diff --git a/packages/appimage/01-in-docker.sh b/packages/appimage/01-in-docker.sh
index 59b171df..6d2ce65c 100755
--- a/packages/appimage/01-in-docker.sh
+++ b/packages/appimage/01-in-docker.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -xe
 
+VERSION=$(sed -nr -e '/APP_VERSION\s*=/ s/APP_VERSION\s*=\s*(([0-9]+\.)*[0-9]+)\s*/\1/p' /build/RedPanda-CPP/Red_Panda_CPP.pro)
+APPIMAGE_FILE=RedPandaIDE-$VERSION-$CARCH.AppImage
+
 # build RedPanda C++
 mkdir -p /build/redpanda-build
 cd /build/redpanda-build
@@ -13,18 +16,19 @@ make install INSTALL_ROOT=/build/RedPandaIDE.AppDir
 
 # setup AppImage resource
 cd /build/RedPandaIDE.AppDir
-ln -s usr/bin/RedPandaIDE AppRun
 ln -s usr/share/applications/redpandaide.desktop redpandaide.desktop
 ln -s usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redpandaide.svg redpandaide.svg
-cp /build/RedPanda-CPP/platform/linux/redpandaide.png .DirIcon
+# following files may come from Windows filesystem, use `install` to preseve file permission
+install -m755 /build/RedPanda-CPP/packages/appimage/AppRun.sh AppRun
+install -m644 /build/RedPanda-CPP/platform/linux/redpandaide.png .DirIcon
 
 # copy dependency
 cp /usr/local/bin/alacritty usr/bin
 
 # create AppImage
 cd /build
-appimagetool --appimage-extract-and-run RedPandaIDE.AppDir RedPandaIDE-$CARCH.AppImage
+appimagetool --appimage-extract-and-run RedPandaIDE.AppDir $APPIMAGE_FILE
 
 # copy back to host
 mkdir -p /build/RedPanda-CPP/dist
-cp RedPandaIDE-$CARCH.AppImage /build/RedPanda-CPP/dist
+cp $APPIMAGE_FILE /build/RedPanda-CPP/dist
diff --git a/packages/appimage/AppRun.sh b/packages/appimage/AppRun.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fcf3e05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/appimage/AppRun.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# AppImage runtime set `argv[0]` to AppImage file, which is not reliable.
+# Qt framework expects reliable `argv[0]` to locate configuration files.
+# This wrapper fixes `argv[0]`.
+
+exec "$(dirname "$0")/usr/bin/RedPandaIDE" "$@"