diff --git a/plugins/nf-console/build.gradle b/plugins/nf-console/build.gradle
index 9ea3f11230..fad348d4aa 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-console/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/nf-console/build.gradle
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dependencies {
     // this is required by 'groovy-console'  
     api("com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:3.25.8")
 
+    testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":nextflow")))
     testImplementation project(':nextflow')
     testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy:4.0.21"
     testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-nio:4.0.21"
diff --git a/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunner.groovy b/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunner.groovy
index c26fab72c3..9e4537c8ed 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunner.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunner.groovy
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 package nextflow.ui.console
 
 import javax.swing.UIManager
+import java.awt.Taskbar
+import java.awt.Toolkit
 
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 import nextflow.cli.CliOptions
@@ -53,8 +55,9 @@ class ConsoleRunner implements ConsoleExtension {
 
         //when starting via main set the look and feel to system
         UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName())
+        loadDockIcon()
 
-        def console = new Nextflow(ConsoleRunner.getClassLoader())
+        final console = new Nextflow(ConsoleRunner.getClassLoader())
         console.useScriptClassLoaderForScriptExecution = true
         console.run()
         if (args.length == 2)
@@ -64,6 +67,23 @@ class ConsoleRunner implements ConsoleExtension {
             catch( IOException e ) {
                 log.warn("Can't open script file: ${args[1]}" )
             }
+    }
 
+    static void loadDockIcon() {
+        final URL imageResource = ConsoleRunner.getResource("/nextflow-icon.png");
+        final defaultToolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
+        final image = defaultToolkit.getImage(imageResource)
+        final taskbar = Taskbar.getTaskbar()
+        try {
+            //set icon for mac os (and other systems which do support this method)
+            taskbar.setIconImage(image)
+        }
+        catch (final UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+            log.debug("The os does not support: 'taskbar.setIconImage'")
+        }
+        catch (final SecurityException e) {
+            log.debug("There was a security exception for: 'taskbar.setIconImage'")
+        }
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/Nextflow.groovy b/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/Nextflow.groovy
index 2cc0a319a6..152880352a 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/Nextflow.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-console/src/main/nextflow/ui/console/Nextflow.groovy
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 
-import groovy.transform.ThreadInterrupt
 import groovy.console.ui.Console
 import groovy.console.ui.OutputTransforms
+import groovy.transform.ThreadInterrupt
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 import nextflow.NextflowMeta
 import nextflow.Session
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Nextflow extends Console {
                     frame(
                             title: TITLE,
                             //location: [100,100], // in groovy 2.0 use platform default location
-                            iconImage: imageIcon('/nextflow_icon_48x48.png').image,
+                            iconImage: imageIcon('/nextflow-icon.png').image,
                             defaultCloseOperation: JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE,
                     ) {
                         try {
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class Nextflow extends Console {
     Nextflow(ClassLoader loader) {
         super(loader, new ScriptBinding())
         this.scriptConfig = createScriptConfig()
-
         NextflowMeta.instance.enableDsl2()
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/nf-console/src/resources/nextflow-icon.png b/plugins/nf-console/src/resources/nextflow-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46afa9035f
Binary files /dev/null and b/plugins/nf-console/src/resources/nextflow-icon.png differ
diff --git a/plugins/nf-console/src/resources/nextflow_icon_48x48.png b/plugins/nf-console/src/resources/nextflow_icon_48x48.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 5049f59d0e..0000000000
Binary files a/plugins/nf-console/src/resources/nextflow_icon_48x48.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/plugins/nf-console/src/test/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunnerTest.groovy b/plugins/nf-console/src/test/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunnerTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c8ef9832d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nf-console/src/test/nextflow/ui/console/ConsoleRunnerTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2021. Seqera Labs, S.L.
+ *
+ * All Rights reserved
+ *
+ */
+
+package nextflow.ui.console
+
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
+ */
+class ConsoleRunnerTest extends Specification{
+
+    def 'should load nextflow icon' () {
+        expect:
+        ConsoleRunner.getResource("/nextflow-icon.png")
+    }
+
+}