diff --git a/src/ipc/adapters/modScan.ts b/src/ipc/adapters/modScan.ts
index 75108d3d..1f3b53b0 100644
--- a/src/ipc/adapters/modScan.ts
+++ b/src/ipc/adapters/modScan.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const MODICON_ENTRY = "modicon.png"
 const MAX_MODINFO_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024
 
 /** Past this, a mod icon is not an icon any more. */
-const MAX_MOD_IMAGE_BYTES = 8 * 1024 * 1024
+const MAX_MOD_IMAGE_BYTES = 512 * 1024
 
 /** Folder mod icons are cached under, inside the launcher's own user data. */
 function modImagesFolder(): string {
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ function readModArchive(archivePath: string): Promise<ModArchiveResult> {
         }
 
         if (entry.fileName === MODICON_ENTRY && content.icon === undefined) {
-          if (!declaredSizeAllowed(entry, MAX_MOD_IMAGE_BYTES)) return settle({ ok: false, problem: "icon-too-large" })
+          if (!declaredSizeAllowed(entry, MAX_MOD_IMAGE_BYTES)) {
+            // An oversized icon costs the mod its picture, never its place in
+            // the list: skip the icon and keep extracting metadata.
+            return advance()
+          }
 
           return collect(
             entry,
@@ -127,7 +131,8 @@ function readModArchive(archivePath: string): Promise<ModArchiveResult> {
               content.icon = bytes
               advance()
             },
-            () => settle({ ok: false, problem: "icon-too-large" }),
+            // Runtime size exceeds the limit: skip the icon, keep the mod.
+            () => advance(),
             // An icon that will not read costs the mod its picture, never its
             // place in the list: the metadata may still be perfectly readable.
             () => advance()
diff --git a/tests/domain/mods/scanInstalled.test.ts b/tests/domain/mods/scanInstalled.test.ts
index de5ab538..a293a6a5 100644
--- a/tests/domain/mods/scanInstalled.test.ts
+++ b/tests/domain/mods/scanInstalled.test.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ describe("scanInstalledMods problem kinds", () => {
       fakePorts({
         "gone.zip": { problem: "unreadable-archive" },
         "huge-info.zip": { problem: "modinfo-too-large" },
-        "huge-icon.zip": { problem: "icon-too-large" },
         "resources.zip": {},
         "broken.zip": { modinfo: "{ not json" },
         "nameless.zip": { modinfo: JSON.stringify({ version: "1.0.0" }) }
@@ -299,13 +298,28 @@ describe("scanInstalledMods problem kinds", () => {
 
     assert.deepEqual(
       result.errors.map((archive) => `${archive.zipname}:${archive.problem}`),
+      ["gone.zip:unreadable-archive", "huge-info.zip:modinfo-too-large", "resources.zip:modinfo-missing", "broken.zip:modinfo-invalid", "nameless.zip:modinfo-incomplete"]
+    )
+  })
+
+  it("lists a mod with an oversized declared icon without an icon, not as an error", async () => {
+    const result = await scanInstalledMods(
+      fakePorts({
+        "huge-icon.zip": { modinfo: modinfoText({ modid: "hugeicon" }) },
+        "normal.zip": { modinfo: modinfoText({ modid: "normal" }), icon: ICON }
+      }),
+      { folder: FOLDER }
+    )
+
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      result.errors.map((e) => e.zipname),
+      []
+    )
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      result.mods.map((m) => ({ id: m.modid, hasIcon: m.image !== undefined })),
       [
-        "gone.zip:unreadable-archive",
-        "huge-info.zip:modinfo-too-large",
-        "huge-icon.zip:icon-too-large",
-        "resources.zip:modinfo-missing",
-        "broken.zip:modinfo-invalid",
-        "nameless.zip:modinfo-incomplete"
+        { id: "hugeicon", hasIcon: false },
+        { id: "normal", hasIcon: true }
       ]
     )
   })
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/build-fixtures.ts b/tests/fixtures/build-fixtures.ts
index ade71614..8868e10a 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/build-fixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/build-fixtures.ts
@@ -290,9 +290,10 @@ write(
 
 // --- oversized-declared-icon.zip -------------------------------------------
 // Same idea as oversized-declared-modinfo.zip, aimed at the icon's own,
-// larger cap instead (MAX_MOD_IMAGE_BYTES, 8 MiB in modScan.ts). modinfo.json
-// is valid and under its cap, so the archive gets as far as trying the icon
-// and declaredSizeAllowed() rejects it there.
+// larger cap instead (MAX_MOD_IMAGE_BYTES, 512 KiB in modScan.ts). modinfo.json
+// is valid and under its cap, so the archive gets as far as trying the icon.
+// The declared size exceeds the limit, so the icon is skipped and the mod
+// appears without a picture rather than as an error.
 write(
   "oversized-declared-icon.zip",
   assembleZip([
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ write(
       name: "modicon.png",
       method: METHOD_DEFLATE,
       realBytes: Buffer.from("irrelevant", "utf8"),
-      declaredUncompressedSize: 9 * 1024 * 1024
+      declaredUncompressedSize: 1 * 1024 * 1024
     }
   ])
 )
diff --git a/tests/ipc/modScan.test.ts b/tests/ipc/modScan.test.ts
index 4295f017..366a6059 100644
--- a/tests/ipc/modScan.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ipc/modScan.test.ts
@@ -96,15 +96,20 @@ describe("readModArchive", () => {
     assert.deepEqual(result, { ok: false, problem: "modinfo-too-large" })
   })
 
-  it("refuses a modicon.png whose declared size already exceeds the 8 MiB cap", async () => {
+  it("skips the icon when its declared size exceeds the 512 KiB cap", async () => {
     // modinfo.json is valid and under its own cap here, so the archive reaches
-    // the icon and declaredSizeAllowed() rejects that entry's header instead.
+    // the icon. The declared size exceeds the limit, so the icon is skipped and
+    // the mod appears without a picture rather than failing the archive.
     const { createModArchiveReaderPort } = await import("../../src/ipc/adapters/modScan")
     const readModArchive = createModArchiveReaderPort().read
 
     const result = await readModArchive(fixturePath("oversized-declared-icon.zip"))
 
-    assert.deepEqual(result, { ok: false, problem: "icon-too-large" })
+    assert.equal(result.ok, true)
+    if (result.ok) {
+      assert.notEqual(result.content.modinfo, undefined)
+      assert.equal(result.content.icon, undefined)
+    }
   })
 
   it("refuses a file with no zip structure in it at all", async () => {