diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 29df5fb07f9660a67fd0bbc640859e2aebdafa12..5d40024c5a97ca0cc3e55568ad7b015bfe586c79 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ MESSAGE("XTPCPP_SRCS:  ${XTPCPP_SRCS}")
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(xtpcpp main.cpp ${CPP_FILES} ${XTPCPP_SRCS} ${GUI_UI_HDRS} ${XTPCPP_MOC_SRCS} ${xtpcpp_RCC_SRCS})
 
 target_include_directories (xtpcpp PUBLIC ${Pwiz_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PAPPSOMSPP_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ODSSTREAM_INCLUDE_DIR} 
-${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} 
+${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${QT_QTGUI_INCLUDE_DIR}
 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gui/peptide_detail_view/spectrum_widget ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gui/peptide_detail_view/spectrum_widget)
 
 target_compile_definitions(xtpcpp PUBLIC ${QT_DEFINITIONS})
diff --git a/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.cpp b/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.cpp
index 608b4e8b8810f2674b0e0d76f2d3771ae53805e0..c7f34df3a48a71596ec215795ae99899a41c445c 100644
--- a/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.cpp
@@ -29,9 +29,35 @@
 #include "ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.h"
 #include "ptmpeptidetablemodel.h"
 #include "ptmpeptidelistwindow.h"
+#include <QTextDocument>
+
+PtmPeptideMenuQicon::PtmPeptideMenuQicon( const PtmSampleScan * p_ptm_sample, const PeptideMatch * p_peptide_match):QIcon() {
+    _p_ptm_sample_scan = p_ptm_sample;
+    _p_peptide_match = p_peptide_match;
+}
+PtmPeptideMenuQicon::~PtmPeptideMenuQicon( ) {
+}
+void PtmPeptideMenuQicon::paint(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, Qt::Alignment alignment, Mode mode, State state) const
+{
+
+       // if (option.state & QStyle::State_Selected)
+        //    painter->fillRect(option.rect, option.palette.highlight());
+    QTextDocument document;
+     document.setDocumentMargin(2);
+     //document.setHtml(_p_ptm_sample_scan->getHtmlSequence(_p_ptm_island_list_window->getIdentificationGroup()-//>getPtmGroupingExperiment()));
+     //painter->translate(option.rect.topLeft());
+     document.drawContents(painter);
+     //painter->translate(-option.rect.topLeft());
+     
+        //edit_seq.render(painter);
+        //edit..paint(painter, option.rect, option.palette,
+        //                 StarRating::ReadOnly);
+}
+
 
 PtmPeptideMenuQaction::PtmPeptideMenuQaction(PtmPeptideTableProxyModel * parent, const PtmSampleScan * p_ptm_sample, const PeptideMatch * p_peptide_match):QAction(parent) {
 
+    this->setIcon(PtmPeptideMenuQicon(p_ptm_sample, p_peptide_match));
     this->setText(p_peptide_match->getPeptideXtpSp().get()->getSequence());
     //evalue_action.setChecked(_display_evalue);
     //connect(p_action, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(showEvalueColumn(bool)));
diff --git a/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.h b/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.h
index f20a6d2f76dbd81e0b01e9cb227194eca28a7ef5..993c0484d6e54c0d309b20c9eed1b870ad96e713 100644
--- a/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.h
+++ b/src/gui/ptm_peptide_list_view/ptmpeptidetableproxymodel.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <QAbstractTableModel>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QMenu>
+#include <QIcon>
 #include "../../grouping/ptm/ptmsamplescan.h"
 
 
@@ -39,6 +40,19 @@ class PtmPeptideListWindow;
 class PtmPeptideTableModel;
 
 class PtmPeptideTableProxyModel;
+class PtmPeptideMenuQicon: public QIcon {
+public:
+
+    explicit PtmPeptideMenuQicon(const PtmSampleScan * p_ptm_sample, const PeptideMatch * p_peptide_match);
+    ~PtmPeptideMenuQicon();
+
+    void paint(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, Qt::Alignment alignment = Qt::AlignCenter, Mode mode = Normal, State state = Off) const;
+
+private:
+    const PtmSampleScan * _p_ptm_sample_scan;
+    const PeptideMatch * _p_peptide_match;
+};
+
 class PtmPeptideMenuQaction: public QAction {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
@@ -58,7 +72,7 @@ public:
     ~PtmPeptideTableProxyModel();
 
 protected:
-     bool lessThan(const QModelIndex &left, const QModelIndex &right) const override;
+    bool lessThan(const QModelIndex &left, const QModelIndex &right) const override;
     void showContextMenu(const QModelIndex &index);
 private:
     PtmPeptideListWindow * _p_ptm_peptide_list_window;