diff --git a/common/gnomehintssettings.cpp b/common/gnomehintssettings.cpp
index 9860e57..40fa6ec 100644
--- a/common/gnomehintssettings.cpp
+++ b/common/gnomehintssettings.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,17 @@ void gtkMessageHandler(const gchar *log_domain,
 GnomeHintsSettings::GnomeHintsSettings()
     : QObject(0)
     , m_usePortal(checkUsePortalSupport())
-    , m_gnomeDesktopSettings(g_settings_new("org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences"))
-    , m_settings(g_settings_new("org.gnome.desktop.interface"))
 {
+    g_autoptr(GSettingsSchemaSource) schemaSource = nullptr;
+    g_autoptr(GSettingsSchema) gnomeDesktopSchema = nullptr;
+    g_autoptr(GSettingsSchema) settingsSchema = nullptr;
+
+    schemaSource = g_settings_schema_source_new_from_directory("@gds_gsettings_path@", g_settings_schema_source_get_default(), true, nullptr);
+    gnomeDesktopSchema = g_settings_schema_source_lookup(schemaSource, "org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences", false);
+    m_gnomeDesktopSettings = g_settings_new_full(gnomeDesktopSchema, nullptr, nullptr);
+    settingsSchema = g_settings_schema_source_lookup(schemaSource, "org.gnome.desktop.interface", false);
+    m_settings = g_settings_new_full(settingsSchema, nullptr, nullptr);
+
     gtk_init(nullptr, nullptr);
 
     // Set log handler to suppress false GtkDialog warnings