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

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**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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**Author:** ![a.alghannam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/a.alghannam/32/75158_2.png) [@a.alghannam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/a.alghannam)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-needing-to-restart-gateway-and-designer-after-changing-adding-icon-libraries/112021/4 "2025-11-07T14:13:08Z")

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I’ve tried it and it is not working. no matter what i try. it never worked.  
the best i can get is adding the icon library to the drop list. but icons never get displayed. but the path is working. and i keep getting error in the log

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-07 181244](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/a/dac3d44247bcd67711dda50a33c139f3a301f209.png)

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-07 180959](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/2/4233d7cee0fb739140f2e8b08e85b6a0e01e56ed.png)

EDIT: It worked finally. the format of the sprite file must be very accurate. make sure to follow this format:  
[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-custom-svg-for-navicon/28637/2?u=a.alghannam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-custom-svg-for-navicon/28637/2)

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