diff --git a/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 724bf86a7..17c6f46e6 100644
--- a/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 				Features/About/About.xib,
 				Features/About/AboutController.swift,
 				Features/About/AboutView.swift,
+				Features/About/AboutViewModel.swift,
 				Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift,
 				"Features/App Intents/CloseTerminalIntent.swift",
 				"Features/App Intents/CommandPaletteIntent.swift",
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutController.swift
index 2f494f12c..6f4cccf6d 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutController.swift
@@ -5,19 +5,21 @@ import SwiftUI
 class AboutController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate {
     static let shared: AboutController = AboutController()
 
+    private let viewModel = AboutViewModel()
     override var windowNibName: NSNib.Name? { "About" }
 
     override func windowDidLoad() {
         guard let window = window else { return }
         window.center()
         window.isMovableByWindowBackground = true
-        window.contentView = NSHostingView(rootView: AboutView())
+        window.contentView = NSHostingView(rootView: AboutView().environmentObject(viewModel))
     }
 
     // MARK: - Functions
 
     func show() {
         window?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+        viewModel.startCyclingIcons()
     }
 
     func hide() {
@@ -38,4 +40,8 @@ class AboutController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate {
     @objc func cancel(_ sender: Any?) {
         close()
     }
+
+    func windowWillClose(_ notification: Notification) {
+        viewModel.stopCyclingIcons()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutViewModel.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutViewModel.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc0d38c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutViewModel.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import Combine
+
+class AboutViewModel: ObservableObject {
+    @Published var currentIcon: Ghostty.MacOSIcon?
+    @Published var isHovering: Bool = false
+
+    private var timerCancellable: AnyCancellable?
+
+    private let icons: [Ghostty.MacOSIcon] = [
+        .official,
+        .blueprint,
+        .chalkboard,
+        .microchip,
+        .glass,
+        .holographic,
+        .paper,
+        .retro,
+        .xray,
+    ]
+
+    func startCyclingIcons() {
+        timerCancellable = Timer.publish(every: 3, on: .main, in: .common)
+            .autoconnect()
+            .sink { [weak self] _ in
+                guard let self, !isHovering else { return }
+                advanceToNextIcon()
+            }
+    }
+
+    func stopCyclingIcons() {
+        timerCancellable = nil
+        currentIcon = nil
+    }
+
+    func advanceToNextIcon() {
+        let currentIndex = currentIcon.flatMap(icons.firstIndex(of:)) ?? 0
+        let nextIndex = icons.indexWrapping(after: currentIndex)
+        currentIcon = icons[nextIndex]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift
index 4274278e0..c2a860ff7 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift
@@ -1,50 +1,38 @@
 import SwiftUI
 import GhosttyKit
+import Combine
 
 /// A view that cycles through Ghostty's official icon variants.
 struct CyclingIconView: View {
-    @State private var currentIcon: Ghostty.MacOSIcon = .official
-    @State private var isHovering: Bool = false
-
-    private let icons: [Ghostty.MacOSIcon] = [
-        .official,
-        .blueprint,
-        .chalkboard,
-        .microchip,
-        .glass,
-        .holographic,
-        .paper,
-        .retro,
-        .xray,
-    ]
-    private let timerPublisher = Timer.publish(every: 3, on: .main, in: .common)
+    @EnvironmentObject var viewModel: AboutViewModel
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            iconView(for: currentIcon)
-                .id(currentIcon)
+            iconView(for: viewModel.currentIcon)
+                .id(viewModel.currentIcon)
         }
-        .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.5), value: currentIcon)
+        .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.5), value: viewModel.currentIcon)
         .frame(height: 128)
-        .onReceive(timerPublisher.autoconnect()) { _ in
-            if !isHovering {
-                advanceToNextIcon()
-            }
-        }
         .onHover { hovering in
-            isHovering = hovering
+            viewModel.isHovering = hovering
         }
         .onTapGesture {
-            advanceToNextIcon()
+            viewModel.advanceToNextIcon()
+        }
+        .contextMenu {
+            if let currentIcon = viewModel.currentIcon {
+                Button("Copy Icon Config") {
+                    NSPasteboard.general.setString("macos-icon = \(currentIcon.rawValue)", forType: .string)
+                }
+            }
         }
-        .help("macos-icon = \(currentIcon.rawValue)")
         .accessibilityLabel("Ghostty Application Icon")
         .accessibilityHint("Click to cycle through icon variants")
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder
-    private func iconView(for icon: Ghostty.MacOSIcon) -> some View {
-        let iconImage: Image = switch icon.assetName {
+    private func iconView(for icon: Ghostty.MacOSIcon?) -> some View {
+        let iconImage: Image = switch icon?.assetName {
         case let assetName?: Image(assetName)
         case nil: ghosttyIconImage()
         }
@@ -53,10 +41,4 @@ struct CyclingIconView: View {
             .resizable()
             .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
     }
-
-    private func advanceToNextIcon() {
-        let currentIndex = icons.firstIndex(of: currentIcon) ?? 0
-        let nextIndex = icons.indexWrapping(after: currentIndex)
-        currentIcon = icons[nextIndex]
-    }
 }