diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs
index c2c3ec36d..130221379 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Image
                 {
                     return new ImageResult(DefaultImage, ImageType.Error);
                 }
+
                 if (ImageCache.ContainsKey(path, loadFullImage))
                 {
                     return new ImageResult(ImageCache[path, loadFullImage], ImageType.Cache);
                 }
+
                 if (Uri.TryCreate(path, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute, out var uriResult)
                     && (uriResult.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttp || uriResult.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttps))
                 {
@@ -131,11 +133,6 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Image
                     return new ImageResult(imageSource, ImageType.Data);
                 }
 
-                if (!Path.IsPathRooted(path))
-                {
-                    path = Path.Combine(Constant.ProgramDirectory, "Images", Path.GetFileName(path));
-                }
-
                 imageResult = await Task.Run(() => GetThumbnailResult(ref path, loadFullImage));
             }
             catch (System.Exception e)
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
index fa5005078..f2d9323ef 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
@@ -60,15 +60,14 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin
             get { return _icoPath; }
             set
             {
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(PluginDirectory) && !Path.IsPathRooted(value))
+                // As a standard this property will handle prepping and converting to absolute local path for icon image processing
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)
+                    && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(PluginDirectory)
+                    && !Path.IsPathRooted(value)
+                    && !value.StartsWith("http://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && !value.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    string absPath = Path.Combine(value, IcoPath);
-                    // Only convert relative paths if its a valid path
-                    if (File.Exists(absPath))
-                    {
-                        _icoPath = Path.Combine(value, IcoPath);
-                    }
-                    
+                    _icoPath = Path.Combine(PluginDirectory, value);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -146,16 +145,11 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin
             set
             {
                 _pluginDirectory = value;
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(IcoPath) && !Path.IsPathRooted(IcoPath))
-                {
-                    string absPath = Path.Combine(value, IcoPath);
-                    // Only convert relative paths if its a valid path
-                    if (File.Exists(absPath))
-                    {
-                        IcoPath = absPath;
-                    }
-                    
-                }
+
+                // When the Result object is returned from the query call, PluginDirectory is not provided until
+                // UpdatePluginMetadata call is made at PluginManager.cs L196. Once the PluginDirectory becomes available
+                // we need to update (only if not Uri path) the IcoPath with the full absolute path so the image can be loaded.
+                IcoPath = _icoPath;
             }
         }