diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/title.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/title.dm
index 476f0d362e6d..1dbfb1540c87 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/title.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/title.dm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(title)
 		file_path = "[global.config.directory]/title_screens/images/[pick(title_screens)]"
 
 	if(!file_path)
-		file_path = "icons/default_title.dmi"
+		file_path = "icons/runtime/default_title.dmi"
 
 	ASSERT(fexists(file_path))
 
diff --git a/icons/default_title.dmi b/icons/default_title.dmi
deleted file mode 100644
index 633bd434b8d9..000000000000
Binary files a/icons/default_title.dmi and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/icons/runtime/README.md b/icons/runtime/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..804cb2f285e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icons/runtime/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Runtime Loaded Icons
+
+These icons are not compiled into the .rsc or are otherwise loaded at runtime.
+
+Please keep all (non-config) icons that do this in this folder as it is needed by the [deploy.sh](../../tools/deploy.sh) script to minimize build output.
diff --git a/icons/runtime/default_title.dmi b/icons/runtime/default_title.dmi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17f4787f84d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/icons/runtime/default_title.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/runtime/tcg/default.dmi b/icons/runtime/tcg/default.dmi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f42113f30ecb
Binary files /dev/null and b/icons/runtime/tcg/default.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/runtime/tcg/xenos.dmi b/icons/runtime/tcg/xenos.dmi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..682b0a696635
Binary files /dev/null and b/icons/runtime/tcg/xenos.dmi differ
diff --git a/tools/deploy.sh b/tools/deploy.sh
index f6fc14d67dd6..c22750432c78 100755
--- a/tools/deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/deploy.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fi
 
 cp tgstation.dmb tgstation.rsc $1/
 cp -r _maps/* $1/_maps/
+cp -r icons/runtime/* $1/icons/runtime/
 cp -r strings/* $1/strings/
 
 #remove .dm files from _maps