diff --git a/assets/data/characters/gf-car.xml b/assets/data/characters/gf-car.xml
index c1ee735b..54062e72 100644
--- a/assets/data/characters/gf-car.xml
+++ b/assets/data/characters/gf-car.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE codename-engine-character>
-<character isPlayer="false" flipX="false" isGF="true" x="75" y="335">
+<character isPlayer="false" flipX="false" isGF="true" x="75" y="335" icon="gf">
 	<anim name="danceLeft"  anim="GF Dancing Beat Hair blowing CAR" fps="24" loop="false" x="0" y="0" indices="30,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14" />
 	<anim name="danceRight" anim="GF Dancing Beat Hair blowing CAR" fps="24" loop="false" x="0" y="0" indices="15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29" />
 </character>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/data/characters/gf-christmas.xml b/assets/data/characters/gf-christmas.xml
index a6282cd2..89a9947a 100644
--- a/assets/data/characters/gf-christmas.xml
+++ b/assets/data/characters/gf-christmas.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE codename-engine-character>
-<character isPlayer="false" flipX="false" isGF="true"  x="115" y="325">
+<character isPlayer="false" flipX="false" isGF="true"  x="115" y="325" icon="gf">
 	<anim name="cheer"      anim="GF Cheer"                     fps="24" loop="false" />
 	<anim name="singUP"     anim="GF Up Note"                   fps="24" loop="false" x="0"  y="4" />
 	<anim name="singLEFT"   anim="GF left note"                 fps="24" loop="false" x="0"  y="-19" />
diff --git a/assets/data/characters/gf-tankmen.xml b/assets/data/characters/gf-tankmen.xml
index a9bdabb6..70d29d7e 100644
--- a/assets/data/characters/gf-tankmen.xml
+++ b/assets/data/characters/gf-tankmen.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE codename-engine-character>
-<character isPlayer="false" flipX="false" isGF="true" x="100" y="275">
+<character isPlayer="false" flipX="false" isGF="true" x="100" y="275" icon="gf">
 	<anim name="danceLeft"      anim="GF Dancing at Gunpoint" fps="24" loop="false" indices="30,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14" />
 	<anim name="danceRight"     anim="GF Dancing at Gunpoint" fps="24" loop="false" indices="15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29" />
 	<anim name="dance-cutscene" anim="GF Dancing at Gunpoint" fps="24" loop="true" />
diff --git a/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterEvent.hx b/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterEvent.hx
index e3e887a2..fbcd6a8e 100644
--- a/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterEvent.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterEvent.hx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package funkin.editors.charter;
 
+import funkin.game.Character;
 import funkin.backend.system.Conductor;
 import funkin.game.HealthIcon;
 import funkin.backend.chart.ChartData.ChartEvent;
@@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ class CharterEvent extends UISliceSprite {
 				var state = cast(FlxG.state, Charter);
 				if (event.params != null && event.params[0] != null && event.params[0] >= 0 && event.params[0] < state.strumLines.length) {
 					// camera movement, use health icon
-					var healthIcon = new HealthIcon('${state.strumLines.members[event.params[0]].strumLine.characters[0]}');
+					var icon = Character.getIconFromCharName(state.strumLines.members[event.params[0]].strumLine.characters[0]);
+					var healthIcon = new HealthIcon(icon);
 					healthIcon.setUnstretchedGraphicSize(32, 32, false);
+					healthIcon.active = false;
 					healthIcon;
 				} else
 					generateDefaultIcon(event.name);
diff --git a/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterStrumline.hx b/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterStrumline.hx
index 889fbc0b..7fbb45ff 100644
--- a/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterStrumline.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/editors/charter/CharterStrumline.hx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package funkin.editors.charter;
 
+import funkin.game.Character;
 import funkin.editors.ui.UIContextMenu.UIContextMenuOption;
 import funkin.editors.ui.UITopMenu.UITopMenuButton;
 import funkin.game.HealthIcon;
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ class CharterStrumline extends UISprite {
 		scrollFactor.set(1, 0);
 		alpha = 0;
 
-		healthIcon = new HealthIcon(strumLine.characters != null ? strumLine.characters[0] : null);
+		var icon = Character.getIconFromCharName(strumLine.characters != null ? strumLine.characters[0] : null);
+
+		healthIcon = new HealthIcon(icon);
 		healthIcon.scale.set(80 / 150, 80 / 150);
 		healthIcon.updateHitbox();
 		if(strumLine.visible == null)
diff --git a/source/funkin/game/Character.hx b/source/funkin/game/Character.hx
index f2634d36..43317cb2 100644
--- a/source/funkin/game/Character.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/game/Character.hx
@@ -361,6 +361,40 @@ class Character extends FunkinSprite implements IBeatReceiver implements IOffset
 	public inline function getIcon() {
 		return (icon != null) ? icon : curCharacter;
 	}
+
+	public static function getIconFromCharName(?curCharacter:String) {
+		if(curCharacter == null) return "face";
+		var icon = curCharacter;
+		while(true) {
+			switch (curCharacter)
+			{
+				// case 'your-char': // To hardcode characters icons
+				default:
+					// load xml
+					var xmlPath = Paths.xml('characters/$curCharacter');
+					if (!Assets.exists(xmlPath)) {
+						curCharacter = "bf";
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					var xml = null;
+					var plainXML = Assets.getText(xmlPath);
+					try {
+						var charXML = Xml.parse(plainXML).firstElement();
+						if (charXML == null) throw new Exception("Missing \"character\" node in XML.");
+						xml = new Access(charXML);
+					} catch(e) {
+						Logs.trace('Error while loading character ${curCharacter}: ${e}', ERROR);
+						curCharacter = "bf";
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					if (xml.has.icon) icon = xml.att.icon;
+				}
+			break;
+		}
+		return icon;
+	}
 }
 
 typedef CharacterShadowFrame = {