diff --git a/assets/installDebian.sh b/assets/installDebian.sh
index c3e88ae9..3f5ae392 100755
--- a/assets/installDebian.sh
+++ b/assets/installDebian.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,33 @@ EXEC=$(echo $EXEC | sed 's_/_\\/_g')
 
 sed "s/%%exec%%/$EXEC/g" assets/novelwriter.desktop > /usr/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop
 
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes
+fi
+
 cp -v assets/icons/24x24/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/48x48/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/96x96/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/256x256/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/512x512/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/
-cp -v assets/icons/1024x1024/novelwriter.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/novelwriter.svg           /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/x-novelwriter-project.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/application-x-novelwriter-project.svg
 cp -v assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml  /usr/share/mime/packages/
diff --git a/assets/installUbuntu.sh b/assets/installUbuntu.sh
index c42d33c3..91e78409 100755
--- a/assets/installUbuntu.sh
+++ b/assets/installUbuntu.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,33 @@ EXEC=$(echo $EXEC | sed 's_/_\\/_g')
 
 sed "s/%%exec%%/$EXEC/g" assets/novelwriter.desktop > /usr/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop
 
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+fi
+if [ ! -d /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes ]; then
+    mkdir -pv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes
+fi
+
 cp -v assets/icons/24x24/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/48x48/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/96x96/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/256x256/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/512x512/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/
-#cp -v assets/icons/1024x1024/novelwriter.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/novelwriter.svg           /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
 cp -v assets/icons/x-novelwriter-project.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/application-x-novelwriter-project.svg
 cp -v assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml  /usr/share/mime/packages/
diff --git a/assets/novelwriter.desktop b/assets/novelwriter.desktop
index 2e6901d3..865102d5 100644
--- a/assets/novelwriter.desktop
+++ b/assets/novelwriter.desktop
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Name=novelWriter
 Comment=Multi-document markdown editor for novels
 Exec=%%exec%% %f
 Icon=novelwriter
-Categories=GTK;GNOME;Office;
+Categories=QT;GNOME;Office;
 Terminal=false
 MimeType=application/x-novelwriter-project