diff --git a/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/nsystemtrayicon.hpp b/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/nsystemtrayicon.hpp
index de09633d7..e822423a6 100644
--- a/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/nsystemtrayicon.hpp
+++ b/src/cpp/include/nodegui/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/nsystemtrayicon.hpp
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #include "core/NodeWidget/nodewidget.h"
 #include "napi.h"
 
-class NSystemTrayIcon: public QSystemTrayIcon, public NodeWidget
+class NSystemTrayIcon: public QSystemTrayIcon, public EventWidget
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    NODEWIDGET_IMPLEMENTATIONS(QSystemTrayIcon)
+    EVENTWIDGET_IMPLEMENTATIONS(QSystemTrayIcon)
 public:
     using QSystemTrayIcon::QSystemTrayIcon; //inherit all constructors of QSystemTrayIcon
     void connectWidgetSignalsToEventEmitter() {
diff --git a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/index.ts b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/index.ts
index 60e63a578..05d037616 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QSystemTrayIcon/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import addon from "../../utils/addon";
 import { NodeWidget } from "../QWidget";
-import { BaseWidgetEvents } from "../../core/EventWidget";
+import { EventWidget, BaseWidgetEvents } from "../../core/EventWidget";
 import { NativeElement } from "../../core/Component";
 import { QIcon } from "../../QtGui/QIcon";
 
 export const QSystemTrayIconEvents = Object.freeze({
   ...BaseWidgetEvents,
 });
-export class QSystemTrayIcon extends NodeWidget {
+export class QSystemTrayIcon extends EventWidget {
   native: NativeElement;
   constructor(parent?: NodeWidget) {
     let native;
@@ -18,11 +18,18 @@ export class QSystemTrayIcon extends NodeWidget {
     }
     super(native);
     this.native = native;
-    this.parent = parent;
     // bind member functions
+    this.show = this.show.bind(this);
+    this.hide = this.hide.bind(this);
     this.setIcon = this.setIcon.bind(this);
     this.isVisible = this.isVisible.bind(this);
   }
+  show() {
+    this.native.show();
+  }
+  hide() {
+    this.native.hide();
+  }
   setIcon(icon: QIcon) {
     this.native.setIcon(icon.native);
   }