diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index f3e0cff..d7b856c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/fa/fainterp.py b/fa/fainterp.py
index 1e6a5d6..14d64a0 100644
--- a/fa/fainterp.py
+++ b/fa/fainterp.py
@@ -319,8 +319,7 @@ def get_alias(self):
         """
         retval = {}
 
-        alias_res_path = os.path.join('commands', 'alias')
-        with importlib.resources.files('fa').joinpath(alias_res_path).open('rt') as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(COMMANDS_ROOT, 'alias')) as f:
             for line in f.readlines():
                 line = line.strip()
                 k, v = line.split('=')
diff --git a/fa/ida_plugin.py b/fa/ida_plugin.py
index 0de4578..2fc11c8 100644
--- a/fa/ida_plugin.py
+++ b/fa/ida_plugin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import binascii
-import importlib.resources
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
@@ -537,8 +536,9 @@ def update(self, ctx):
 
     act_icon = -1
     if action.icon_filename:
-        icon_data = \
-            importlib.resources.files('fa').joinpath(f'res/icons/{action.icon_filename}').read_bytes()
+        icon_full_filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'res', 'icons', action.icon_filename)
+        with open(icon_full_filename, 'rb') as f:
+            icon_data = f.read()
         act_icon = ida_kernwin.load_custom_icon(data=icon_data, format="png")
 
     act_name = action.name
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ab3e1e..a675a74 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "fa"
 description = "Automation tool for locating symbols & structs in binary (primarily IDA focused)"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = { text = "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007" }
 keywords = ["reverse-engineering", "ida", "automation", "signatures", "symbols"]
 authors = [
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",