diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/icons/README.md b/packages/desktop-electron/icons/README.md
index fa219a77ef..cf2f8e24c5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/icons/README.md
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/icons/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ Here's the process I've been using to create icons:
 
 The Image2Icon step is necessary as the `icon.icns` generated by `app-icon.png` does not apply the shadow/padding expected by macOS,
 so app icons appear larger than expected.
+
+For unpackaged Electron on macOS, `app.dock.setIcon()` should use a PNG. Keep `dock.png` in each channel folder synced with the
+extracted `icon_128x128@2x.png` from that channel's `icon.icns` so the dev Dock icon matches the packaged app inset.
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/icons/beta/dock.png b/packages/desktop-electron/icons/beta/dock.png
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diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/icons/dev/dock.png b/packages/desktop-electron/icons/dev/dock.png
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index 0000000000..4953d5531e
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diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/icons/prod/dock.png b/packages/desktop-electron/icons/prod/dock.png
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index 0000000000..f2ab694e97
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diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts
index 0b7783f289..170cd877cd 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/windows.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export function setTitlebar(win: BrowserWindow, theme: Partial<TitlebarTheme> =
 
 export function setDockIcon() {
   if (process.platform !== "darwin") return
-  app.dock?.setIcon(nativeImage.createFromPath(join(iconsDir(), "128x128@2x.png")))
+  const icon = nativeImage.createFromPath(join(iconsDir(), "dock.png"))
+  if (!icon.isEmpty()) app.dock?.setIcon(icon)
 }
 
 export function createMainWindow(globals: Globals) {