diff --git a/src/gui/EditWidgetIcons.cpp b/src/gui/EditWidgetIcons.cpp
index 09aafbf11..5d1a5f901 100644
--- a/src/gui/EditWidgetIcons.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/EditWidgetIcons.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace {
     {
         QUrl url;
         if (var.canConvert<QUrl>())
-            url = var.value<QUrl>();
+            url = var.toUrl();
         return url;
     }