diff --git a/app/fileItemMenu.js b/app/fileItemMenu.js
index cadca48..9632ecc 100644
--- a/app/fileItemMenu.js
+++ b/app/fileItemMenu.js
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ var FileItemMenu = class {
             return;
         }
         let xdgEmailCommand = [];
-        xdgEmailCommand.push('xdg-email');
+        xdgEmailCommand.push('@xdg_utils@/bin/xdg-email');
         for (let fileItem of this._desktopManager.getCurrentSelection(false)) {
             fileItem.unsetSelected();
             xdgEmailCommand.push('--attach');
diff --git a/app/preferences.js b/app/preferences.js
index c89271c..29f0db8 100644
--- a/app/preferences.js
+++ b/app/preferences.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var Preferences = class {
         this._extensionPath = Data.codePath;
         this._Enums = Data.Enums;
         let schemaSource = GioSSS.get_default();
+        const schemaSourceNautilus = Gio.SettingsSchemaSource.new_from_directory('@nautilus_gsettings_path@', Gio.SettingsSchemaSource.get_default(), true);
         this._desktopManager = null;
 
         // Gtk
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ var Preferences = class {
         this.gtkSettings = new Gio.Settings({ settings_schema: schemaGtk });
 
         // Gnome Files
-        let schemaObj = schemaSource.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS, true);
+        let schemaObj = schemaSourceNautilus.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS, true);
         if (!schemaObj) {
             this.nautilusSettings = null;
             this.CLICK_POLICY_SINGLE = false;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ var Preferences = class {
         }
 
         // Compression
-        const compressionSchema = schemaSource.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS_COMPRESSION, true);
+        const compressionSchema = schemaSourceNautilus.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS_COMPRESSION, true);
         if (!compressionSchema)
             this.nautilusCompression = null;
         else
diff --git a/dingManager.js b/dingManager.js
index b738b32..df186e5 100644
--- a/dingManager.js
+++ b/dingManager.js
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ const DingManager = class {
     async _doKillAllOldDesktopProcesses() {
         const procFolder = Gio.File.new_for_path('/proc');
         const processes = await FileUtils.enumerateDir(procFolder);
-        const thisPath = `gjs ${GLib.build_filenamev([
+        const thisPath = `@gjs@/bin/gjs ${GLib.build_filenamev([
             this.path,
             'app',
             'ding.js',
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ const DingManager = class {
                 }
 
                 if (contents.startsWith(thisPath)) {
-                    let proc = new Gio.Subprocess({argv: ['/bin/kill', filename]});
+                    let proc = new Gio.Subprocess({argv: ['@util_linux@/bin/kill', filename]});
                     proc.init(null);
                     print(`Killing old DING process ${filename}`);
                     await proc.wait_async_promise(null);