diff --git a/plugin-desktop2/Cargo.toml b/plugin-desktop2/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23f8f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-desktop2/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "desktop2"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+freedesktop-desktop-entry = "0.5.0"
+freedesktop-icons = "0.2.3"
+log = "0.4.19"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
+regex = "1.9.1"
+rmenu-plugin = { version = "0.0.0", path = "../rmenu-plugin" }
+rust-ini = "0.19.0"
+serde_json = "1.0.104"
+shellexpand = "3.1.0"
+thiserror = "1.0.44"
+walkdir = "2.3.3"
diff --git a/plugin-desktop2/src/icons.rs b/plugin-desktop2/src/icons.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50afbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-desktop2/src/icons.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
+use std::fs::{read_dir, read_to_string};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use freedesktop_desktop_entry::DesktopEntry;
+use ini::Ini;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+type ThemeSource<'a> = (&'a str, &'a str, &'a str);
+
+static INDEX_MAIN: &'static str = "Icon Theme";
+static INDEX_NAME: &'static str = "Name";
+static INDEX_SIZE: &'static str = "Size";
+static INDEX_DIRS: &'static str = "Directories";
+static INDEX_FILE: &'static str = "index.theme";
+
+static DEFAULT_INDEX: &'static str = "default/index.theme";
+static DEFAULT_THEME: &'static str = "Hicolor";
+
+static PIXMAPS: Lazy<PathBuf> = Lazy::new(|| PathBuf::from("/usr/share/pixmaps/"));
+static THEME_SOURCES: Lazy<Vec<ThemeSource>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    vec![
+        ("kdeglobals", "Icons", "Theme"),
+        ("gtk-4.0/settings.ini", "Settings", "gtk-icon-theme-name"),
+        ("gtk-3.0/settings.ini", "Settings", "gtk-icon-theme-name"),
+    ]
+});
+
+/// Title String
+#[inline]
+fn title(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut c = s.chars();
+    match c.next() {
+        None => String::new(),
+        Some(f) => f.to_uppercase().collect::<String>() + c.as_str(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Collect Theme Definitions in Common GUI Configurations
+fn theme_inis(cfgdir: &PathBuf) -> Vec<String> {
+    THEME_SOURCES
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|(path, sec, key)| {
+            let path = cfgdir.join(path);
+            let ini = Ini::load_from_file(path).ok()?;
+            ini.get_from(Some(sec.to_owned()), key).map(|s| title(s))
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Parse FreeDesktop Theme-Name from Index File
+fn get_theme_name(path: &PathBuf) -> Option<String> {
+    let content = read_to_string(path).ok()?;
+    let config = DesktopEntry::decode(&path, &content).ok()?;
+    config
+        .groups
+        .get(INDEX_MAIN)
+        .and_then(|g| g.get(INDEX_NAME))
+        .map(|key| key.0.to_owned())
+}
+
+/// Determine XDG Icon Theme based on Preexisting Configuration Files
+pub fn active_themes(cfgdir: &PathBuf, icondirs: &Vec<PathBuf>) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut themes: Vec<String> = icondirs
+        .iter()
+        .map(|d| d.join(DEFAULT_INDEX))
+        .filter(|p| p.exists())
+        .filter_map(|p| get_theme_name(&p))
+        .collect();
+    themes.extend(theme_inis(cfgdir));
+    let default = DEFAULT_THEME.to_string();
+    if !themes.contains(&default) {
+        themes.push(default);
+    }
+    themes
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum ThemeError {
+    #[error("Failed to Read Index")]
+    FileError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Failed to Parse Index")]
+    IndexError(#[from] freedesktop_desktop_entry::DecodeError),
+    #[error("No Such Group")]
+    NoSuchGroup(&'static str),
+    #[error("No Such Key")]
+    NoSuchKey(&'static str),
