diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,20 +188,19 @@ if (WIN32)
   install(FILES ${WINDOWS_INSTALL_LIBRARIES} DESTINATION bin)
 endif (WIN32)
 
-# install menu item and icon
+# prepare menu item and icon
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/program_name.desktop.in"
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.desktop")
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/program_name.png"
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png" COPYONLY)
 
+set(DESKTOP_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.desktop)
+set(ICON_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png)
+
+# install menu item and icon
 if (UNIX)
-  # first copy files to share/serialplot/
-  install(FILES
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.desktop
-    DESTINATION share/applications/)
-  install(FILES
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}.png
-	DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/)
+  install(FILES ${DESKTOP_FILE} DESTINATION share/applications/)
+  install(FILES ${ICON_FILE} DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/)
 endif (UNIX)
 
 # uninstalling
diff --git a/cmake/modules/BuildLinuxAppImage.cmake b/cmake/modules/BuildLinuxAppImage.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/BuildLinuxAppImage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BuildLinuxAppImage.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 set(LINUXDEPLOYQT_URL "https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/1/linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage")
 set(LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage)
 
-set(APPIMAGE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/app/SerialPlot.AppImage)
-set(APPIMAGE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/SerialPlot-${VERSION_STRING})
+set(APPIMAGE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME}-${VERSION_STRING})
 
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT
@@ -26,6 +25,10 @@ add_custom_target(
     COMMAND
         ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:${PROGRAM_NAME}> ${APPIMAGE_DIR}
     COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${DESKTOP_FILE} ${APPIMAGE_DIR}
+    COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${ICON_FILE} ${APPIMAGE_DIR}
+    COMMAND
         ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PATH=${QT_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin:$ENV{PATH} ${LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL}
             ${APPIMAGE_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME} -appimage
             -always-overwrite -bundle-non-qt-libs -verbose=2