diff --git a/cmake/Definitions.cmake b/cmake/Definitions.cmake
index dee47b28d..9a2c2240c 100644
--- a/cmake/Definitions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Definitions.cmake
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ endmacro()
 
 macro(configure_meta)
 
-  set(DESKFLOW_APP_ID
-      "deskflow"
-      CACHE STRING "ID of the app for filenames, etc")
-
   set(DESKFLOW_DOMAIN
       "deskflow.org"
       CACHE STRING "Domain of the app maintainer (not a URL)")
@@ -98,7 +94,6 @@ macro(configure_meta)
       true
       CACHE BOOL "Show developer thanks message")
 
-  message(VERBOSE "App ID: ${DESKFLOW_APP_ID}")
   message(VERBOSE "App domain: ${DESKFLOW_DOMAIN}")
   message(VERBOSE "App name: ${DESKFLOW_APP_NAME}")
   message(VERBOSE "Author name: ${DESKFLOW_AUTHOR_NAME}")
@@ -111,7 +106,6 @@ macro(configure_meta)
   message(VERBOSE "Show dev thanks: ${DESKFLOW_SHOW_DEV_THANKS}")
 
   # TODO: We need to move this to configure_file() in the future, which is much cleaner.
-  add_definitions(-DDESKFLOW_APP_ID="${DESKFLOW_APP_ID}")
   add_definitions(-DDESKFLOW_DOMAIN="${DESKFLOW_DOMAIN}")
   add_definitions(-DDESKFLOW_APP_NAME="${DESKFLOW_APP_NAME}")
   add_definitions(-DDESKFLOW_AUTHOR_NAME="${DESKFLOW_AUTHOR_NAME}")
diff --git a/cmake/Libraries.cmake b/cmake/Libraries.cmake
index cb45f6fc1..3c8b5ff0f 100644
--- a/cmake/Libraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Libraries.cmake
@@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ macro(configure_qt)
 
   message(STATUS "Qt version: ${Qt6_VERSION}")
 
-  set(GUI_QRC_FILE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gui/res/app.qrc)
-
 endmacro()
 
 macro(configure_openssl)
diff --git a/cmake/Packaging.cmake b/cmake/Packaging.cmake
index 12e3f3936..3254d4a7d 100644
--- a/cmake/Packaging.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Packaging.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ macro(configure_packaging)
   set(DESKFLOW_PROJECT_RES_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/res)
 
   if(${BUILD_INSTALLER})
-    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${DESKFLOW_APP_ID})
+    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME})
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT ${DESKFLOW_MAINTAINER})
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION ${CMAKE_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION})
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR ${DESKFLOW_AUTHOR_NAME})
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ macro(configure_mac_packaging)
 
   set(OS_STRING "macos-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
 
-  file(RENAME ${DESKFLOW_BUNDLE_DIR}/Contents/Resources/App.icns
-       ${DESKFLOW_BUNDLE_DIR}/Contents/Resources/${DESKFLOW_APP_NAME}.icns)
-
 endmacro()
 
 #
diff --git a/deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Info.plist.in b/deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Info.plist.in
index 94ee5683c..e25e88bb2 100644
--- a/deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Info.plist.in
+++ b/deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Info.plist.in
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
     <string>@DESKFLOW_APP_NAME@</string>
     <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
-    <string>@DESKFLOW_APP_ID@</string>
+    <string>deskflow</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
     <string>@DESKFLOW_APP_NAME@.icns</string>
     <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
-    <string>@DESKFLOW_APP_ID@</string>
+    <string>org.deskflow.deskflow</string>
     <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
     <string>6.0</string>
     <key>CFBundleName</key>
diff --git a/deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Resources/App.icns b/deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Resources/Deskflow.icns
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Resources/App.icns
rename to deploy/dist/mac/bundle/Contents/Resources/Deskflow.icns
diff --git a/deploy/dist/wix/Include.wxi.in b/deploy/dist/wix/Include.wxi.in
index 2d3d17de2..467f9ab66 100644
--- a/deploy/dist/wix/Include.wxi.in
+++ b/deploy/dist/wix/Include.wxi.in
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Include>
-    <?define AppId="@DESKFLOW_APP_ID@"?>
+    <?define AppId="deskflow"?>
     <?define Name="@DESKFLOW_APP_NAME@"?>
     <?define Version="@DESKFLOW_VERSION@"?>
     <?define Author="@DESKFLOW_AUTHOR_NAME@"?>
     <?define BinDir="@CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY@"?>
-    <?define ProjectIcon="@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/src/gui/src/app.ico"?>
+    <?define ProjectIcon="@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/src/gui/src/deskflow.ico"?>
     <?define DeployResDir="@DESKFLOW_DEPLOY_RES_DIR@"?>
     <?define QtDir="@QT_PATH@"?>
     <?define QtBinDir="$(var.QtDir)\bin"?>
diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 0567ba3bd..d94a197bd 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 file(
   GLOB
   sources
-  res/app.qrc
+  res/deskflow.qrc
   src/*.cpp
   src/*.h
   src/dialogs/*.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ file(
 file(GLOB ui_files src/*.ui src/dialogs/*.ui)
 
