diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6bfd1de..c151903 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/libricochet-go/connectivity"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/libricochet-go/log"
+	"github.com/therecipe/qt/gui"
 	"github.com/therecipe/qt/core"
 	"github.com/therecipe/qt/network"
 	"github.com/therecipe/qt/qml"
-	"github.com/therecipe/qt/quick"
 	"github.com/therecipe/qt/quickcontrols2"
-	"github.com/therecipe/qt/widgets"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
@@ -47,14 +46,16 @@ func main() {
 		qmlSource = core.NewQUrl3("qrc:/qml/main.qml", 0)
 	}
 
+
+	app := gui.NewQGuiApplication(len(os.Args), os.Args)
+	app.SetWindowIcon(gui.NewQIcon5(":/qml/images/cwtch-icon.png"))
+
 	// window construction boilerplate
-	view := initializeQtView()
+	view := initializeQtView(qmlSource)
 
 	// variables we want to access from inside qml
 	view.RootContext().SetContextProperty("gcd", gcd)
 
-	// this actually loads the qml
-	view.SetSource(qmlSource)
 
 	acn, err := connectivity.StartTor(the.CwtchDir, "")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -84,26 +85,18 @@ func main() {
 		//})
 		return nam
 	})
-	view.Engine().SetNetworkAccessManagerFactory(factory)
-
-	// here we go!
-	view.Show()
-	widgets.QApplication_Exec()
+	view.SetNetworkAccessManagerFactory(factory)
+	app.Exec()
 	acn.Close()
 }
 
 // window construction boilerplate
-func initializeQtView() *quick.QQuickView {
+func initializeQtView(source *core.QUrl) *qml.QQmlApplicationEngine {
 	core.QCoreApplication_SetAttribute(core.Qt__AA_EnableHighDpiScaling, true)
-	widgets.NewQApplication(len(os.Args), os.Args)
 	quickcontrols2.QQuickStyle_SetStyle("Universe")
-	view := quick.NewQQuickView(nil)
-	view.SetResizeMode(quick.QQuickView__SizeRootObjectToView)
-	//view.SetMinimumHeight(800) // these end up getting overridden by main.qml
-	//view.SetMinimumWidth(1200)
-	view.SetTitle("cwtch")
-
-	return view
+	engine := qml.NewQQmlApplicationEngine(nil)
+	engine.Load(source)
+	return engine
 }
 
 // this is mostly going to get factored out when we add profile support
diff --git a/qml/images/cwtch-icon.png b/qml/images/cwtch-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37bcf0f
Binary files /dev/null and b/qml/images/cwtch-icon.png differ
diff --git a/qml/main.qml b/qml/main.qml
index 6f3f312..a07ef67 100644
--- a/qml/main.qml
+++ b/qml/main.qml
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ import "panes"
 import "widgets"
 import "utils.js" as Utils
 
-Item {
+
+ApplicationWindow {
 	id: windowItem
 	width: 1200
 	height: 800
+	visible: true
+	title: "cwtch" + ""
+
+
 
 	readonly property real ratio: height / width