Index: themes/default/theme.lua
--- themes/default/theme.lua.orig
+++ themes/default/theme.lua
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ theme.awesome_icon = theme_assets.awesome_icon(
 )
 
 -- Define the icon theme for application icons. If not set then the icons
--- from /usr/share/icons and /usr/share/icons/hicolor will be used.
+-- from ${LOCALBASE}/share/icons and /usr/share/icons/hicolor will be used.
 theme.icon_theme = nil
 
 return theme