diff --git a/app/layouts/manager.cpp b/app/layouts/manager.cpp
index 332bc88fe..535c2206c 100644
--- a/app/layouts/manager.cpp
+++ b/app/layouts/manager.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,37 @@ QStringList Manager::viewTemplateIds() const
     return ids;
 }
 
+Latte::Data::LayoutIcon Manager::iconForLayout(const Data::Layout &layout) const
+{
+    Latte::Data::LayoutIcon _icon;
+
+    if (!layout.icon.isEmpty()) {
+        //! if there is specific icon set from the user for this layout we draw only that icon
+        _icon.name = layout.icon;
+        _icon.isBackgroundFile = false;
+        return _icon;
+    }
+
+    //! fallback icon: background image
+    if (_icon.isEmpty()) {
+        QString colorPath = m_corona->kPackage().path() + "../../shells/org.kde.latte.shell/contents/images/canvas/";
+
+        if (layout.backgroundStyle == Layout::PatternBackgroundStyle && layout.background.isEmpty()) {
+            colorPath += "defaultcustomprint.jpg";
+        } else {
+            colorPath = layout.background.startsWith("/") ? layout.background : colorPath + layout.color + "print.jpg";
+        }
+
+        if (QFileInfo(colorPath).exists()) {
+            _icon.isBackgroundFile = true;
+            _icon.name = colorPath;
+            return _icon;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return Latte::Data::LayoutIcon();
+}
+
 QList<CentralLayout *> Manager::currentLayouts() const
 {
     return m_synchronizer->currentLayouts();
diff --git a/app/layouts/manager.h b/app/layouts/manager.h
index 707a8a55f..6f2e5c70c 100644
--- a/app/layouts/manager.h
+++ b/app/layouts/manager.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "syncedlaunchers.h"
 #include "synchronizer.h"
 #include "../apptypes.h"
+#include "../data/layoutdata.h"
+#include "../data/layouticondata.h"
 #include "../settings/settingsdialog/settingsdialog.h"
 
 // Qt
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ public:
 
     QStringList currentLayoutsNames() const;
 
+    Latte::Data::LayoutIcon iconForLayout(const Data::Layout &layout) const;
+
     MemoryUsage::LayoutsMemory memoryUsage() const;
     void setMemoryUsage(MemoryUsage::LayoutsMemory memoryUsage);
 
diff --git a/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutscontroller.cpp b/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutscontroller.cpp
index 13411596d..6ac4cb315 100644
--- a/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutscontroller.cpp
+++ b/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutscontroller.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ void Layouts::initView()
 
     //!find the available colors
     m_iconsPath = m_handler->corona()->kPackage().path() + "../../shells/org.kde.latte.shell/contents/images/canvas/";
-    m_model->setIconsPath(m_iconsPath);
 
     QDir layoutDir(m_iconsPath);
     QStringList filter;
diff --git a/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.cpp b/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.cpp
index e27975ddf..d4aa3ae86 100644
--- a/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.cpp
+++ b/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.cpp
@@ -404,45 +404,9 @@ Qt::ItemFlags Layouts::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
     return flags;
 }
 
-void Layouts::setIconsPath(QString iconsPath)
-{
-    m_iconsPath = iconsPath;
-}
-
-Latte::Data::LayoutIcon Layouts::iconForCentralLayout(const int &row) const
-{
-    Latte::Data::LayoutIcon _icon;
-
-    if (!m_layoutsTable[row].icon.isEmpty()) {
-        //! if there is specific icon set from the user for this layout we draw only that icon
-        _icon.name = m_layoutsTable[row].icon;
-        _icon.isBackgroundFile = false;
-        return _icon;
-    }
-
-    //! fallback icon: background image
-    if (_icon.isEmpty()) {
-        QString colorPath;
-
-        if (m_layoutsTable[row].backgroundStyle == Layout::PatternBackgroundStyle && m_layoutsTable[row].background.isEmpty()) {
-            colorPath = m_iconsPath + "defaultcustomprint.jpg";
-        } else {
-            colorPath = m_layoutsTable[row].background.startsWith("/") ? m_layoutsTable[row].background : m_iconsPath + m_layoutsTable[row].color + "print.jpg";
-        }
-
-        if (QFileInfo(colorPath).exists()) {
-            _icon.isBackgroundFile = true;
-            _icon.name = colorPath;
-            return _icon;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return Latte::Data::LayoutIcon();
-}
-
 Latte::Data::LayoutIcon Layouts::icon(const int &row) const
 {
-    return iconForCentralLayout(row);
+    return m_corona->layoutsManager()->iconForLayout(m_layoutsTable[row]);
 }
 
 const Latte::Data::LayoutIcon Layouts::currentLayoutIcon(const QString &id) const
diff --git a/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.h b/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.h
index 46308bda7..d63a886d3 100644
--- a/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.h
+++ b/app/settings/settingsdialog/layoutsmodel.h
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ public:
     void setCurrentLayoutForFreeActivities(const QString &id);
     void setOriginalLayoutForFreeActivities(const QString &id);
 
-    void setIconsPath(QString iconsPath);
-
     QList<Latte::Data::Layout> alteredLayouts() const;
 
     const Latte::Data::LayoutsTable &currentLayoutsData();
@@ -180,11 +178,8 @@ private:
     QStringList cleanStrings(const QStringList &original, const QStringList &occupied);
 
     Latte::Data::LayoutIcon icon(const int &row) const;
-    Latte::Data::LayoutIcon iconForCentralLayout(const int &row) const;
 
 private:
-    QString m_iconsPath;
-
     Latte::Data::ActivitiesTable m_activitiesTable;
     QHash<QString, KActivities::Info *> m_activitiesInfo;