diff --git a/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal.json b/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal.json
index f093dce5..0764ef5c 100644
--- a/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal.json
+++ b/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
         "--filesystem=~/.config/dconf:ro",
         "--talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf",
         "--env=DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf",
-        "--env=FRACTAL_ID=org.gnome.Fractal.nightly",
         "--share=network",
         "--share=ipc",
         "--socket=x11",
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
         ],
         "env" : {
             "CARGO_HOME" : "/run/build/Fractal/cargo",
-            "DEBUG" : "true",
             "RUST_BACKTRACE" : "1"
         }
     },
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/build.rs b/fractal-gtk/build.rs
index 2ee7a5fa..a12f7d85 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/build.rs
+++ b/fractal-gtk/build.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,26 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Generating build globals
     let default_locales = "./fractal-gtk/po".to_string();
-    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+    let default_app_id = "org.gnome.Fractal".to_string();
+    let default_name_suffix = "".to_string();
+    let default_version = "".to_string();
+
     let localedir = env::var("FRACTAL_LOCALEDIR").unwrap_or(default_locales);
+    let app_id = env::var("FRACTAL_APP_ID").unwrap_or(default_app_id);
+    let name_suffix = env::var("FRACTAL_NAME_SUFFIX").unwrap_or(default_name_suffix);
+    let version = env::var("FRACTAL_VERSION").unwrap_or(default_version);
+
+    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
     let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("build_globals.rs");
     let mut f = File::create(&dest_path).unwrap();
 
     let globals = format!("
 pub static LOCALEDIR: &'static str = \"{}\";
+pub static APP_ID: &'static str = \"{}\";
+pub static NAME_SUFFIX: &'static str = \"{}\";
+pub static VERSION: &'static str = \"{}\";
 ",
-        localedir);
+        localedir, app_id, name_suffix, version);
 
     f.write_all(&globals.into_bytes()[..]).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/res/icons/meson.build b/fractal-gtk/res/icons/meson.build
index eff6e4b5..27834444 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/res/icons/meson.build
+++ b/fractal-gtk/res/icons/meson.build
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
-install_subdir('hicolor', install_dir: icondir)
+icon_sizes = ['16x16', '22x22', '24x24', '32x32', '48x48', '512x512']
+
+foreach icon_size: icon_sizes
+  hicolor_dir = join_paths('hicolor', icon_size, 'apps')
+
+  install_data(
+    join_paths(hicolor_dir, 'org.gnome.Fractal.png'),
+    install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'icons', hicolor_dir),
+    rename: '@0@.png'.format(application_id)
+  )
+endforeach
+
+hicolor_dir = join_paths('hicolor', 'scalable', 'apps')
+
+install_data(
+  join_paths(hicolor_dir, 'org.gnome.Fractal-symbolic.svg'),
+  install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'icons', hicolor_dir),
+  rename: '@0@-symbolic.svg'.format(application_id)
+)
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/res/meson.build b/fractal-gtk/res/meson.build
index d05bcec6..d6816945 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/res/meson.build
+++ b/fractal-gtk/res/meson.build
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 subdir('icons')
 
+desktop_conf = configuration_data()
+desktop_conf.set('icon', application_id)
 i18n.merge_file ('desktop-file',
   type: 'desktop',
-  input: 'org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in',
-  output: 'org.gnome.Fractal.desktop',
+  input: configure_file(
+    input: files('org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in.in'),
+    output: 'org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in',
+    configuration: desktop_conf
+  ),
+  output: '@0@.desktop'.format(application_id),
   po_dir: podir,
   install: true,
   install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'applications')
 )
 
+appdata_conf = configuration_data()
+appdata_conf.set('appid', application_id)
 i18n.merge_file ('appdata-file',
-  input: 'org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in',
-  output: 'org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml',
+  input: configure_file(
+    input: files('org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in.in'),
+    output: 'org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in',
+    configuration: appdata_conf
+  ),
+  output: '@0@.appdata.xml'.format(application_id),
   po_dir: podir,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'appdata')
+  install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'metainfo')
 )
 
 install_data('org.gnome.Fractal.gschema.xml', install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'glib-2.0', 'schemas'))
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in b/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in.in
similarity index 98%
rename from fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in
rename to fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in.in
index fe713bc2..1cea72ab 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <component type="desktop">
-  <id>org.gnome.Fractal.desktop</id>
+  <id>@appid@.desktop</id>
   <name>Fractal</name>
   <project_license>GPL-3.0</project_license>
   <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in b/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in.in
similarity index 96%
rename from fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in
rename to fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in.in
index 65edbdaa..94bdc759 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in
+++ b/fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.desktop.in.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Comment=Fractal is a decentralized, secure messaging client for collaborative gr
 GenericName=Fractal group messaging
 Exec=fractal
 # Translators: Do NOT translate or transliterate this text (this is an icon file name)!
-Icon=org.gnome.Fractal
+Icon=@icon@
 Type=Application
 StartupNotify=true
 X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/src/app/mod.rs b/fractal-gtk/src/app/mod.rs
index 3c09680e..b296101d 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/fractal-gtk/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ pub struct App {
 impl App {
     /// Create an App instance
     pub fn new() {
-        let appid = match env::var("FRACTAL_ID") {
-            Ok(id) => id,
-            Err(_) => globals::APP_ID.to_string(),
-        };
+        let appid = globals::APP_ID.to_string();
 
         let gtk_app = gtk::Application::new(Some(&appid[..]), gio::ApplicationFlags::empty())
             .expect("Failed to initialize GtkApplication");
 
         gtk_app.set_accels_for_action("app.quit", &["<Ctrl>Q"]);
 
