diff --git a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
index b2c41ed..cd77964 100644
--- a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
@@ -318,20 +318,42 @@ void Item::updateImage() {
 }
 
 Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> Item::getIconPixbuf() {
-  try {
-    if (icon_pixmap) {
-      return icon_pixmap;
-    }
-    if (!icon_name.empty()) {
+
+  if (!icon_name.empty()) {
+
+    try {
       std::ifstream temp(icon_name);
       if (temp.is_open()) {
         return Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_file(icon_name);
       }
-      return getIconByName(icon_name, getScaledIconSize());
+    } catch (Glib::Error& e) {
+      // Ignore because we want to also try different methods of getting an icon.
+      //
+      // But a warning is logged, as the file apparently exists, but there was
+      // a failure in creating a pixbuf out of it.
+
+      spdlog::warn("Item '{}': {}", id, static_cast<std::string>(e.what()));
+    }
+
+    try {
+      // Will throw if it can not find an icon.
+      return getIconByName(icon_name, getScaledIconSize());
+    } catch (Glib::Error& e) {
+      spdlog::info("Item '{}': {}", id, static_cast<std::string>(e.what()));
     }
-  } catch (Glib::Error& e) {
-    spdlog::error("Item '{}': {}", id, static_cast<std::string>(e.what()));
   }
+
+  // Return the pixmap only if an icon for the given name could not be found.
+  if (icon_pixmap) {
+    return icon_pixmap;
+  }
+
+  if (icon_name.empty()) {
+    spdlog::error("Item '{}': No icon name or pixmap given.", id, icon_name);
+  } else {
+    spdlog::error("Item '{}': Could not find an icon named '{}' and no pixmap given.", id, icon_name);
+  }
+
   return getIconByName("image-missing", getScaledIconSize());
 }