diff --git a/hammond-gtk/Cargo.toml b/hammond-gtk/Cargo.toml
index 2c7800d..3669145 100644
--- a/hammond-gtk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hammond-gtk/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "hammond-gtk"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Jordan Petridis <jordanpetridis@protonmail.com>"]
 workspace = "../"
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 gtk = { version = "0.2", features = ["v3_22"]}
@@ -10,10 +11,10 @@ gdk = "0.6"
 glib = "0.3"
 gio = "0.2"
 gdk-pixbuf = "0.2"
-libc = "0.2"
 
+libc = "0.2"
 gio-sys = "0.4"
-glib-sys = "^0.4"
+glib-sys = "0.4"
 
 loggerv = "0.4"
 log = "0.3"
diff --git a/hammond-gtk/build.rs b/hammond-gtk/build.rs
index 002fd7f..aab183d 100644
--- a/hammond-gtk/build.rs
+++ b/hammond-gtk/build.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 fn main() {
     Command::new("glib-compile-resources")
         .args(&["--generate", "resources.xml"])
-        .current_dir("src/resources")
+        .current_dir("resources")
         .status()
         .unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/hammond-gtk/src/resources/banner.png b/hammond-gtk/resources/banner.png
similarity index 100%
rename from hammond-gtk/src/resources/banner.png
rename to hammond-gtk/resources/banner.png
diff --git a/hammond-gtk/src/resources/resources.xml b/hammond-gtk/resources/resources.xml
similarity index 73%
rename from hammond-gtk/src/resources/resources.xml
rename to hammond-gtk/resources/resources.xml
index 97ddcfc..ef9139f 100644
--- a/hammond-gtk/src/resources/resources.xml
+++ b/hammond-gtk/resources/resources.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <gresources>
-  <gresource prefix="/org/gtk/hammond">
+  <gresource prefix="/org/gtk/hammond/">
       <file>banner.png</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>
diff --git a/hammond-gtk/src/static_resource.rs b/hammond-gtk/src/static_resource.rs
index 3891f64..e7d2a76 100644
--- a/hammond-gtk/src/static_resource.rs
+++ b/hammond-gtk/src/static_resource.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@ extern crate gio_sys;
 extern crate glib_sys;
 extern crate libc;
 
+use gio::{resources_register, Error, Resource};
+use glib::Bytes;
+
 use std;
 
-// https://github.com/sunnyone/gresource-gtkrs-example/blob/master/src/static_resource.rs
-// TODO: slomo mentioned that the unsafe could be removed and use a safe API instead.
-pub fn init() {
-    let res_bytes = include_bytes!("resources/resources.gresource");
+pub fn init() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // load the gresource binary at build time and include/link it into the final binary.
+    let res_bytes = include_bytes!("../resources/resources.gresource");
+
+    // // Create Resource it will live as long the value lives.
+    // let resource = Resource::new_from_data(&Bytes::from(&res_bytes))?;
+    // let resource = Resource::new_from_data(&res_bytes.into())?;
+
+    // // Register the resource so It wont be dropped and will continue to live in memory.
+    // resources_register(&resource);
+
     unsafe {
         // gbytes and resource will not be freed
         let gbytes =
@@ -15,4 +25,6 @@ pub fn init() {
         let resource = gio_sys::g_resource_new_from_data(gbytes, std::ptr::null_mut());
         gio_sys::g_resources_register(resource);
     }
+
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/hammond-gtk/src/views/podcasts_view.rs b/hammond-gtk/src/views/podcasts_view.rs
index 2959421..cae5817 100644
--- a/hammond-gtk/src/views/podcasts_view.rs
+++ b/hammond-gtk/src/views/podcasts_view.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use hammond_data::index_feed::Database;
 use widgets::podcast::*;
 use static_resource;
 
+
 fn show_empty_view(stack: &gtk::Stack) {
     let builder = gtk::Builder::new_from_string(include_str!("../../gtk/empty_view.ui"));
     let view: gtk::Box = builder.get_object("empty_view").unwrap();
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ fn show_empty_view(stack: &gtk::Stack) {
 }
 
 fn populate_flowbox(db: &Database, stack: &gtk::Stack, flowbox: &gtk::FlowBox) {
+    static_resource::init().expect("Something went wrong with the resource file initialization.");
+
     let podcasts = {
         let db = db.lock().unwrap();
         dbqueries::get_podcasts(&db)
@@ -63,9 +66,12 @@ fn create_flowbox_child(db: &Database, pd: &Podcast) -> gtk::FlowBoxChild {
 
 fn configure_banner(db: &Database, pd: &Podcast, banner: &gtk::Image, banner_title: &gtk::Label) {
     // TODO: move .ui files into gresources and refactor.
-    static_resource::init();
+    // static_resource::init().expect("Something went wrong with the resource file
+    // initialization.");
+    info!("I RUN");
 
     let bann = Pixbuf::new_from_resource_at_scale("/org/gtk/hammond/banner.png", 256, 256, true);
+    info!("{:?}", bann);
     if let Ok(b) = bann {
         banner.set_from_pixbuf(&b);