--- a/drop-down-terminal@gs-extensions.zzrough.org/extension.js
+++ b/drop-down-terminal@gs-extensions.zzrough.org/extension.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 // Author: Stéphane Démurget <stephane.demurget@free.fr>
 
+imports.gi.GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@vte@/lib/girepository-1.0')
+
 const Lang = imports.lang;
 const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain("drop-down-terminal");
 const Mainloop = imports.mainloop;
@@ -653,7 +655,7 @@ const DropDownTerminalExtension = new Lang.Class({
         this._killingChild = false;
 
         // finds the forking arguments
-        let args = ["gjs", GLib.build_filenamev([Me.path, "terminal.js"]), Me.path];
+        let args = ["@gjs@/bin/gjs", GLib.build_filenamev([Me.path, "terminal.js"]), Me.path];
 
         // forks the process
         debug("forking '" + args.join(" ") + "'");
--- a/drop-down-terminal@gs-extensions.zzrough.org/terminal.js
+++ b/drop-down-terminal@gs-extensions.zzrough.org/terminal.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 // Author: Stéphane Démurget <stephane.demurget@free.fr>
+
+imports.gi.GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@vte@/lib/girepository-1.0')
+
 const Lang = imports.lang;
 
 const Pango = imports.gi.Pango;