diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRLocalMessagingHelper.java b/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRLocalMessagingHelper.java
index 79f0f16dc7bd34bbed1406da0335359129fdedf0..8fdf260c550066aff27f6710dc7d5d36ac8a9e6b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRLocalMessagingHelper.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/evollu/react/fcm/FIRLocalMessagingHelper.java
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
 import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.Patterns;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 
 public class FIRLocalMessagingHelper {
     private static final long DEFAULT_VIBRATION = 300L;
@@ -110,11 +114,16 @@ public class FIRLocalMessagingHelper {
             //large icon
             String largeIcon = bundle.getString("large-icon");
             if(largeIcon != null && android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP){
-                int largeIconResId = res.getIdentifier(largeIcon, "mipmap", packageName);
-                Bitmap largeIconBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, largeIconResId);
+                if (largeIcon.startsWith("http://") || largeIcon.startsWith("https://")) {
+                    Bitmap bitmap = getBitmapFromURL(largeIcon);
+                    notification.setLargeIcon(bitmap);
+                } else {
+                    int largeIconResId = res.getIdentifier(largeIcon, "mipmap", packageName);
+                    Bitmap largeIconBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, largeIconResId);
 
-                if (largeIconResId != 0) {
-                    notification.setLargeIcon(largeIconBitmap);
+                    if (largeIconResId != 0) {
+                        notification.setLargeIcon(largeIconBitmap);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -303,4 +312,18 @@ public class FIRLocalMessagingHelper {
     public void setApplicationForeground(boolean foreground){
         mIsForeground = foreground;
     }
+
+    public Bitmap getBitmapFromURL(String strURL) {
+        try {
+            URL url = new URL(strURL);
+            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            connection.setDoInput(true);
+            connection.connect();
+            InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
+            return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }