diff --git a/res/values/arrays.xml b/res/values/arrays.xml
index 634ea3331..24933a8d4 100644
--- a/res/values/arrays.xml
+++ b/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@
         <item>Time to shorten your todo list!</item>
     </string-array>
     
+    <!-- Icons for notification tray -->
     <string-array name="notif_icon_entries">
         <item>Pink</item>
         <item>Boring</item>
         <item>Astrid</item>
     </string-array>
     
+    <!-- Corresponding to the constants in Preferences.java -->
     <string-array name="notif_icon_values">
         <item>0</item>
         <item>1</item>
diff --git a/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Notifications.java b/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Notifications.java
index 1e248232b..d52767b5c 100644
--- a/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Notifications.java
+++ b/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Notifications.java
@@ -404,10 +404,10 @@ public class Notifications extends BroadcastReceiver {
         String appName = r.getString(R.string.app_name);
         int icon;
         switch(Preferences.getNotificationIconTheme(context)) {
-        case PINK:
+        case Preferences.ICON_SET_PINK:
             icon = R.drawable.notif_pink_alarm;
             break;
-        case BORING:
+        case Preferences.ICON_SET_BORING:
             icon = R.drawable.notif_boring_alarm;
             break;
         default:
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@ public class Notifications extends BroadcastReceiver {
         // create notification object
         int icon;
         switch(Preferences.getNotificationIconTheme(context)) {
-        case PINK:
+        case Preferences.ICON_SET_PINK:
             icon = R.drawable.notif_pink_working;
             break;
-        case BORING:
+        case Preferences.ICON_SET_BORING:
             icon = R.drawable.notif_boring_working;
             break;
         default:
diff --git a/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Preferences.java b/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Preferences.java
index 2fc44c447..a2bf8a469 100644
--- a/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Preferences.java
+++ b/src/com/timsu/astrid/utilities/Preferences.java
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ public class Preferences {
     private static final String P_SYNC_LAST_SYNC = "lastsync";
 
     // pref values
-    public enum NotificationIconTheme {
-        PINK,
-        BORING,
-        ASTRID
-    }
+    public static final int ICON_SET_PINK = 0;
+    public static final int ICON_SET_BORING = 1;
+    public static final int ICON_SET_ASTRID = 2;
 
     // default values
     private static final boolean DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_MODE = true;
@@ -129,11 +127,11 @@ public class Preferences {
     }
 
     /** returns hour at which quiet hours start, or null if not set */
-    public static NotificationIconTheme getNotificationIconTheme(Context context) {
+    public static int getNotificationIconTheme(Context context) {
         Integer index = getIntegerValue(context, R.string.p_notif_icon);
         if(index == null)
             index = 0;
-        return NotificationIconTheme.values()[index];
+        return index;
     }
 
     /** Get notification ring tone, or null if not set */