diff --git a/cmake/SnoreMacros.cmake b/cmake/SnoreMacros.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea38f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/SnoreMacros.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set(_SNORE_TOAST_MACRO_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+
+function(create_icon_rc ICON_PATH RC_NAME)
+	get_filename_component(ICON_NAME ${ICON_PATH} NAME)
+	file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${ICON_PATH} ICON_PATH)
+	string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" ICON_PATH ${ICON_PATH})
+	configure_file(${_SNORE_TOAST_MACRO_DIR}/icon.rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ICON_NAME}.rc @ONLY)
+	set(${RC_NAME} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ICON_NAME}.rc PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/icon.rc.in b/cmake/icon.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dadf81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/icon.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IDI_ICON1        ICON        DISCARDABLE    "@ICON_PATH@"
diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index ac0a25b..e69de29 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-set(ICON_NAME zzz)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ICON_NAME}.ico ICON)
-string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" ICON ${ICON})
-file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ICON_NAME}.rc "IDI_ICON1        ICON        DISCARDABLE    \"${ICON}\"\n")
-set(SNORE_TOAST_DEPS ${SNORE_TOAST_DEPS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ICON_NAME}.rc PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0823263..a8f50d4 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,45 +1,46 @@
 if (BUILD_STATIC_RUNTIME)
 	#link runtime static
 	if(MSVC)
 		foreach(_bt DEBUG RELEASE RELWITHDEBINFO)
 			string(REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${_bt} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${_bt}})
 		endforeach(_bt DEBUG RELEASE RELWITHDEBINFO)
 	endif(MSVC)
 endif()
 
 add_library(SnoreToastActions INTERFACE)
 target_include_directories(SnoreToastActions INTERFACE
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/snoretoast>
 )
 add_library(SnoreToast::SnoreToastActions ALIAS SnoreToastActions)
 
 
 add_library(libsnoretoast STATIC snoretoasts.cpp toasteventhandler.cpp linkhelper.cpp utils.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(libsnoretoast PUBLIC runtimeobject shlwapi SnoreToast::SnoreToastActions)
 target_compile_definitions(libsnoretoast PRIVATE UNICODE _UNICODE __WRL_CLASSIC_COM_STRICT__ WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN NOMINMAX)
 target_compile_definitions(libsnoretoast PRIVATE
     SNORETOAST_VERSION_MAJOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
     SNORETOAST_VERSION_MINOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
     SNORETOAST_VERSION_PATCH=${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}
 )
 target_compile_definitions(libsnoretoast PUBLIC __WRL_CLASSIC_COM_STRICT__)
 target_include_directories(libsnoretoast PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
 set_target_properties(libsnoretoast PROPERTIES EXPORT_NAME LibSnoreToast)
 add_library(SnoreToast::LibSnoreToast ALIAS libsnoretoast)
 
 
 generate_export_header(libsnoretoast)
 
-add_executable(SnoreToast WIN32 main.cpp ${SNORE_TOAST_DEPS})
-target_link_libraries(SnoreToast SnoreToast::LibSnoreToast)
+create_icon_rc(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/zzz.ico TOAST_ICON)
+add_executable(SnoreToast WIN32 main.cpp ${TOAST_ICON})
+target_link_libraries(SnoreToast PRIVATE SnoreToast::LibSnoreToast)
 target_compile_definitions(SnoreToast PRIVATE UNICODE _UNICODE WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN NOMINMAX)
 # if there are changes to the callback mechanism we need to change the uuid for the activator SNORETOAST_CALLBACK_UUID
 target_compile_definitions(SnoreToast PRIVATE
     SNORETOAST_CALLBACK_UUID="{383803B6-AFDA-4220-BFC3-0DBF810106BF}"
 )
 add_executable(SnoreToast::SnoreToast ALIAS SnoreToast)
 
 install(TARGETS SnoreToast SnoreToastActions EXPORT LibSnoreToastConfig RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
 install(FILES snoretoastactions.h DESTINATION include/snoretoast)
 install(EXPORT LibSnoreToastConfig DESTINATION lib/cmake/libsnoretoast NAMESPACE SnoreToast::)