diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 8ae7170ef..b86d45e1c 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -2437,9 +2437,7 @@ async function clone(app, data, user, auditSource) {
 
     const newAppId = uuid.v4();
 
-    const icons = await getIcons(app.id);
-
-    // label, icon, checklist intentionally omitted
+    // label, checklist intentionally omitted . icon is loaded in apptask from the backup
     const dolly = _.pick(backupInfo.appConfig || app, 'memoryLimit', 'cpuQuota', 'crontab', 'reverseProxyConfig', 'env', 'servicesConfig', 'tags', 'devices',
         'enableMailbox', 'mailboxDisplayName', 'mailboxName', 'mailboxDomain', 'enableInbox', 'inboxName', 'inboxDomain', 'debugMode',
         'enableTurn', 'enableRedis', 'mounts', 'enableBackup', 'enableAutomaticUpdate', 'accessRestriction', 'operators', 'sso',
@@ -2456,7 +2454,6 @@ async function clone(app, data, user, auditSource) {
         redirectDomains: [],
         aliasDomains: [],
         label: dolly.label ? `${dolly.label}-clone` : '',
-        icon: icons.icon,
     });
 
     const [addError] = await safe(add(newAppId, appStoreId, manifest, subdomain, domain, portBindings, obj));
diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index 621fe07a0..40edbfe71 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ async function install(app, args, progressCallback) {
         await services.setupAddons(app, app.manifest.addons);
         await services.clearAddons(app, app.manifest.addons);
         await backuptask.downloadApp(app, restoreConfig, (progress) => { progressCallback({ percent: 65, message: progress.message }); });
+        if (app.installationState === apps.ISTATE_PENDING_CLONE) {
+            const customIcon = safe.fs.readFileSync(path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id + '/icon.png'));
+            if (customIcon) await updateApp(app, { icon: customIcon });
+        }
         await progressCallback({ percent: 70, message: 'Restoring addons' });
         await services.restoreAddons(app, app.manifest.addons);
     }