# Unable to load PNG files in ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-load-png-files-in-ignition/104380>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-load-png-files-in-ignition/104380 "2025-03-28T14:48:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ColeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@ColeS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ColeS)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-load-png-files-in-ignition/104380/1 "2025-03-28T14:48:45Z")

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I have images that show up in the image management tab, I have right clicked on them and copied the path then pasted it into the source props. I am doing this on a gateway running on my local machine and cannot view it in the designer. The source files are located under users\>public\>doc so shouldn't be a permissions issue. All three image files appear in the image management but then none appear in the designer itself. Any ideas on how I can get these to appear? I do not show any errors about the designer in the diagnostic logs. I do have plenty of memory available.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/2/b2a2d7ecc23369a411c3e600372cd4576d0a44fb.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/c/bcfdafcbe90fc69f1d824c36b79a6bd1fbb601ad.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/2/c2674628a328bf1153dc72e7a6871686ad485b08.png)

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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Flener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@Kevin\_Flener](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin_Flener)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-load-png-files-in-ignition/104380/2 "2025-03-28T15:42:54Z")

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From the documentation:

"In the Property Editor, paste the image path into the source property for the Image component. **You need to add "/system/images"** to the beginning of the path, to properly reference images stored by the Image Management tool."