# \[FEATURE\] Needing to restart gateway and designer after changing/adding icon libraries

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**Created:** [November 7, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-needing-to-restart-gateway-and-designer-after-changing-adding-icon-libraries/112021 "2025-11-07T04:41:23Z")\
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> [@Custom Icon Library in 8.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-icon-library-in-8-3/109259/2):
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> Okay, here's the current steps. Navigate to your install directory, and in the /data/config/resources/core/ folder, create a new folder com.inductiveautomation.perspective/ (if it doesn't already exist). Within that folder create an icons/ folder. Within that folder create a \<repository name\>/ folder. Within that folder, create: The spritesheet of your SVG, at whatever arbitrary filename you want, e.g. icons.svg. A config.json file that contains a single entry, svgFileName, that co…

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