diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84c6a2fa..42496ebf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
     - Creating the exports path **~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share** (if it does not exist) and adding it to install/upgrade/downgrade/remove commands path to prevent warning messages.
 
 ### Fixes
+- AppImage
+    - manual file installation:
+        - crashing the application icon is not on the extracted folder root path [#132](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/132)
 - Arch
     - not able to upgrade a package that explicitly defines a conflict with itself (e.g: grub)
     - Downloading some AUR packages sources twice when multi-threaded download is enabled
diff --git a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
index b787814d..8daa2e73 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
@@ -419,10 +419,9 @@ class AppImageManager(SoftwareManager):
                     return f
 
     def _find_icon_file(self, folder: str) -> str:
-        for r, d, files in os.walk(folder):
-            for f in files:
-                if RE_ICON_ENDS_WITH.match(f):
-                    return f
+        for f in glob.glob(folder + ('/**' if not folder.endswith('/') else '**'), recursive=True):
+            if RE_ICON_ENDS_WITH.match(f):
+                return f
 
     def install(self, pkg: AppImage, root_password: str, disk_loader: DiskCacheLoader, watcher: ProcessWatcher) -> TransactionResult:
         handler = ProcessHandler(watcher)
@@ -508,8 +507,8 @@ class AppImageManager(SoftwareManager):
                     extracted_icon = self._find_icon_file(extracted_folder)
 
                     if extracted_icon:
-                        icon_path = out_dir + '/logo.' + extracted_icon.split('.')[-1]
-                        shutil.copy('{}/{}'.format(extracted_folder, extracted_icon), icon_path)
+                        icon_path = out_dir + '/logo.' + extracted_icon.split('/')[-1].split('.')[-1]
+                        shutil.copy(extracted_icon, icon_path)
                         de_content = RE_DESKTOP_ICON.sub('Icon={}\n'.format(icon_path), de_content)
                         pkg.icon_path = icon_path