diff --git a/src/launcher/launcher.c b/src/launcher/launcher.c
index 2a637f1..2612991 100644
--- a/src/launcher/launcher.c
+++ b/src/launcher/launcher.c
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_RSVG
-#include <librsvg/rsvg.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "window.h"
 #include "server.h"
@@ -203,43 +198,8 @@ int resize_launcher(void *obj)
 
 			// Free the old files
 			free_icon(launcherIcon->image);
-			launcherIcon->image = NULL;
-			// Load the new file and scale
-			launcherIcon->image = imlib_load_image_immediately(new_icon_path);
-#ifdef HAVE_RSVG
-			if (!launcherIcon->image && g_str_has_suffix(new_icon_path, ".svg")) {
-				char suffix[128];
-				sprintf(suffix, "tmpicon-%d.png", getpid());
-				// We fork here because librsvg allocates memory like crazy
-				pid_t pid = fork();
-				if (pid == 0) {
-					// Child
-					GError* err = NULL;
-					RsvgHandle* svg = rsvg_handle_new_from_file(new_icon_path, &err);
-
-					if (err != NULL) {
-						fprintf(stderr, "Could not load svg image!: %s", err->message);
-						g_error_free(err);
-						launcherIcon->image = NULL;
-					} else {
-						gchar *name = g_build_filename(g_get_user_config_dir(), "tint2", suffix, NULL);
-						GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = rsvg_handle_get_pixbuf(svg);
-						gdk_pixbuf_save(pixbuf, name, "png", NULL, NULL);
-					}
-					exit(0);
-				} else {
-					// Parent
-					waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
-					gchar *name = g_build_filename(g_get_user_config_dir(), "tint2", suffix, NULL);
-					launcherIcon->image = imlib_load_image_immediately_without_cache(name);
-					g_remove(name);
-					g_free(name);
-				}
-			} else
-#endif
-			{
-				launcherIcon->image = imlib_load_image_immediately(new_icon_path);
-			}
+			// Load the new file
+			launcherIcon->image = load_image(new_icon_path, 1);
 			// On loading error, fallback to default
 			if (!launcherIcon->image) {
 				free(new_icon_path);
@@ -252,7 +212,7 @@ int resize_launcher(void *obj)
 				// Loading default icon failed, draw a blank icon
 				free(new_icon_path);
 			} else {
-				// Loaded icon successfully
+				// Loaded icon successfully, rescale it
 				Imlib_Image original = launcherIcon->image;
 				launcherIcon->image = scale_icon(launcherIcon->image, launcherIcon->icon_size);
 				free_icon(original);
diff --git a/src/util/common.c b/src/util/common.c
index 596130d..94c2c62 100644
--- a/src/util/common.c
+++ b/src/util/common.c
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include "../server.h"
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RSVG
+#include <librsvg/rsvg.h>
+#endif
 
 
 void copy_file(const char *pathSrc, const char *pathDest)
@@ -455,3 +460,51 @@ void draw_text(PangoLayout *layout, cairo_t *c, int posx, int posy, Color *color
 	cairo_move_to (c, posx, posy);
 	pango_cairo_show_layout (c, layout);
 }
+
+Imlib_Image load_image(const char *path, int cached)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_RSVG
+	Imlib_Image image;
+	if (cached) {
+		image = imlib_load_image_immediately(path);
+	} else {
+		image = imlib_load_image_immediately_without_cache(path);
+	}
+	if (!image && g_str_has_suffix(path, ".svg")) {
+		char suffix[128];
+		sprintf(suffix, "tmpimage-%d.png", getpid());
+		// We fork here because librsvg allocates memory like crazy
+		pid_t pid = fork();
+		if (pid == 0) {
+			// Child
+			GError* err = NULL;
+			RsvgHandle* svg = rsvg_handle_new_from_file(path, &err);
+
+			if (err != NULL) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Could not load svg image!: %s", err->message);
+				g_error_free(err);
+			} else {
+				gchar *name = g_build_filename(g_get_user_config_dir(), "tint2", suffix, NULL);
+				GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = rsvg_handle_get_pixbuf(svg);
+				gdk_pixbuf_save(pixbuf, name, "png", NULL, NULL);
+			}
+			exit(0);
+		} else {
+			// Parent
+			waitpid(pid, 0, 0);
+			gchar *name = g_build_filename(g_get_user_config_dir(), "tint2", suffix, NULL);
+			image = imlib_load_image_immediately_without_cache(name);
+			g_remove(name);
+			g_free(name);
+		}
+	} else
+#endif
+	{
+		if (cached) {
+			image = imlib_load_image_immediately(path);
+		} else {
+			image = imlib_load_image_immediately_without_cache(path);
+		}
+	}
+	return image;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/common.h b/src/util/common.h
index a59d4ad..30af0a6 100644
--- a/src/util/common.h
+++ b/src/util/common.h
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ void render_image(Drawable d, int x, int y);
 
 void draw_text(PangoLayout *layout, cairo_t *c, int posx, int posy, Color *color, int font_shadow);
 
+Imlib_Image load_image(const char *path, int cached);
 #endif