diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.jelly b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
index 45ccdc6d..5ea76032 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
         outputMode="xml"
         prettyPrint="true"/>
 
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.docs.dest}/images"/>
+    <copy todir="${maven.docs.dest}/images" file="${plugin.resources}/images/trans.gif"/>
+
   </goal>
 
   <!--
diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.properties b/dashboard/plugin.properties
index f2cfe778..ab159167 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.properties
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.properties
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ maven.dashboard.report.bar.left = green
 maven.dashboard.report.bar.right = red
 
 # Image to set cells with (should be transparent)
-maven.dashboard.report.bar.image = ${plugin.resources}/images/trans.gif
+maven.dashboard.report.bar.image = images/trans.gif
 maven.dashboard.report.bar.height = 10
 maven.dashboard.report.bar.border = 0
 maven.dashboard.report.bar.displayLabel = true