+    #[error("Unselected Theme")]
+    UnselectedTheme,
+    #[error("Invalid Path Name")]
+    BadPathName(PathBuf),
+}
+
+/// Track Paths and their Priority according to Sizes preference
+struct PathPriority {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    priority: usize,
+}
+
+impl PathPriority {
+    fn new(path: PathBuf, priority: usize) -> Self {
+        Self { path, priority }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Track Theme Information w/ Name/Priority/SubPaths
+struct ThemeInfo {
+    name: String,
+    priority: usize,
+    paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+/// Single Theme Specification
+struct ThemeSpec<'a> {
+    root: &'a PathBuf,
+    themes: &'a Vec<String>,
+    sizes: &'a Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> ThemeSpec<'a> {
+    fn new(root: &'a PathBuf, themes: &'a Vec<String>, sizes: &'a Vec<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            root,
+            themes,
+            sizes,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Sort Theme Directories by Priority, Append Root, and Collect Names Only
+#[inline]
+fn sort_dirs(base: &PathBuf, dirs: &mut Vec<PathPriority>) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    dirs.sort_by_key(|p| p.priority);
+    dirs.push(PathPriority::new("".into(), 0));
+    dirs.into_iter().map(|p| p.path.to_owned()).collect()
+}
+
+/// Parse Theme Index and Sort Directories based on Size Preference
+fn parse_index(spec: &ThemeSpec) -> Result<ThemeInfo, ThemeError> {
+    // parse file content
+    let index = spec.root.join(INDEX_FILE);
+    let content = read_to_string(&index)?;
+    let config = DesktopEntry::decode(&index, &content)?;
+    let main = config
+        .groups
+        .get(INDEX_MAIN)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::NoSuchGroup(INDEX_MAIN))?;
+    // retrieve name and directories
+    let name = main
+        .get(INDEX_NAME)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::NoSuchKey(INDEX_NAME))?
+        .0;
+    // check if name in supported themes
+    let index = spec
+        .themes
+        .iter()
+        .position(|t| t == &name)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::UnselectedTheme)?;
+    // sort directories based on size preference
+    let mut directories = main
+        .get(INDEX_DIRS)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::NoSuchKey(INDEX_DIRS))?
+        .0
+        .split(',')
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|dir| {
+            let group = config.groups.get(dir)?;
+            let size = group
+                .get(INDEX_SIZE)
+                .and_then(|e| Some(e.0.to_owned()))
+                .and_then(|s| spec.sizes.iter().position(|is| &s == is));
+            Some(match size {
+                Some(num) => PathPriority::new(spec.root.join(dir), num),
+                None => PathPriority::new(spec.root.join(dir), 99),
+            })
+        })
+        .collect();
+    Ok(ThemeInfo {
+        priority: index,
+        name: name.to_owned(),
+        paths: sort_dirs(spec.root, &mut directories),
+    })
+}
+
+/// Guess Theme when Index is Missing
+fn guess_index(spec: &ThemeSpec) -> Result<ThemeInfo, ThemeError> {
+    // parse name and confirm active theme
+    let name = title(
+        spec.root
+            .file_name()
+            .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::BadPathName(spec.root.to_owned()))?
+            .to_str()
+            .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::BadPathName(spec.root.to_owned()))?,
+    );
+    let index = spec
+        .themes
+        .iter()
+        .position(|t| t == &name)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ThemeError::UnselectedTheme)?;
+    // retrieve directories and include priority
+    let mut directories: Vec<PathPriority> = read_dir(spec.root)?
