workaround the workaround. original problem remaining

qtgui/quickopensessioncontroller.py

@@ -136,12 +136,13 @@ 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)
             
+
     #Status
     def ready(self):
         if self.nsmClientDict["hasOptionalGUI"]: