diff --git a/alt-tab-macos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/alt-tab-macos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 99655ea6..ae5aa7f1 100644
--- a/alt-tab-macos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/alt-tab-macos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 		D04BA5488C8142D30E7D3EF9 /* browserconfig.xml */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = text.xml; path = browserconfig.xml; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D04BA55D1B2C8BFF61954466 /* generate_selfsigned_certificate.sh */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = text.script.sh; path = generate_selfsigned_certificate.sh; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D04BA561B958D1AD495C7A40 /* menubar-icon-1@2x.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = "menubar-icon-1@2x.png"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		D04BA59FD487D0DEBBA66A94 /* createicns */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = text; path = createicns; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D04BA5ABFA5457A86536E2E4 /* 5 windows - 1 line.jpg */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.jpeg; path = "5 windows - 1 line.jpg"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D04BA5BD11C365C19461458C /* TextField.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = TextField.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D04BA5C401AFA55CC67C7188 /* PrivateApis.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PrivateApis.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@
 				D04BA7A758026814667273DC /* convert_iconset_to_icns.sh */,
 				D04BA6ED38651224DB117A5A /* upload_symbols_to_appcenter.sh */,
 				D04BAD19B495AC18AC782A39 /* fonticon_to_image.sh */,
+				D04BA59FD487D0DEBBA66A94 /* createicns */,
 			);
 			path = scripts;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
diff --git a/resources/icons/app-icon.icns b/resources/icons/app-icon.icns
index 0b8d312e..ff157a97 100644
Binary files a/resources/icons/app-icon.icns and b/resources/icons/app-icon.icns differ
diff --git a/scripts/convert_iconset_to_icns.sh b/scripts/convert_iconset_to_icns.sh
index 8378e936..581a3da6 100755
--- a/scripts/convert_iconset_to_icns.sh
+++ b/scripts/convert_iconset_to_icns.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 
 set -exu
 
-iconutil --convert icns resources/icons/app-icon.iconset
+# xcode or iconutil re-encode PNGs, increasing the final .icns file for no reason; we use a third-party tool instead
+# see https://github.com/lwouis/createicns
+scripts/createicns resources/icons/app-icon.iconset
+mv app-icon.icns resources/icons/app-icon.icns
diff --git a/scripts/createicns b/scripts/createicns
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d6cbd287
Binary files /dev/null and b/scripts/createicns differ