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+        .filter_map(|e| {
+            let name = e.file_name().to_str().map(|n| n.to_owned())?;
+            Some(match name.split_once("x") {
+                Some((size, _)) => {
+                    let index = spec.sizes.iter().position(|is| &size == is);
+                    PathPriority::new(e.path(), index.unwrap_or(99))
+                }
+                None => PathPriority::new(e.path(), 99),
+            })
+        })
+        .collect();
+    // sort by priorty and only include matches
+    Ok(ThemeInfo {
+        name,
+        priority: index,
+        paths: sort_dirs(spec.root, &mut directories),
+    })
+}
+
+/// Specification for a Single Theme Path
+pub struct IconSpec {
+    paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    themes: Vec<String>,
+    sizes: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl IconSpec {
+    pub fn new(paths: Vec<PathBuf>, themes: Vec<String>, sizes: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            paths,
+            themes,
+            sizes: sizes.into_iter().map(|i| i.to_string()).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn standard(cfg: &PathBuf, sizes: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
+        let mut icon_paths = crate::data_dirs("icons");
+        let themes = active_themes(cfg, &icon_paths);
+        Self::new(icon_paths, themes, sizes)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Parse and Collect a list of Directories to Find Icons in Order of Preference
+fn parse_themes(icons: IconSpec) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    // retrieve supported theme information
+    let mut infos: Vec<ThemeInfo> = icons
+        .paths
+        // retrieve icon directories within main icon data paths
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|p| Some(read_dir(&p).ok()?.into_iter().filter_map(|d| d.ok())))
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|readdir| readdir.path())
+        // parse or guess index themes
+        .filter_map(|icondir| {
+            let spec = ThemeSpec::new(&icondir, &icons.themes, &icons.sizes);
+            parse_index(&spec)
+                .map(|r| Ok(r))
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| guess_index(&spec))
+                .ok()
+        })
+        .collect();
+    // sort results by theme index
+    infos.sort_by_key(|i| i.priority);
+    // combine results from multiple directories for the same theme
+    let mut map = BTreeMap::new();
+    for info in infos.into_iter() {
+        map.entry(info.name).or_insert(vec![]).extend(info.paths);
+    }
+    // finalize results from values
+    map.insert("pixmaps".to_owned(), vec![PIXMAPS.to_owned()]);
+    map.into_values().flatten().collect()
+}
+
+pub type IconMap = HashMap<String, PathBuf>;
+
+#[inline]
+fn is_icon(fname: &str) -> bool {
+    fname.ends_with("png") || fname.ends_with("svg") || fname.ends_with("xpm")
+}
+
+/// Collect Unique Icon Map based on Preffered Paths
+pub fn collect_icons(spec: IconSpec) -> IconMap {
+    let mut map = HashMap::new();
+    for path in parse_themes(spec).into_iter() {
+        let icons = WalkDir::new(path)
+            .follow_links(true)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+            .filter(|e| e.file_type().is_file());
+        for icon in icons {
+            let Some(fname) = icon.file_name().to_str() else { continue };
+            if !is_icon(&fname) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let Some((name, _)) = fname.rsplit_once(".") else { continue };
+            map.entry(name.to_owned())
+                .or_insert_with(|| icon.path().to_owned());
+        }
+    }
+    map
+}
diff --git a/plugin-desktop2/src/main.rs b/plugin-desktop2/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f03e845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-desktop2/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+use std::fs::read_to_string;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use freedesktop_desktop_entry::{DesktopEntry, Iter};
+use freedesktop_icons::lookup;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use regex::Regex;
+use rmenu_plugin::{Action, Entry, Method};
+
+mod icons;
+
+static XDG_DATA_ENV: &'static str = "XDG_DATA_DIRS";
+static XDG_CONFIG_ENV: &'static str = "XDG_CONFIG_HOME";
+static XDG_DATA_DEFAULT: &'static str = "/usr/share:/usr/local/share";
+static XDG_CONFIG_DEFAULT: &'static str = "~/.config";
+
+static EXEC_RGX: Lazy<Regex> =
+    Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"%\w").expect("Failed to Build Exec Regex"));
+
+/// Retrieve XDG-CONFIG-HOME Directory
+#[inline]
+fn config_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    let path = std::env::var(XDG_CONFIG_ENV).unwrap_or_else(|_| XDG_CONFIG_DEFAULT.to_string());
+    PathBuf::from(shellexpand::tilde(&path).to_string())
+}
+
+/// Retrieve XDG-DATA Directories
+fn data_dirs(dir: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    std::env::var(XDG_DATA_ENV)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| XDG_DATA_DEFAULT.to_string())
+        .split(":")
+        .map(|p| shellexpand::tilde(p).to_string())
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .map(|p| p.join(dir.to_owned()))
+        .filter(|p| p.exists())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Find Freedesktop Default Theme
+fn default_theme() -> String {
+    data_dirs("icons")
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|p| p.join("default/index.theme"))
+        .filter(|p| p.exists())
+        .find_map(|p| {
+            let content = read_to_string(&p).ok()?;
+            let config = DesktopEntry::decode(&p, &content).ok()?;
+            config
+                .groups
+                .get("Icon Theme")
+                .and_then(|g| g.get("Name"))
+                .map(|key| key.0.to_owned())
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "Hicolor".to_string())
+}
+
+/// Modify Exec Statements to Remove %u/%f/etc...
