diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1095a60..eea09c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - run: pip install pyinstaller -r requirements.txt
       - name: Сборка .exe
-        run: pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon image.ico --name SchoolTable main.py
+        run: pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon image.ico --add-data "table.db;." --add-data "image.ico;." --name SchoolTable main.py
       - name: Архив с программой, пустой базой и иконкой
         run: Compress-Archive -Path dist/SchoolTable.exe, table.db, image.ico -DestinationPath SchoolTable-windows.zip
       - name: Файл в релиз
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh release upload "${{ github.ref_name }}" SchoolTable-windows.zip --clobber
+        run: gh release upload "${{ github.ref_name }}" dist/SchoolTable.exe SchoolTable-windows.zip --clobber
diff --git a/README.en.md b/README.en.md
index 616d513..6955eae 100644
--- a/README.en.md
+++ b/README.en.md
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ on their own. The interface is in Russian.
 
 ## Running
 
-A ready-made Windows build is `SchoolTable-windows.zip` in the
-[releases](https://github.com/EDeev/school_table/releases): unpack it and run `SchoolTable.exe` (keep
-`table.db` next to it).
+A ready-made Windows build is in the [releases](https://github.com/EDeev/school_table/releases):
+`SchoolTable.exe` — just run it (an empty `table.db` and the icon appear next to it on first start), or
+`SchoolTable-windows.zip` — the same with the database and icon in an archive.
 
 From source:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0dafcd2..31f97a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 
 ## Запуск
 
-Готовая сборка для Windows — `SchoolTable-windows.zip` в [релизах](https://github.com/EDeev/school_table/releases):
-распакуйте и запустите `SchoolTable.exe` (база `table.db` должна лежать рядом).
+Готовая сборка для Windows — в [релизах](https://github.com/EDeev/school_table/releases): `SchoolTable.exe` — просто
+запустите (при первом запуске рядом появятся пустая база `table.db` и иконка), или `SchoolTable-windows.zip` — то же
+с базой и иконкой в архиве.
 
 Из исходников:
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index aadec8a..2277c99 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import datetime as dt
 import os
+import shutil
 import sqlite3
 import sys
 
@@ -1325,6 +1326,11 @@ class MyWidget(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # table.db ищется рядом с программой (или с .exe), а не в текущей папке терминала
     os.chdir(os.path.dirname(sys.executable if getattr(sys, "frozen", False) else os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        # одиночный .exe: пустая база и иконка вшиты внутрь и при первом запуске кладутся рядом
+        for name in ("table.db", "image.ico"):
+            if not os.path.exists(name):
+                shutil.copy(os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, name), name)
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
     ex = MyWidget()
     ex.show()