diff --git a/source/plugins/topics/index.mjs b/source/plugins/topics/index.mjs
index ee4c3ead..f3e59072 100644
--- a/source/plugins/topics/index.mjs
+++ b/source/plugins/topics/index.mjs
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@
           for (const topic of topics) {
             if (topic.icon) {
               console.debug(`metrics/compute/${login}/plugins > topics > processing ${topic.name}`)
-              topic.icon = await imports.imgb64(topic.icon)
-              topic.icon24 = await imports.imgb64(topic.icon, {force:true, width:24, height:24})
+              const icon = topics.icon
+              topic.icon = await imports.imgb64(icon)
+              topic.icon24 = await imports.imgb64(icon, {force:true, width:24, height:24})
             }
             //Escape HTML description
               topic.description = imports.htmlescape(topic.description)