+#[inline(always)]
+fn fix_exec(exec: &str) -> String {
+    EXEC_RGX.replace_all(exec, "").trim().to_string()
+}
+
+/// Parse XDG Desktop Entry into RMenu Entry
+fn parse_desktop(path: &PathBuf, locale: Option<&str>) -> Option<Entry> {
+    let bytes = read_to_string(path).ok()?;
+    let entry = DesktopEntry::decode(&path, &bytes).ok()?;
+    let name = entry.name(locale)?.to_string();
+    let icon = entry.icon().map(|i| i.to_string());
+    let comment = entry.comment(locale).map(|s| s.to_string());
+    let terminal = entry.terminal();
+    let mut actions = match entry.exec() {
+        Some(exec) => vec![Action {
+            name: "main".to_string(),
+            exec: Method::new(fix_exec(exec), terminal),
+            comment: None,
+        }],
+        None => vec![],
+    };
+    actions.extend(
+        entry
+            .actions()
+            .unwrap_or("")
+            .split(";")
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|a| a.len() > 0)
+            .filter_map(|a| {
+                let name = entry.action_name(a, locale)?;
+                let exec = entry.action_exec(a)?;
+                Some(Action {
+                    name: name.to_string(),
+                    exec: Method::new(fix_exec(exec), terminal),
+                    comment: None,
+                })
+            }),
+    );
+    Some(Entry {
+        name,
+        actions,
+        comment,
+        icon,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Assign XDG Icon based on Desktop-Entry
+fn assign_icon(icon: String, map: &icons::IconMap) -> Option<String> {
+    if !icon.contains("/") {
+        if let Some(icon) = map.get(&icon) {
+            if let Some(path) = icon.to_str() {
+                return Some(path.to_owned());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Some(icon)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let locale = Some("en");
+    let sizes = vec![64, 32, 96, 22, 128];
+
+    // collect icons
+    let cfg = config_dir();
+    let spec = icons::IconSpec::standard(&cfg, sizes);
+    let icons = icons::collect_icons(spec);
+
+    // collect applications
+    let app_paths = data_dirs("applications");
+    let mut desktops: Vec<Entry> = Iter::new(app_paths)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|f| parse_desktop(&f, locale))
+        .map(|mut e| {
+            e.icon = e.icon.and_then(|s| assign_icon(s, &icons));
+            e
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    desktops.sort_by_cached_key(|e| e.name.to_owned());
+    desktops
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|e| serde_json::to_string(&e).ok())
+        .map(|s| println!("{}", s))
+        .last();
+}
diff --git a/rmenu/Cargo.toml b/rmenu/Cargo.toml
index 9d12acc..940d06d 100644
--- a/rmenu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rmenu/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-base64 = "0.21.2"
 cached = "0.44.0"
 clap = { version = "4.3.15", features = ["derive"] }
 dioxus = "0.3.2"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ env_logger = "0.10.0"
 heck = "0.4.1"
 keyboard-types = "0.6.2"
 log = "0.4.19"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 png = "0.17.9"
 quick-xml = "0.30.0"
 regex = { version = "1.9.1" }
diff --git a/rmenu/src/image.rs b/rmenu/src/image.rs
index d6b9c0c..ff87319 100644
--- a/rmenu/src/image.rs
+++ b/rmenu/src/image.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 //! GUI Image Processing
-use std::fs::read_to_string;
+use std::fs::{create_dir_all, read_to_string, write};
