diff --git a/conf/makeanything.conf b/conf/makeanything.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c9ea8b..0000000
--- a/conf/makeanything.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#DEBOOTSTRAP_SUITE="bullseye"
-#DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--extra-suites=bullseye-backports,bullseye-updates --components=main,contrib,non-free"
-#DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--extra-suites=${DEBOOTSTRAP_SUITE}-updates --components=main,contrib,non-free,non-free-firmware"
-DEBOOTSTRAP_SUITE="bookworm"
-DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--components=main,contrib,non-free,non-free-firmware"
diff --git a/install_base/install_base.sh b/install_base/install_base.sh
index b6105ec..b2ac8ec 100644
--- a/install_base/install_base.sh
+++ b/install_base/install_base.sh
@@ -152,13 +152,6 @@ message "run custom steps from /tmp/install_base.customsteps.tpl.sh"
 ####
 ######
 
-
-message "generate icon path list for jwm config"
-find /usr/share/icons/ -type d > /tmp/jwm.iconlist
-sed -i -e 's/^/<IconPath>/g' -e 's/$/<\/IconPath>/g' /tmp/jwm.iconlist
-#message "putting generated icon path list to /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc"
-#sed -i '/<\!-- GENERATED ICONLIST -->/r /tmp/jwm.iconlist' /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc
-
 ### clean cache
 message "apt clean"
 apt clean
diff --git a/makeanything.sh b/makeanything.sh
index e48fba1..ccbd9c5 100755
--- a/makeanything.sh
+++ b/makeanything.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ### 2023
 
 ### include config
-. conf/makeanything.conf
+. makeanything.conf
 
 CHROOTCMD="sudo chroot build/chroot/"
 test -n "$VERSION" || VERSION="$(git describe --tags)" #-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
@@ -114,8 +114,13 @@ done
 message "copy build/nanodesk-files/ to build/chroot/"
 sudo cp -r build/nanodesk-files/* build/chroot/
 
+message "generate icon path list for jwm config"
+find build/chroot/usr/share/icons/ -type d > build/tmp/jwm.iconlist
+sed -i -e 's/^/\ \ \ \ <IconPath>/g' -e 's/$/<\/IconPath>/g' build/tmp/jwm.iconlist
+sudo cp build/tmp/jwm.iconlist build/chroot/tmp/ || error
+
 message "putting generated icon path list to /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc"
-$CHROOTCMD sed -i '/<\!-- GENERATED ICONLIST -->/r /tmp/jwm.iconlist' /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc
+$CHROOTCMD sed -i '/<\!-- GENERATED ICONLIST -->/r /tmp/jwm.iconlist' /etc/jwm/system.jwmrc || error
 
 message "correct file permissions"
 $CHROOTCMD /usr/bin/chmod 440 /etc/sudoers || error
diff --git a/nanodesk-files/etc/jwm/system.jwmrc b/nanodesk-files/etc/jwm/system.jwmrc
index c9092d3..70551d0 100644
--- a/nanodesk-files/etc/jwm/system.jwmrc
+++ b/nanodesk-files/etc/jwm/system.jwmrc
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
 	    <!--        <Include>/etc/jwm/debian-menu</Include> -->
 	<Include>exec: xdgmenumaker -n -i -f jwm</Include>
 	<Separator/>
-	<Program icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/devices/video-display-symbolic.svg" label="Display settings">arandr</TrayButton>
+	<Program icon="video-display-symbolic" label="Display settings">arandr</TrayButton>
 	<Separator/>
-	<Restart label="Restart JWM" icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/emblems/emblem-synchronizing-symbolic.svg"/>
-	<Program icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/status/changes-prevent-symbolic.svg" label="Lock screen">
+	<Restart label="Restart JWM" icon="emblem-synchronizing-symbolic"/>
+	<Program icon="changes-prevent-symbolic" label="Lock screen">
             xscreensaver-command -lock
         </Program>
-	<Exit label="Logout" confirm="true" icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/actions/system-log-out-symbolic.svg"/>
+	<Exit label="Logout" confirm="true" icon="system-log-out-symbolic"/>
 	<Separator/>
-	<Program label="Reboot" icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/actions/system-reboot-symbolic.svg">
+	<Program label="Reboot" icon="system-reboot-symbolic">
 	   gxmessage "Reboot?" -title "Reboot?" -center -buttons Yes:0,No:1 -default No -font "bold 14"  && systemctl reboot
 	</Program>
-	<Program label="Shutdown" icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/actions/system-shutdown-symbolic.svg">
+	<Program label="Shutdown" icon="system-shutdown-symbolic">
 	   gxmessage "Shutdown?" -title "Shutdown?" -center -buttons Yes:0,No:1 -default No -font "bold 14" && systemctl poweroff
 	</Program>
 
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
         <Spacer width="2"/>
 
 	<!-- custom TrayButton -->
-	<TrayButton popup="LXTerminal" icon="/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/lxterminal.png">exec:lxterminal </TrayButton>
+	<TrayButton popup="LXTerminal" icon="lxterminal">exec:lxterminal </TrayButton>
 	<Spacer width="2"/>
-	<TrayButton popup="Firefox" icon="/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/firefox-esr.png">exec:firefox</TrayButton>
+	<TrayButton popup="Firefox" icon="firefox-esr">exec:firefox</TrayButton>
 	<Spacer width="2"/>
-	<TrayButton popup="PCManFM" icon="/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/legacy/system-file-manager-symbolic.svg">exec:pcmanfm</TrayButton>
+	<TrayButton popup="PCManFM" icon="system-file-manager">exec:pcmanfm</TrayButton>
 	<Spacer width="2"/>
 
 
@@ -135,56 +135,10 @@
          IconPath can be listed multiple times to allow searching
          for icons in multiple paths.
       -->
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/actions</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/categories</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/devices</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/emblems</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/places</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/status</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/actions</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/animations</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/categories</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/devices</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/emblems</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/places</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/status</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/actions</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/categories</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/devices</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/emblems</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/status</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/categories</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/devices</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/emblems</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/categories</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/devices</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/emblems</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/places</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons</IconPath>
-    <IconPath>/usr/share/pixmaps</IconPath>
     <IconPath>
         /usr/local/share/jwm
     </IconPath>
-
+    <!-- the comment below is important for nanodesk to put in the actual IconPaths of the system generated by makeanything.sh -->
     <!-- GENERATED ICONLIST -->