diff --git a/filechooser-module/FileChooserDialog.vala b/filechooser-module/FileChooserDialog.vala
index cb7c3c49..8b1899d1 100644
--- a/filechooser-module/FileChooserDialog.vala
+++ b/filechooser-module/FileChooserDialog.vala
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ public class CustomFileChooserDialog : Object {
         chooser_dialog.deletable = false;
         chooser_dialog.local_only = false;
 
-        var settings = new Settings ("io.elementary.files.preferences");
+        SettingsSchemaSource sss = new SettingsSchemaSource.from_directory ("@ELEMENTARY_FILES_GSETTINGS_PATH@", SettingsSchemaSource.get_default (), true);
+        SettingsSchema preferences_schema = sss.lookup ("io.elementary.files.preferences", false);
+        SettingsSchema chooser_schema = sss.lookup ("io.elementary.files.file-chooser", false);
+
+        var settings = new Settings.full (preferences_schema, null, null);
+
         is_single_click = settings.get_boolean ("single-click");
 
-        var chooser_settings = new Settings ("io.elementary.files.file-chooser");
+        var chooser_settings = new Settings.full (chooser_schema, null, null);
 
         assign_container_box ();
         remove_gtk_widgets ();