diff --git a/src/common/gnomesettings.cpp b/src/common/gnomesettings.cpp
index 717cc9b..ee255ea 100644
--- a/src/common/gnomesettings.cpp
+++ b/src/common/gnomesettings.cpp
@@ -150,10 +150,18 @@ GnomeSettingsPrivate::GnomeSettingsPrivate(QObject *parent)
     : GnomeSettings(parent)
     , m_usePortal(checkUsePortalSupport())
     , m_canUseFileChooserPortal(!m_usePortal)
-    , m_gnomeDesktopSettings(g_settings_new("org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences"))
-    , m_settings(g_settings_new("org.gnome.desktop.interface"))
     , m_fallbackFont(new QFont(QLatin1String("Sans"), 10))
 {
+    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