+use std::io;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 
-use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine as _};
 use cached::proc_macro::cached;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use resvg::usvg::TreeParsing;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+static TEMP_EXISTS: Lazy<Mutex<Vec<bool>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(vec![]));
+static TEMP_DIR: Lazy<PathBuf> = Lazy::new(|| PathBuf::from("/tmp/rmenu"));
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 enum SvgError {
     #[error("Invalid SVG Filepath")]
@@ -13,12 +19,23 @@ enum SvgError {
     #[error("Invalid Document")]
     InvalidTree(#[from] resvg::usvg::Error),
     #[error("Failed to Alloc PixBuf")]
-    NoPixBuf,
+    NoPixBuf(u32, u32, u32),
     #[error("Failed to Convert SVG to PNG")]
     PngError(#[from] png::EncodingError),
 }
 
-fn svg_to_png(path: &str, pixels: u32) -> Result<String, SvgError> {
+/// Make Temporary Directory for Generated PNGs
+fn make_temp() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    let mut temp = TEMP_EXISTS.lock().expect("Failed to Access Global Mutex");
+    if temp.len() == 0 {
+        create_dir_all(TEMP_DIR.to_owned())?;
+        temp.push(true);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Convert SVG to PNG Image
+fn svg_to_png(path: &str, dest: &PathBuf, pixels: u32) -> Result<(), SvgError> {
     // read and convert to resvg document tree
     let xml = read_to_string(path)?;
     let opt = resvg::usvg::Options::default();
@@ -26,22 +43,35 @@ fn svg_to_png(path: &str, pixels: u32) -> Result<String, SvgError> {
     let rtree = resvg::Tree::from_usvg(&tree);
     // generate pixel-buffer and scale according to size preference
     let size = rtree.size.to_int_size();
-    let scale = pixels / size.width();
-    let width = size.width() * scale;
-    let height = size.height() * scale;
-    let fscale = scale as f32;
-    let mut pixmap =
-        resvg::tiny_skia::Pixmap::new(width, height).ok_or_else(|| SvgError::NoPixBuf)?;
-    let form = resvg::tiny_skia::Transform::from_scale(fscale, fscale);
+    let scale = pixels as f32 / size.width() as f32;
+    let width = (size.width() as f32 * scale) as u32;
+    let height = (size.height() as f32 * scale) as u32;
+    let mut pixmap = resvg::tiny_skia::Pixmap::new(width, height)
+        .ok_or_else(|| SvgError::NoPixBuf(width, height, pixels))?;
+    let form = resvg::tiny_skia::Transform::from_scale(scale, scale);
     // render as png to memory
     rtree.render(form, &mut pixmap.as_mut());
-    let mut png = pixmap.encode_png()?;
+    let png = pixmap.encode_png()?;
     // base64 encode png
-    let encoded = general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&mut png);
-    Ok(format!("data:image/png;base64, {encoded}"))
+    Ok(write(dest, png)?)
 }
 
 #[cached]
 pub fn convert_svg(path: String) -> Option<String> {
-    svg_to_png(&path, 64).ok()
+    // ensure temporary directory exists
+    let _ = make_temp();
+    // convert path to new temporary png filepath
+    let (_, fname) = path.rsplit_once('/')?;
+    let (name, _) = fname.rsplit_once(".")?;
+    let name = format!("{name}.png");
+    let new_path = TEMP_DIR.join(name);
+    // generate png if it doesnt already exist
+    if !new_path.exists() {
+        log::debug!("generating png {new_path:?}");
+        match svg_to_png(&path, &new_path, 64) {
+            Err(err) => log::error!("failed svg->png: {err:?}"),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Some(new_path.to_str()?.to_string())
 }