diff --git a/cmd/gui/main.js b/cmd/gui/main.js
index e4c09cb..833a391 100644
--- a/cmd/gui/main.js
+++ b/cmd/gui/main.js
@@ -497,6 +497,11 @@ function createWindow() {
   const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([]);
   Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu);
   mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
+    // Window icon (taskbar/dock): same asset as the tray and package.
+    icon: path.join(__dirname, "build", "icon.png"),
+    // GNOME taskbar icons match the window's WM_CLASS (lowercase
+    // "modelrouter-gui") against StartupWMClass in the .desktop file.
+    backgroundColor: "#1f2937",
     width: 1280,
     height: 860,
     minWidth: 900,
diff --git a/cmd/gui/package.json b/cmd/gui/package.json
index 68afe84..4f34019 100644
--- a/cmd/gui/package.json
+++ b/cmd/gui/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "build": {
     "appId": "com.modelrouter.gui",
     "productName": "ModelRouter",
-    "linux": {
+"linux": {
       "target": [
         "deb",
         "rpm",
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
       "icon": "build/icon.png",
       "maintainer": "ModelRouter",
       "synopsis": "ModelRouter Desktop",
+"desktop": {
+        "entry": {
+            "StartupWMClass": "modelrouter-gui"
+        }
+      },
       "extraResources": [
         {
           "from": "bin/llmsproxy",