Finally figured out the icon thing

data/icons/meson.build

@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 application_id = 'com.jeffser.Alpaca'
 
-message('funny icon time')
 scalable_dir = 'hicolor' / 'scalable' / 'apps'
 install_data(
-  scalable_dir / ('@0@.svg').format(application_id),
+  scalable_dir / 'com.jeffser.Alpaca.svg',
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'icons' / scalable_dir
 )
 
 symbolic_dir = 'hicolor' / 'symbolic' / 'apps'
 install_data(
-  symbolic_dir / ('@0@-symbolic.svg').format(application_id),
+  symbolic_dir / 'com.jeffser.Alpaca-symbolic.svg',
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'icons' / symbolic_dir
 )
 
 png_dir = 'hicolor' / '512x512' / 'apps'
 install_data(
-  png_dir / ('@0@.png').format(application_id),
+  png_dir / 'com.jeffser.Alpaca.png',
   install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'icons' / png_dir
 )

meson.build

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('alpaca',
+project('Alpaca',
           version: '0.1.0',
     meson_version: '>= 0.62.0',
   default_options: [ 'warning_level=2', 'werror=false', ],
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ project('alpaca',
 i18n = import('i18n')
 gnome = import('gnome')
 
-
 subdir('data')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('po')