diff --git a/code/modules/pda/app.dm b/code/modules/pda/app.dm
index eb64125ee9..99c9822019 100644
--- a/code/modules/pda/app.dm
+++ b/code/modules/pda/app.dm
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
 		pda.play_ringtone()
 
 	if(blink && !(src in pda.notifying_programs))
-		pda.overlays += image('icons/obj/pda.dmi', "pda-r")
+		pda.overlays += image(icon, "pda-r")
 		pda.notifying_programs |= src
 
 /datum/data/pda/proc/unnotify()
 	if(src in pda.notifying_programs)
 		pda.notifying_programs -= src
 		if(!pda.notifying_programs.len)
-			pda.overlays -= image('icons/obj/pda.dmi', "pda-r")
+			pda.overlays -= image(icon, "pda-r")
 
 // An app has a button on the home screen and its own UI
 /datum/data/pda/app
diff --git a/code/modules/pda/pda.dm b/code/modules/pda/pda.dm
index 2c3b368730..f05a1056fd 100644
--- a/code/modules/pda/pda.dm
+++ b/code/modules/pda/pda.dm
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ var/global/list/obj/item/device/pda/PDAs = list()
 	if(can_use(usr))
 		start_program(find_program(/datum/data/pda/app/main_menu))
 		notifying_programs.Cut()
-		overlays -= image('icons/obj/pda.dmi', "pda-r")
+		overlays -= image(icon, "pda-r")
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='notice'>You press the reset button on \the [src].</span>")
 	else
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='notice'>You cannot do this while restrained.</span>")