diff --git a/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index ea666e49..4ecb2fa9 100644
--- a/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -59,4 +59,11 @@
     target = "xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml";
     text   = builtins.readFile ./xfconf/xsettings.xml;
   };
+
+  # Application launcher for the panel 
+  xdg.configFile."app-launcher" = {
+    enable = true;
+    target = "xfce4/xfconf/panel/launcher-17/app-launcher.desktop";
+    text   = builtins.readFile ./panel/launcher-17/app-launcher.desktop;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/panel/launcher-17/app-launcher.desktop b/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/panel/launcher-17/app-launcher.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cff723a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/panel/launcher-17/app-launcher.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Exec=xfce4-appfinder
+Icon=org.xfce.appfinder
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;X-XFCE;
+Name=Application Finder
+Comment=Find and launch applications installed on your system
+Keywords=program;applications;bookmarks;
+X-XFCE-Source=file:///run/current-system/sw/share/applications/xfce4-appfinder.desktop
diff --git a/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/xfconf/xfce4-panel.xml b/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/xfconf/xfce4-panel.xml
index 3356604c..5e8b83c0 100644
--- a/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/xfconf/xfce4-panel.xml
+++ b/home-manager/common/desktops/xfce/xfconf/xfce4-panel.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     </property>
     <property name="plugin-17" type="string" value="launcher">
       <property name="items" type="array">
-        <value type="string" value="17125418341.desktop"/>
+        <value type="string" value="app-launcher.desktop"/>
       </property>
     </property>
     <property name="plugin-19" type="string" value="separator">