+        let path = "/org/gnome/Fractal".to_string();
+        gtk_app.set_property_resource_base_path(Some(&path));
+
         gtk_app.connect_startup(move |gtk_app| {
             let (tx, rx): (Sender<BKResponse>, Receiver<BKResponse>) = channel();
             let (itx, irx): (Sender<InternalCommand>, Receiver<InternalCommand>) = channel();
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/src/appop/about.rs b/fractal-gtk/src/appop/about.rs
index 086b2a21..e815222c 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/src/appop/about.rs
+++ b/fractal-gtk/src/appop/about.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ impl AppOp {
             .get_object("main_window")
             .expect("Can't find main_window in ui file.");
 
+        let program_name = format!("Fractal{}", globals::NAME_SUFFIX);
+
         let dialog = gtk::AboutDialog::new();
         dialog.set_logo_icon_name(globals::APP_ID);
         dialog.set_comments(i18n("A Matrix.org client for GNOME").as_str());
         dialog.set_copyright(i18n("© 2017–2018 Daniel García Moreno, et al.").as_str());
         dialog.set_license_type(gtk::License::Gpl30);
         dialog.set_modal(true);
-        dialog.set_version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
-        dialog.set_program_name("Fractal");
+        dialog.set_version(globals::VERSION);
+        dialog.set_program_name(&program_name);
         dialog.set_website("https://wiki.gnome.org/Fractal");
         dialog.set_website_label(i18n("Learn more about Fractal").as_str());
         dialog.set_translator_credits(i18n("translator-credits").as_str());
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/src/globals.rs b/fractal-gtk/src/globals.rs
index e87a40e1..802b01d6 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/src/globals.rs
+++ b/fractal-gtk/src/globals.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pub static CACHE_SIZE: usize = 40;
 pub static MSG_ICON_SIZE: i32 = 40;
 pub static USERLIST_ICON_SIZE: i32 = 30;
 pub static MINUTES_TO_SPLIT_MSGS: i64 = 30;
-pub static APP_ID: &'static str = "org.gnome.Fractal";
 pub static DEFAULT_HOMESERVER: &'static str = "https://matrix.org";
 pub static DEFAULT_IDENTITYSERVER: &'static str = "https://vector.im";
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4644dffe..8876a6ec 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ project(
   license: 'GPLv3',
 )
 
+if get_option('profile') == 'development'
+  profile = 'Devel'
+  name_suffix = ' (Development)'
+  vcs_tag = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD').stdout().strip()
+  if vcs_tag == ''
+    version_suffix = '-devel'
+  else
+    version_suffix = '-@0@'.format (vcs_tag)
+  endif
+else
+  profile = ''
+  name_suffix = ''
+  version_suffix = ''
+endif
+
+application_id = 'org.gnome.Fractal@0@'.format(profile)
+
 fractal_version = meson.project_version()
 version_array = fractal_version.split('.')
 fractal_major_version = version_array[0].to_int()
@@ -15,7 +32,6 @@ fractal_bindir = join_paths(fractal_prefix, get_option('bindir'))
 fractal_localedir = join_paths(fractal_prefix, get_option('localedir'))
 
 datadir = get_option('datadir')
-icondir = join_paths(datadir, 'icons')
 
 i18n = import('i18n')
 
@@ -40,7 +56,15 @@ cargo_release = custom_target('cargo-build',
                         output: ['fractal'],
                         install: true,
                         install_dir: fractal_bindir,
-                        command: [cargo_script, '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@', '@OUTPUT@', fractal_localedir])
+                        command: [cargo_script,
+                                  '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@',
+                                  '@OUTPUT@',
+                                  fractal_localedir,
+                                  application_id,
+                                  name_suffix,
+                                  fractal_version + version_suffix,
+                                  profile
+                                 ])
 
 run_target('release', command: ['scripts/release.sh',
                                 meson.project_name() + '-' + fractal_version
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c5cc399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+option (
+  'profile',
+  type: 'combo',
+  choices: [
+    'default',
+    'development'
+  ],
+  value: 'default'
+)
diff --git a/scripts/cargo.sh b/scripts/cargo.sh
index f6e0c568..ad89e247 100755
--- a/scripts/cargo.sh
+++ b/scripts/cargo.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 export CARGO_HOME=$1/target/cargo-home
 export FRACTAL_LOCALEDIR="$3"
+export FRACTAL_APP_ID="$4"
+export FRACTAL_NAME_SUFFIX="$5"
+export FRACTAL_VERSION="$6"
+export FRACTAL_PROFILE="$7"
 
-if [[ $DEBUG = true ]]
+if [[ "$FRACTAL_PROFILE" == "Devel" ]]
 then
     echo "DEBUG MODE"
     cargo build --manifest-path $1/Cargo.toml -p fractal-gtk && cp $1/target/debug/fractal-gtk $2