 if(WIN32)
-  set(rc_files ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/app.rc ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/version.rc)
+  set(rc_files src/deskflow.rc ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/version.rc)
 endif()
 
 # regular exe headers
diff --git a/src/gui/res/app.qrc b/src/gui/res/deskflow.qrc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/gui/res/app.qrc
rename to src/gui/res/deskflow.qrc
diff --git a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.ui b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.ui
index 20bab33f3..02a81a84e 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.ui
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
          <string/>
         </property>
         <property name="pixmap">
-         <pixmap resource="../../../../res/gui/app.qrc">:/icons/64x64/padlock.png</pixmap>
+         <pixmap resource="../../../../res/gui/deskflow.qrc">:/icons/64x64/padlock.png</pixmap>
         </property>
         <property name="minimumSize">
          <size>
diff --git a/src/gui/src/ScreenSetupModel.cpp b/src/gui/src/ScreenSetupModel.cpp
index a0c3e9573..044792ec6 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/ScreenSetupModel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/ScreenSetupModel.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "gui/config/Screen.h"
 
-const QString ScreenSetupModel::m_MimeType = "application/x-" DESKFLOW_APP_ID "-screen";
+const QString ScreenSetupModel::m_MimeType = "application/x-deskflow-screen";
 
 ScreenSetupModel::ScreenSetupModel(ScreenList &screens, int numColumns, int numRows)
     : QAbstractTableModel(NULL),
diff --git a/src/gui/src/app.rc b/src/gui/src/app.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 80624c3e4..000000000
--- a/src/gui/src/app.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "app.ico"
diff --git a/src/gui/src/app.ico b/src/gui/src/deskflow.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from src/gui/src/app.ico
rename to src/gui/src/deskflow.ico
diff --git a/src/gui/src/deskflow.rc b/src/gui/src/deskflow.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d22c936e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/src/deskflow.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "deskflow.ico"
diff --git a/src/lib/common/constants.h b/src/lib/common/constants.h
index db280385a..127a7c6b0 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/constants.h
+++ b/src/lib/common/constants.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #endif
 
 const auto kAppName = DESKFLOW_APP_NAME;
+const auto kAppId = "deskflow";
 const auto kAppDescription = "Mouse and keyboard sharing utility";
 const auto kVersion = DESKFLOW_VERSION;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h b/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h
index 1c5eb8054..979126568 100644
--- a/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h
+++ b/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ private:
 
 // configuration file name
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32
-#define USER_CONFIG_NAME DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".sgc"
-#define SYSTEM_CONFIG_NAME DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".sgc"
+#define USER_CONFIG_NAME "deskflow.sgc"
+#define SYSTEM_CONFIG_NAME "deskflow.sgc"
 #elif SYSAPI_UNIX
-#define USER_CONFIG_NAME "." DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".conf"
-#define SYSTEM_CONFIG_NAME DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".conf"
+#define USER_CONFIG_NAME ".deskflow.conf"
+#define SYSTEM_CONFIG_NAME "deskflow.conf"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.cpp b/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.cpp
index 8bff3a88f..5df0c59ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ static const char *const kLogLevelNames[] = {"INFO", "DEBUG", "DEBUG1", "DEBUG2"
 const char AppConfig::m_CoreServerName[] = SERVER_BINARY_NAME ".exe";
 const char AppConfig::m_CoreClientName[] = CLIENT_BINARY_NAME ".exe";
 const char AppConfig::m_LogDir[] = "log/";
-const char AppConfig::m_ConfigFilename[] = DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".sgc";
 #else
 const char AppConfig::m_CoreServerName[] = SERVER_BINARY_NAME;
 const char AppConfig::m_CoreClientName[] = CLIENT_BINARY_NAME;
 const char AppConfig::m_LogDir[] = "/var/log/";
-const char AppConfig::m_ConfigFilename[] = DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".conf";
 #endif
 
