diff --git a/crates/packager/src/config/mod.rs b/crates/packager/src/config/mod.rs
index cf394eda..04348c41 100644
--- a/crates/packager/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/packager/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1659,15 +1659,12 @@ impl Config {
         let Some(patterns) = &self.icons else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
-
         let mut paths = Vec::new();
-
         for pattern in patterns {
             for icon_path in glob::glob(pattern)? {
                 paths.push(icon_path?);
             }
         }
-
         Ok(Some(paths))
     }
 }
@@ -1754,8 +1751,8 @@ impl Config {
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
-    pub(crate) fn find_ico(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        self.icons
+    pub(crate) fn find_ico(&self) -> crate::Result<Option<PathBuf>> {
+        let icon = self.icons()?
             .as_ref()
             .and_then(|icons| {
                 icons
@@ -1767,7 +1764,8 @@ impl Config {
                         })
                     })
             })
-            .map(PathBuf::from)
+            .map(PathBuf::from);
+        Ok(icon)
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
diff --git a/crates/packager/src/package/wix/mod.rs b/crates/packager/src/package/wix/mod.rs
index 76cf20ca..be9a2be2 100644
--- a/crates/packager/src/package/wix/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/packager/src/package/wix/mod.rs
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ fn build_wix_app_installer(ctx: &Context, wix_path: &Path) -> crate::Result<Vec<
     data.insert("app_exe_source", to_json(&main_binary_path));
 
     // copy icon from `settings.windows().icon_path` folder to resource folder near msi
-    if let Some(icon) = config.find_ico() {
+    if let Some(icon) = config.find_ico()? {
         let icon_path = dunce::canonicalize(icon)?;
         data.insert("icon_path", to_json(icon_path));
     }
diff --git a/crates/packager/src/util.rs b/crates/packager/src/util.rs
index 1e35db96..4d957526 100644
--- a/crates/packager/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/packager/src/util.rs
@@ -279,16 +279,15 @@ pub(crate) fn is_retina<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> bool {
 pub fn create_icns_file(out_dir: &Path, config: &crate::Config) -> crate::Result<Option<PathBuf>> {
     use image::GenericImageView;
 
-    if config.icons.as_ref().map(|i| i.len()).unwrap_or_default() == 0 {
+    let icons = config.icons()?;
+    if icons.as_ref().map(|i| i.len()).unwrap_or_default() == 0 {
         return Ok(None);
     }
 
     // If one of the icon files is already an ICNS file, just use that.
-    if let Some(icons) = &config.icons {
+    if let Some(icons) = icons {
         std::fs::create_dir_all(out_dir)?;
-
         for icon_path in icons {
-            let icon_path = PathBuf::from(icon_path);
             if icon_path.extension() == Some(std::ffi::OsStr::new("icns")) {
                 let dest_path = out_dir.join(
                     icon_path
@@ -330,8 +329,8 @@ pub fn create_icns_file(out_dir: &Path, config: &crate::Config) -> crate::Result
     }
 
     let mut images_to_resize: Vec<(image::DynamicImage, u32, u32)> = vec![];
-    if let Some(icons) = &config.icons {
-        for icon_path in icons {
+    if let Some(icons) = config.icons()? {
+        for icon_path in &icons {
             let icon = image::open(icon_path)?;
             let density = if is_retina(icon_path) { 2 } else { 1 };
             let (w, h) = icon.dimensions();