diff --git a/gui/build.sh b/gui/build.sh
index 791a7000483ec640d31d523ddf240d7a481c7bfe..18d97e139ecbb89da5217b76d7cc04b38b74f2a0 100755
--- a/gui/build.sh
+++ b/gui/build.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function buildQmake {
     echo "[+] Now building Qml app with Qt qmake"
     echo "[+] Using qmake in:" $QMAKE
     mkdir -p $QTBUILD
-    $QMAKE -early QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX -o "$QTBUILD/Makefile" CONFIG+=release VENDOR_PATH=${VENDOR_PATH} $PROJECT
+    $QMAKE -early QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX -o "$QTBUILD/Makefile" CONFIG+=release VENDOR_PATH="${VENDOR_PATH}" $PROJECT
     #CONFIG=+force_debug_info CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=debug_and_release
 }
 
diff --git a/gui/components/MaterialButton.qml b/gui/components/MaterialButton.qml
index ad1ca597ad76a738b101e02b8d474d6e8b842949..4b6d78ba473ecdd05ca4de7113c26e514dd2188a 100644
--- a/gui/components/MaterialButton.qml
+++ b/gui/components/MaterialButton.qml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ T.Button {
 
         radius: 4
         border.color: "black"
-        border.width: 2
+        border.width: 1
         color: !control.enabled ? control.Material.buttonDisabledColor : control.highlighted ? control.Material.highlightedButtonColor : Theme.buttonColor
 
         PaddedRectangle {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ T.Button {
         // to set Material.elevation as well
         layer.enabled: true // control.enabled && control.Material.buttonColor.a > 0
 
-        /*
+        /* this is trouble in the canned Qt version for snaps, so let's pass for now
         layer.effect: ElevationEffect {
             elevation: control.Material.elevation
         }
diff --git a/gui/main.cpp b/gui/main.cpp
index c35f14d068e162466602a41a4ec429dae22cbc5b..976f2cd8efb78d9e0d58bc4d2a7dc8f31835c2ed 100644
--- a/gui/main.cpp
+++ b/gui/main.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void catchUnixSignals(std::initializer_list<int> quitSignals) {
     auto handler = [](int sig) -> void {
         printf("\nCatched signal(%d): quitting\n", sig);
         Quit();
-        QGuiApplication::quit();
+        QApplication::quit();
     };
 
     sigset_t blocking_mask;
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
     QApplication::setApplicationVersion(backend.getVersion());
-    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
+    // There's a legend about brave coders than, from time to time, have the urge to change
+    // the app object to a QGuiApplication. Resist the temptation, oh coder
+    // from the future, or otherwise ye shall be punished for long hours wondering
+    // why yer little systray resists to be displayed.
+    QApplication app(argc, argv);
     app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
     app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps);
 
@@ -179,7 +183,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
 
     /* set window icon */
-    app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/vendor/icon.svg"));
+    /* this one is set in the vendor.qrc resources, that needs to be passed to the project */
+    /* there's something weird with icons being cached, need to investigate */
+    if (appName == "CalyxVPN") {
+        qDebug() << "setting calyx logo";
+        app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/vendor/calyx.svg"));
+    } else if (appName == "RiseupVPN") {
+        app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/vendor/riseup.svg"));
+    }
 
     /* load translations */
     QTranslator translator;
@@ -227,7 +238,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     /* connect quitDone signal, exit app */
     QObject::connect(&backend, &Backend::quitDone, []() {
-            QGuiApplication::quit();
+            QApplication::quit();
     });
 
     /* register statusChanged callback with CGO */
diff --git a/providers/vendor.qrc b/providers/vendor.qrc
index 2cfa32b86cad15ada6345b3feab2d54d5326c8a3..16a5b858a33c21b34f1e2c9a1bed91b5c3abba2a 100644
--- a/providers/vendor.qrc
+++ b/providers/vendor.qrc
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/vendor/">
-        <file alias="icon.svg">assets/icon.svg</file>
+        <file alias="provider.svg">assets/icon.svg</file>
+        <file alias="riseup.svg">riseup/assets/icon.svg</file>
+        <file alias="calyx.svg">calyx/assets/icon.svg</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>