3 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/editor/editor_themes.cpp b/editor/editor_themes.cpp
index 3da9899052..0c17469e86 100644
--- a/editor/editor_themes.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_themes.cpp
@@ -1849,14 +1849,14 @@ Ref<Theme> create_custom_theme(const Ref<Theme> p_theme) {
 	return theme;
 }
 
-Ref<ImageTexture> create_unscaled_default_project_icon() {
-#ifdef MODULE_SVG_ENABLED
+/**
+ * Returns the SVG code for the default project icon.
+ */
+String get_default_project_icon() {
 	for (int i = 0; i < editor_icons_count; i++) {
-		// ESCALE should never affect size of the icon
 		if (strcmp(editor_icons_names[i], "DefaultProjectIcon") == 0) {
-			return editor_generate_icon(i, false, 1.0);
+			return String(editor_icons_sources[i]);
 		}
 	}
-#endif
-	return Ref<ImageTexture>(memnew(ImageTexture));
+	return String();
 }
diff --git a/editor/editor_themes.h b/editor/editor_themes.h
index 95184b9d4a..1c69761435 100644
--- a/editor/editor_themes.h
+++ b/editor/editor_themes.h
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ Ref<Theme> create_editor_theme(Ref<Theme> p_theme = nullptr);
 
 Ref<Theme> create_custom_theme(Ref<Theme> p_theme = nullptr);
 
-Ref<ImageTexture> create_unscaled_default_project_icon();
+String get_default_project_icon();
 
 #endif // EDITOR_THEMES_H
diff --git a/editor/project_manager.cpp b/editor/project_manager.cpp
index 9d2dcd129c..c85ae482a9 100644
--- a/editor/project_manager.cpp
+++ b/editor/project_manager.cpp
@@ -483,12 +483,20 @@ private:
 					project_features.sort();
 					initial_settings["application/config/features"] = project_features;
 					initial_settings["application/config/name"] = project_name->get_text().strip_edges();
-					initial_settings["application/config/icon"] = "res://icon.png";
+					initial_settings["application/config/icon"] = "res://icon.svg";
 
 					if (ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->save_custom(dir.plus_file("project.godot"), initial_settings, Vector<String>(), false) != OK) {
 						set_message(TTR("Couldn't create project.godot in project path."), MESSAGE_ERROR);
 					} else {
-						ResourceSaver::save(create_unscaled_default_project_icon(), dir.plus_file("icon.png"));
+						// Store default project icon in SVG format.
+						Error err;
+						Ref<FileAccess> fa_icon = FileAccess::open(dir.plus_file("icon.svg"), FileAccess::WRITE, &err);
+						fa_icon->store_string(get_default_project_icon());
+
+						if (err != OK) {
+							set_message(TTR("Couldn't create icon.svg in project path."), MESSAGE_ERROR);
+						}
+
 						EditorVCSInterface::create_vcs_metadata_files(EditorVCSInterface::VCSMetadata(vcs_metadata_selection->get_selected()), dir);
 					}
 				} else if (mode == MODE_INSTALL) {