diff --git a/qtgui/quickopensessioncontroller.py b/qtgui/quickopensessioncontroller.py
index f93cd2f..9a037d0 100644
--- a/qtgui/quickopensessioncontroller.py
+++ b/qtgui/quickopensessioncontroller.py
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ class StarterClientItem(QtWidgets.QListWidgetItem):
             p.drawPixmap(2, 2, overlayPixmap) #top left corner of icon, with some padding for the shadow
             p.end()
             ico = QtGui.QIcon(pixmap)
+            self.setIcon(ico)
         else:            
             if self.argodejoExec in self.parentController.mainWindow.programIcons: #there was a strange bug once where this happened exactly one, and then everything was fine, including this icon. Some DB backwards compatibility.
-                ico = self.parentController.mainWindow.programIcons[self.argodejoExec]            
-
-        self.setIcon(ico)
+                ico = self.parentController.mainWindow.programIcons[self.argodejoExec]
+                self.setIcon(ico)
+            
 
     #Status
     def ready(self):