -98,3 +98,38 @@ def test_diaspora_exclusion():
         }
         url, _ = find_video_url("https://youtube.com/c/Test", "10.05.2025")
         assert url == "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vid2"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The app icon
+#
+# The shipped .ico once held a single 32x32 image, so Windows upscaled it for
+# shortcuts (256), Explorer (48) and toast notifications (256) - it looked soft
+# everywhere. Regenerate with scripts/build_icon.py.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_app_icon_has_the_sizes_windows_asks_for():
+    import os
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    ico = os.path.join(root, "app", "frontend", "assets", "icon4.ico")
+    sizes = {w for w, h in Image.open(ico).ico.sizes()}
+
+    for needed in (16, 32, 48, 256):
+        assert needed in sizes, (
+            f"icon4.ico has no {needed}px image (has {sorted(sizes)}); "
+            "run scripts/build_icon.py")
+
+
+def test_app_icon_master_is_kept_alongside():
+    """Without the .icns there is nothing to regenerate the .ico from, which is
+    how it ended up 32px-only in the first place."""
+    import os
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    icns = os.path.join(root, "app", "frontend", "assets", "icon4.icns")
+    assert os.path.isfile(icns), "the high-resolution master must stay in the repo"
+    im = Image.open(icns)
+    assert max(w for w, h, s in im.info["sizes"]) >= 256
diff --git a/youtubeweekly.spec b/youtubeweekly.spec
index c135a29..f24f7bd 100644
--- a/youtubeweekly.spec
+++ b/youtubeweekly.spec
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ PyInstaller spec file for YoutubeWeekly.
 Build with: pyinstaller youtubeweekly.spec
 """
 import os
+import sys
+
+# The .ico carries every size Windows asks for (16-256) and the .icns is the
+# high-resolution master both are generated from - see scripts/build_icon.py.
+# macOS wants the .icns natively rather than a converted .ico.
+APP_ICON = os.path.join("app", "frontend", "assets",
+                        "icon4.icns" if sys.platform == "darwin" else "icon4.ico")
 
 block_cipher = None
 
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ exe = EXE(
     strip=False,
     upx=True,
     console=False,
-    icon="app/frontend/assets/icon4.ico",
+    icon=APP_ICON,
 )
 
 coll = COLLECT(