diff --git a/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.c b/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.c
index 082f924..33703e1 100644
--- a/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.c
+++ b/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ void add_icon_path_to_cache(IconThemeWrapper *wrapper, const char *icon_name, in
 	g_free(key);
 }
 
-char *get_icon_path(IconThemeWrapper *wrapper, const char *icon_name, int size)
+char *get_icon_path(IconThemeWrapper *wrapper, const char *icon_name, int size, gboolean use_fallbacks)
 {
 	if (!wrapper)
 		return NULL;
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ char *get_icon_path(IconThemeWrapper *wrapper, const char *icon_name, int size)
 		return path;
 	}
 
+	if (!use_fallbacks)
+		goto notfound;
 	fprintf(stderr, YELLOW "Icon not found in default theme: %s" RESET "\n", icon_name);
 	load_fallbacks(wrapper);
 
diff --git a/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.h b/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.h
index e6d851f..3af39f8 100644
--- a/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.h
+++ b/src/launcher/icon-theme-common.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void free_icon_theme(IconTheme *theme);
 
 // Returns the full path to an icon file (or NULL) given the list of icon themes to search and the icon name
 // Note: needs to be released with free().
-char *get_icon_path(IconThemeWrapper *wrapper, const char *icon_name, int size);
+char *get_icon_path(IconThemeWrapper *wrapper, const char *icon_name, int size, gboolean use_fallbacks);
 
 // Returns a list of the directories used to store icons.
 // Do not free the result, it is cached.
diff --git a/src/launcher/launcher.c b/src/launcher/launcher.c
index 2699d48..8d6c23e 100644
--- a/src/launcher/launcher.c
+++ b/src/launcher/launcher.c
@@ -565,13 +565,13 @@ void launcher_reload_icon_image(Launcher *launcher, LauncherIcon *launcherIcon)
 	free_icon(launcherIcon->image_pressed);
 	launcherIcon->image = NULL;
 
-	char *new_icon_path = get_icon_path(launcher->icon_theme_wrapper, launcherIcon->icon_name, launcherIcon->icon_size);
+	char *new_icon_path = get_icon_path(launcher->icon_theme_wrapper, launcherIcon->icon_name, launcherIcon->icon_size, TRUE);
 	if (new_icon_path)
 		launcherIcon->image = load_image(new_icon_path, 1);
 	// On loading error, fallback to default
 	if (!launcherIcon->image) {
 		free(new_icon_path);
-		new_icon_path = get_icon_path(launcher->icon_theme_wrapper, DEFAULT_ICON, launcherIcon->icon_size);
+		new_icon_path = get_icon_path(launcher->icon_theme_wrapper, DEFAULT_ICON, launcherIcon->icon_size, TRUE);
 		if (new_icon_path)
 			launcherIcon->image = imlib_load_image_immediately(new_icon_path);
 	}
diff --git a/src/tint2conf/properties.c b/src/tint2conf/properties.c
index d92fdbe..ec4bba7 100644
--- a/src/tint2conf/properties.c
+++ b/src/tint2conf/properties.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ GdkPixbuf *load_icon(const gchar *name)
 	process_events();
 
 	int size = 22;
-	char *path = get_icon_path(icon_theme, name, size);
+	char *path = get_icon_path(icon_theme, name, size, FALSE);
 	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = path ? gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size(path, size, size, NULL) : NULL;
 	free(path);
 	return pixbuf;