 // TODO: instead, use key value pair table, which would be less fragile.
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.h b/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.h
index 3fe4bb8d9..83a492dcf 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/config/AppConfig.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "ElevateMode.h"
 #include "IAppConfig.h"
 #include "IConfigScopes.h"
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "gui/paths.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 namespace deskflow::gui {
 
 const ElevateMode kDefaultElevateMode = ElevateMode::kAutomatic;
-const QString kDefaultLogFile = QString("%1.log").arg(DESKFLOW_APP_ID);
+const QString kDefaultLogFile = QStringLiteral("%1.log").arg(kAppId);
 const int kDefaultTlsKeyLength = 2048;
 
 #ifdef DESKFLOW_SHOW_DEV_THANKS
@@ -295,8 +296,12 @@ private:
   /// @brief Contains the string values of the settings names that will be saved
   static const char *const m_SettingsName[];
 
-  /// @brief Core config filename (not the Qt settings filename)
-  static const char m_ConfigFilename[];
+  /// @brief Core config file extention (not the Qt settings filename)
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+  inline static const auto s_ConfigFileExt = QStringLiteral("sgc");
+#else
+  inline static const auto s_ConfigFileExt = QStringLiteral("conf");
+#endif
 
   int m_Port = 24800;
   QString m_Interface = "";
@@ -315,7 +320,7 @@ private:
   bool m_InvertConnection = false;
   bool m_ServerGroupChecked = false;
   bool m_UseExternalConfig = false;
-  QString m_ConfigFile = QDir::homePath() + "/" + m_ConfigFilename;
+  QString m_ConfigFile = QStringLiteral("%1/%2.%3").arg(QDir::homePath(), kAppId, s_ConfigFileExt);
   bool m_UseInternalConfig = false;
   bool m_ClientGroupChecked = false;
   QString m_ServerHostname = "";
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
index d83322cdc..19a36549a 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "CoreProcess.h"
 
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "gui/config/IAppConfig.h"
 #include "gui/core/CoreTool.h"
 #include "gui/paths.h"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 namespace deskflow::gui {
 
 const int kRetryDelay = 1000;
-const auto kServerConfigFilename = DESKFLOW_APP_ID "-server.conf";
+const auto kServerConfigFilename = QStringLiteral("%1-server.conf").arg(kAppId);
 const auto kLineSplitRegex = QRegularExpression("\r|\n|\r\n");
 
 //
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/paths.h b/src/lib/gui/paths.h
index 1b59a3fb5..5d1c7cfe6 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/paths.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/paths.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "core/CoreTool.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 
 // TODO: Reduce duplication of these strings between here and SecureSocket.cpp
-const auto kCertificateFilename = QString("%1.pem").arg(DESKFLOW_APP_ID);
+const auto kCertificateFilename = QStringLiteral("%1.pem").arg(kAppId);
 const auto kSslDir = "tls";
 
 namespace deskflow::gui::paths {
diff --git a/src/lib/net/InverseSockets/SecureServerSocket.cpp b/src/lib/net/InverseSockets/SecureServerSocket.cpp
index 923feab80..6f1c6682f 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/InverseSockets/SecureServerSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/net/InverseSockets/SecureServerSocket.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "SecureServerSocket.h"
 
