diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index a6330fe4..6bfd83a1 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -418,6 +418,15 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
 };
 
 app.whenReady().then(() => {
+  // Set app name and dock icon for development mode on macOS
+  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+    app.setName('seedit');
+    if (app.dock) {
+      const iconPath = path.join(dirname, '..', isDev ? 'public' : 'build', 'icon.png');
+      app.dock.setIcon(iconPath);
+    }
+  }
+
   createMainWindow();
 
   app.on('activate', () => {
diff --git a/forge.config.js b/forge.config.js
index 51191ec1..74d87e2e 100644
--- a/forge.config.js
+++ b/forge.config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const config = {
     name: 'seedit',
     executableName: 'seedit',
     appBundleId: 'seedit.desktop',
+    icon: './public/icon', // electron-forge adds the correct extension per platform
 
     // NOTE: asar is disabled because of a bug where electron-packager silently fails
     // during asar creation with seedit's large node_modules. The app works fine without it.
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ const config = {
       platforms: ['darwin'],
       config: {
         name: 'seedit',
+        icon: './public/icon.png',
         format: 'UDZO',
       },
     },
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ const config = {
       platforms: ['win32'],
       config: {
         name: 'seedit',
+        setupIcon: './public/favicon.ico',
+        iconUrl: 'file://public/favicon.ico',
       },
     },
     // Linux
@@ -88,6 +92,8 @@ const config = {
       platforms: ['linux'],
       config: {
         options: {
+          name: 'seedit',
+          icon: './public/icon.png',
           categories: ['Network'],
         },
       },