diff --git a/Commons/Settings.qml b/Commons/Settings.qml
index afac08c..243ddee 100644
--- a/Commons/Settings.qml
+++ b/Commons/Settings.qml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ Singleton {
         property bool alwaysShowBatteryPercentage: false
         property bool showNetworkStats: false
         property real backgroundOpacity: 1.0
+        property bool useDistroLogo: false
         property string showWorkspaceLabel: "none"
         property list<string> monitors: []
 
@@ -142,8 +143,6 @@ Singleton {
         property real radiusRatio: 1.0
         // Animation speed multiplier (0.1x - 2.0x)
         property real animationSpeed: 1.0
-        // Replace sidepanel toggle with distro logo (shown in bar and/or side panel)
-        property bool useDistroLogoForSidepanel: false
       }
 
       // location
diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/SidePanelToggle.qml b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/SidePanelToggle.qml
index f37ff12..2febfa4 100644
--- a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/SidePanelToggle.qml
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/SidePanelToggle.qml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Widgets
+import QtQuick.Effects
 import qs.Commons
 import qs.Widgets
 import qs.Services
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ NIconButton {
   property ShellScreen screen
   property real scaling: 1.0
 
-  icon: "widgets"
+  icon: Settings.data.bar.useDistroLogo ? "" : "widgets"
   tooltipText: "Open side panel"
   sizeRatio: 0.8
 
@@ -20,4 +22,25 @@ NIconButton {
 
   anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
   onClicked: PanelService.getPanel("sidePanel")?.toggle(screen)
+
+  // When enabled, draw the distro logo instead of the icon glyph
+  IconImage {
+    id: logo
+    anchors.centerIn: parent
+    width: root.width * 0.6
+    height: width
+    source: Settings.data.bar.useDistroLogo ? DistroLogoService.osLogo : ""
+    visible: false //Settings.data.bar.useDistroLogo && source !== ""
+    smooth: true
+  }
+
+  MultiEffect {
+    anchors.fill: logo
+    source: logo
+    //visible: logo.visible
+    colorization: 1
+    brightness: 1
+    saturation: 1
+    colorizationColor: root.hovering ? Color.mSurfaceVariant : Color.mOnSurface
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/SettingsPanel/Tabs/BarTab.qml b/Modules/SettingsPanel/Tabs/BarTab.qml
index b1d064d..de13288 100644
--- a/Modules/SettingsPanel/Tabs/BarTab.qml
+++ b/Modules/SettingsPanel/Tabs/BarTab.qml
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ ColumnLayout {
                  }
     }
 
+    NToggle {
+      label: "Replace SidePanel toggle with distro logo"
+      description: "Show distro logo instead of the SidePanel toggle button in the bar."
+      checked: Settings.data.bar.useDistroLogo
+      onToggled: checked => {
+                   Settings.data.bar.useDistroLogo = checked
+                 }
+    }
+
     NComboBox {
       label: "Show Workspaces Labels"
       description: "Display the workspace name or index in the workspace indicator"
diff --git a/Services/DistroLogoService.qml b/Services/DistroLogoService.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a04d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Services/DistroLogoService.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+pragma Singleton
+
+import QtQuick
+import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
+import qs.Commons
+
+Singleton {
+  id: root
+
+  // Public properties
+  property string osPretty: ""
+  property string osLogo: ""
+
+  // Internal helpers
+  function buildCandidates(name) {
+    const n = (name || "").trim()
+    if (!n)
+      return []
+
+    const sizes = ["512x512", "256x256", "128x128", "64x64", "48x48", "32x32", "24x24", "22x22", "16x16"]
+    const exts = ["svg", "png"]
+    const candidates = []
+
+    // pixmaps
+    for (const ext of exts) {
+      candidates.push(`/usr/share/pixmaps/${n}.${ext}`)
+    }
+
+    // hicolor scalable and raster sizes
+    candidates.push(`/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/${n}.svg`)
+    for (const s of sizes) {
+      for (const ext of exts) {
+        candidates.push(`/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${s}/apps/${n}.${ext}`)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Generic icon themes under /usr/share/icons (common cases)
+    for (const ext of exts) {
+      candidates.push(`/usr/share/icons/${n}.${ext}`)
+      candidates.push(`/usr/share/icons/${n}/${n}.${ext}`)
+      candidates.push(`/usr/share/icons/${n}/apps/${n}.${ext}`)
+    }
+
+    return candidates
+  }
+
+  function resolveLogo(name) {
+    const all = buildCandidates(name)
+    if (all.length === 0)
+      return
+
+    const script = all.map(p => `if [ -f "${p}" ]; then echo "${p}"; exit 0; fi`).join("; ") + "; exit 1"
+    probe.command = ["sh", "-c", script]
+    probe.running = true
+  }
+
+  // Read /etc/os-release and trigger resolution
+  FileView {
+    id: osInfo
+    path: "/etc/os-release"
+    onLoaded: {
+      try {
+        const lines = text().split("\n")
+        const val = k => {
+          const l = lines.find(x => x.startsWith(k + "="))
+          return l ? l.split("=")[1].replace(/"/g, "") : ""
+        }
+        root.osPretty = val("PRETTY_NAME") || val("NAME")
+        const logoName = val("LOGO")
+        if (logoName)
+        resolveLogo(logoName)
+      } catch (e) {
+        Logger.warn("DistroLogoService", "failed to read os-release", e)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  Process {
+    id: probe
+    onExited: code => {
+      const p = String(stdout.text || "").trim()
+      if (code === 0 && p) {
+        root.osLogo = `file://${p}`
+        Logger.log("DistroLogoService", "found", root.osLogo)
+      } else {
+        root.osLogo = ""
+        Logger.warn("DistroLogoService", "none found")
+      }
+    }
+    stdout: StdioCollector {}
+    stderr: StdioCollector {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Widgets/NWidgetLoader.qml b/Widgets/NWidgetLoader.qml
index 6e8c64b..1f4046c 100644
--- a/Widgets/NWidgetLoader.qml
+++ b/Widgets/NWidgetLoader.qml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Item {
   Connections {
     target: ScalingService
     function onScaleChanged(screenName, scale) {
-      if ((loader.item.screen !== null) && (screenName === loader.item.screen.name)) {
+      if (loader.item && loader.item.screen && screenName === loader.item.screen.name) {
         loader.item['scaling'] = scale
       }
     }