diff -Nru a/panel-plugin/weather-icon.c b/panel-plugin/weather-icon.c
--- a/panel-plugin/weather-icon.c	2009-06-13 09:46:46.000000000 +0200
+++ b/panel-plugin/weather-icon.c	2010-05-21 19:41:15.663866585 +0200
@@ -36,22 +36,19 @@
 get_icon (const gchar *number,
           gint         size)
 {
+  gchar IconName[17];
   GdkPixbuf *image = NULL;
-  gchar     *filename;
 
-  filename = g_strdup_printf ("%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s.png",
-                              THEMESDIR, DEFAULT_W_THEME, number);
+  strcpy(IconName,"xfce4-weather-");
+  strcat(IconName,number);
 
-  image = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale (filename, size, size, TRUE, NULL);
+  image = xfce_themed_icon_load (IconName, size);
 
   if (G_UNLIKELY (!image)) {
-    g_warning ("Unable to open image: %s", filename);
-    if (number && strcmp(number, "99")) {
-      g_free(filename);
+    g_warning ("Unable to open image: %s", IconName);
+    if (number && strcmp(number, "99"))
       return get_icon("99", size);
-    }
   }
-  g_free (filename);
 
   return image;
 }