diff --git a/containment/package/contents/ui/applet/communicator/Engine.qml b/containment/package/contents/ui/applet/communicator/Engine.qml
index 615698fc..cc1ded30 100644
--- a/containment/package/contents/ui/applet/communicator/Engine.qml
+++ b/containment/package/contents/ui/applet/communicator/Engine.qml
@@ -1,141 +1,141 @@
 /*
 *  Copyright 2018  Michail Vourlakos <mvourlakos@gmail.com>
 *
 *  This file is part of Latte-Dock
 *
 *  Latte-Dock is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 *  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 *  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  Latte-Dock is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 import QtQuick 2.7
 
 import "../../../code/AppletIdentifier.js" as AppletIdentifier
 
 Item{
     id: mainCommunicator
 
     //             -------------------------------------
     //              BEGIN OF INTERNAL APPLET PROPERTIES
     //             LATTE<->APPLET COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
     //             -------------------------------------
     //
     // NAME: latteBridge
     //   USAGE: property QtObject latteBridge: null
     //   EXPLANATION: The main shared object that Latte is using to communicate with the applet
     property bool appletContainsLatteBridge: appletRootItem && appletRootItem.hasOwnProperty("latteBridge") ? true : false
     //!              END OF INTERNAL APPLET PROPERTIES
     //             -------------------------------------
 
     //! BEGIN OF PROPERTIES
     //this is used for folderView and icon widgets to fake their visual icons
-    readonly property bool canShowOverlaiedLatteIcon: appletIconItem
+    readonly property bool canShowOverlaiedLatteIcon: appletIconItem && appletIconItem.visible
     readonly property bool overlayLatteIconIsActive: canShowOverlaiedLatteIcon && latteIconOverlayEnabled
 
     property Item appletRootItem: appletDiscoveredRootItem ? appletDiscoveredRootItem : appletDefaultRootItem
     property Item appletDiscoveredRootItem: null
     property Item appletDefaultRootItem: applet && applet.children && applet.children.length>0 ? applet.children[0] : null
 
     property Item appletIconItem; //first applet's IconItem to be used by Latte
     property Item appletImageItem; //first applet's ImageItem to be used by Latte
     //! END OF PROPERTIES
 
     //! BEGIN OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES SET THROUGH LATTEBRIDGE.ACTIONS
     property bool latteSideColoringEnabled: true
     property bool latteIconOverlayEnabled: true
     property bool activeIndicatorEnabled: true
     property bool lengthMarginsEnabled: true
     property bool windowsTrackingEnabled: false
     property bool parabolicEffectLocked: false
     //! END OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES SET THROUGH LATTEBRIDGE.ACTIONS
 
     //! BEGIN OF PROPERTY CHANGES
     //! END OF PROPERTY CHANGES
 
     property bool windowsTrackingEnabledSent: false
 
     //! BEGIN OF FUNCTIONS
     function appletIconItemIsShown() {
         return appletIconItem && appletIconItem.visible;
     }
 
     function appletImageItemIsShown() {
         return appletImageItem && appletImageItem.visible;
     }
 
     function reconsiderAppletIconItem() {
         AppletIdentifier.reconsiderAppletIconItem();
     }
 
     function setAppletIconItemActive(isActive) {
         if (appletIconItem) {
             appletIconItem.active = isActive;
         }
     }
     //! END OF FUNCTIONS
 
     onWindowsTrackingEnabledChanged: {
         if (windowsTrackingEnabled && !windowsTrackingEnabledSent) {
             windowsTrackingEnabledSent = true;
             root.slotAppletsNeedWindowsTracking(1);
         } else if (!windowsTrackingEnabled && windowsTrackingEnabledSent) {
             windowsTrackingEnabledSent = false;
             root.slotAppletsNeedWindowsTracking(-1);
         }
     }
 
     //! BEGIN OF CONNECTIONS
     Connections{
         target: appletItem
         onAppletChanged: {
             if (applet) {
                 AppletIdentifier.checkAndUpdateAppletRootItem();
                 AppletIdentifier.reconsiderAppletIconItem();
                 overlayInitTimer.start();
             }
         }
     }
 
     Component.onDestruction: {
         if (windowsTrackingEnabled && windowsTrackingEnabledSent) {
             windowsTrackingEnabledSent = false;
             root.slotAppletsNeedWindowsTracking(-1);
         }
     }
 
     //! END OF CONNECTIONS
 
     //! BEGIN OF LOADERS
     Loader{
         id: bridgeLoader
         active: appletContainsLatteBridge
         sourceComponent: LatteBridge{}
     }
     //! END OF LOADERS
 
     //! BEGIN OF TIMERS
     //a timer that is used in  order to init some Communicator values
     Timer {
         id: overlayInitTimer
         interval: 4000
         onTriggered: {
             AppletIdentifier.checkAndUpdateAppletRootItem();
             AppletIdentifier.reconsiderAppletIconItem();
 
             if (root.debugModeTimers) {
                 console.log("containment timer: appletItem fakeInitTimer called...");
             }
         }
     }
 
     //! END OF TIMERS
 }