diff --git a/src/core/notification/icon.cpp b/src/core/notification/icon.cpp
index e86008c..7e85825 100644
--- a/src/core/notification/icon.cpp
+++ b/src/core/notification/icon.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 
 using namespace Snore;
 
+QByteArray Icon::dataFromImage(const QImage &image)
+{
+    QByteArray data;
+    QBuffer buffer( &data );
+    buffer.open( QBuffer::WriteOnly );
+    image.save( &buffer, "PNG" );
+    return data;
+}
+
 Icon::Icon() :
     d(NULL)
 {
@@ -65,10 +74,6 @@ QString Icon::localUrl()const
     return d->localUrl();
 }
 
-const QByteArray &Icon::imageData() const{
-    return d->imageData();
-}
-
 bool Icon::isLocalFile() const
 {
     return d->m_isLocalFile;
@@ -79,6 +84,11 @@ bool Icon::isValid() const
     return d && !(d->m_img.isNull() && d->m_url.isEmpty());
 }
 
+Icon Icon::scaled(const QSize &s) const
+{
+    return Icon(image().scaled(s,Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+}
+
 QString Icon::url() const
 {
     return d->m_url;
diff --git a/src/core/notification/icon.h b/src/core/notification/icon.h
index 6c59560..7724455 100644
--- a/src/core/notification/icon.h
+++ b/src/core/notification/icon.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <QSharedData>
 #include <QDebug>
+
 namespace Snore{
     class Icon;
 }
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ class IconData;
 class SNORE_EXPORT Icon
 {
 public:
+
+    static QByteArray dataFromImage(const QImage &image);
+
     Icon();
 
     /**
@@ -87,12 +91,6 @@ public:
      */
     QString url() const;
 
-    /**
-     *
-     * @return a QByteArray containing the data of a png representing the Icon
-     */
-    const QByteArray &imageData() const ;
-
     /**
      *
      * @return whether the Icon was created from a local file
@@ -111,6 +109,8 @@ public:
      */
     bool isValid() const;
 
+    Icon scaled(const QSize &s) const;
+
 private:
     QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<IconData> d;
     friend SNORE_EXPORT QDebug (::operator<<) ( QDebug, const Snore::Icon &);
diff --git a/src/core/notification/icon_p.cpp b/src/core/notification/icon_p.cpp
index f9e6c6e..30d0777 100644
--- a/src/core/notification/icon_p.cpp
+++ b/src/core/notification/icon_p.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ IconData::IconData(const QString &url):
 
 IconData::IconData(const QImage &img):
     m_img(img),
-    m_data(dataFromImage(img)),
-    m_hash(SnoreCorePrivate::computeHash(m_data)),
+    m_hash(SnoreCorePrivate::computeHash(Icon::dataFromImage(img))),
     m_localUrl(createLocalFileName(m_hash)),
     m_isLocalFile(false),
     m_isResource(false),
@@ -60,20 +59,6 @@ IconData::~IconData()
 
 }
 
-
-const QByteArray &Snore::IconData::imageData()
-{
-    QMutexLocker lock(&m_mutex);
-    if(m_data.isEmpty())
-    {
-        if(m_isRemoteFile)
-        {
-            download();
-        }
-    }
-    return m_data;
-}
-
 const QImage &IconData::image()
 {
     QMutexLocker lock(&m_mutex);
@@ -107,7 +92,7 @@ QString IconData::localUrl()
 
 void IconData::download()
 {
-    if(m_isRemoteFile && m_data.isEmpty())
+    if(m_isRemoteFile)
     {
         if(!QFile(m_localUrl).exists())
         {
@@ -122,15 +107,13 @@ void IconData::download()
             loop.exec();
             if(reply->isFinished())
             {
-                m_data = reply->readAll();
-                m_img = QImage::fromData(m_data, "PNG");
+                m_img = QImage::fromData(reply->readAll(), "PNG");
                 m_img.save(m_localUrl,"PNG");
             }
         }
         else
         {
             m_img = QImage(m_localUrl);
-            m_data = dataFromImage(m_img);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/notification/icon_p.h b/src/core/notification/icon_p.h
index c63d68e..a40f374 100644
--- a/src/core/notification/icon_p.h
+++ b/src/core/notification/icon_p.h
@@ -41,15 +41,12 @@ public:
     IconData(const QImage &img);
     ~IconData();
 
-
-    const QByteArray &imageData();
     const QImage &image();
     QString localUrl();
     void download();
 
 
     QImage m_img;
-    QByteArray m_data;
     QString m_url;
     QString m_hash;
     QString m_localUrl;
@@ -61,15 +58,6 @@ public:
 private:
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(IconData)
 
-    inline QByteArray dataFromImage(const QImage &image)
-    {
-        QByteArray data;
-        QBuffer buffer( &data );
-        buffer.open( QBuffer::WriteOnly );
-        image.save( &buffer, "PNG" );
-        return data;
-    }
-
     inline QString createLocalFileName(const QString &hash)
     {
         static QString tmp;
diff --git a/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp b/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp
index 68f3832..09b99ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ void SnarlBackend::slotNotify(Notification notification){
 
      ULONG32 id = 0;
      snoreDebug( SNORE_DEBUG ) << notification.icon();
+
     if(!notification.isUpdate())
     {
        id = snarlInterface->Notify(notification.alert().name().toUtf8().constData(),
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ void SnarlBackend::slotNotify(Notification notification){
                                             Snore::toPlainText(notification.text()).toUtf8().constData(),
                                             notification.timeout(),
                                             notification.icon().isLocalFile()?notification.icon().localUrl().toUtf8().constData():0,
-                                            !notification.icon().isLocalFile()?notification.icon().imageData().toBase64().constData():0,
+                                            !notification.icon().isLocalFile()?Icon::dataFromImage(notification.icon().image()).toBase64().constData():0,
                                             priority);
 
         foreach(const Action &a, notification.actions())
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ void SnarlBackend::slotNotify(Notification notification){
                                Snore::toPlainText(notification.text()).toUtf8().constData(),
                                notification.timeout(),
                                notification.icon().isLocalFile()?notification.icon().localUrl().toUtf8().constData():0,
-                               !notification.icon().isLocalFile()?notification.icon().imageData().toBase64().constData():0,
+                               !notification.icon().isLocalFile()?Icon::dataFromImage(notification.icon().image()).toBase64().constData():0,
                                priority);
     }