 #include <arch/XArch.h>
+#include <common/constants.h>
 #include <deskflow/ArgParser.h>
 #include <deskflow/ArgsBase.h>
 #include <net/SecureSocket.h>
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@ std::string SecureServerSocket::getCertificateFileName() const
   if (certificateFilename.empty()) {
     // TODO: Reduce duplication of these strings between here and
     // SecureSocket.cpp
-    certificateFilename =
-        deskflow::string::sprintf("%s/tls/" DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".pem", ARCH->getProfileDirectory().c_str());
+    certificateFilename = deskflow::string::sprintf("%s/tls/%s.pem", ARCH->getProfileDirectory().c_str(), kAppId);
   }
 
   return certificateFilename;
diff --git a/src/lib/net/SecureListenSocket.cpp b/src/lib/net/SecureListenSocket.cpp
index 00dfe4c3b..ca3733cab 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/SecureListenSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/net/SecureListenSocket.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "SecureSocket.h"
 #include "arch/XArch.h"
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "deskflow/ArgParser.h"
 #include "deskflow/ArgsBase.h"
 #include "net/NetworkAddress.h"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 
 // TODO: Reduce duplication of these strings between here and SecureSocket.cpp
 static const char s_certificateDir[] = {"tls"};
-static const char s_certificateFilename[] = {DESKFLOW_APP_ID ".pem"};
+static const char s_certificateFileExt[] = {"pem"};
 
 //
 // SecureListenSocket
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ IDataSocket *SecureListenSocket::accept()
 
     // default location of the TLS cert file in users dir
     String certificateFilename = deskflow::string::sprintf(
-        "%s/%s/%s", ARCH->getProfileDirectory().c_str(), s_certificateDir, s_certificateFilename
+        "%s/%s/%s.%s", ARCH->getProfileDirectory().c_str(), s_certificateDir, kAppId, s_certificateFileExt
     );
 
     // if the tls cert option is set use that for the certificate file
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/EiScreen.cpp b/src/lib/platform/EiScreen.cpp
index 9ca8bca09..3e1daaae9 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/EiScreen.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/EiScreen.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "base/Log.h"
 #include "base/Stopwatch.h"
 #include "base/TMethodEventJob.h"
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "deskflow/Clipboard.h"
 #include "deskflow/KeyMap.h"
 #include "deskflow/XScreen.h"
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ void EiScreen::init_ei()
   ei_set_user_data(ei_, this);
   ei_log_set_priority(ei_, EI_LOG_PRIORITY_DEBUG);
   ei_log_set_handler(ei_, cb_handle_ei_log_event);
-  ei_configure_name(ei_, DESKFLOW_APP_ID " client");
+  std::string configName = kAppId;
+  ei_configure_name(ei_, configName.append(" client").c_str());
 
   // install the platform event queue
   events_->adoptBuffer(nullptr);
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsScreen.cpp b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsScreen.cpp
index d6576adc9..e25dd5a64 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsScreen.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsScreen.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "base/TMethodEventJob.h"
 #include "base/TMethodJob.h"
 #include "client/Client.h"
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "deskflow/App.h"
 #include "deskflow/ArgsBase.h"
 #include "deskflow/ClientApp.h"
@@ -1441,7 +1442,7 @@ bool MSWindowsScreen::onClipboardChange()
       sendClipboardEvent(m_events->forClipboard().clipboardGrabbed(), kClipboardSelection);
     }
   } else if (!m_ownClipboard) {
-    LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "clipboard changed: " DESKFLOW_APP_ID " owned"));
+    LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "clipboard changed: %s owned", kAppId));
     m_ownClipboard = true;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index cad4e171f..56f28695b 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ macro(set_sources)
     list(APPEND sources ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/version.rc)
   endif()
 
-  list(APPEND sources ${GUI_QRC_FILE})
+  list(APPEND sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gui/res/deskflow.qrc)
 
   replace_platform_sources()
   replace_arch_sources()
diff --git a/src/test/unittests/deskflow/ArgParserTests.cpp b/src/test/unittests/deskflow/ArgParserTests.cpp
index 8f4624a3a..243785f89 100644
--- a/src/test/unittests/deskflow/ArgParserTests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/unittests/deskflow/ArgParserTests.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <array>
 #include <functional>
 
+#include "common/constants.h"
 #include "deskflow/ArgParser.h"
 #include "deskflow/ArgsBase.h"
 #include "deskflow/ClientArgs.h"
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ TEST(ArgParserTests, parseClientArgs_parses_single_help)
   deskflow::ClientArgs args;
   args.m_daemon = false;
   char const *argv[] = {
-      "deskflow",
+      kAppId,
       "--help"
 #if WINAPI_MSWINDOWS
       ,