diff --git a/extensions/system-monitor/extension.js b/extensions/system-monitor/extension.js
index 37d2eb1..232d0d5 100644
--- a/extensions/system-monitor/extension.js
+++ b/extensions/system-monitor/extension.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 import Clutter from 'gi://Clutter';
 import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
+import GIRepository from "gi://GIRepository";
 import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 import GObject from 'gi://GObject';
-import GTop from 'gi://GTop';
 import Pango from 'gi://Pango';
 import Shell from 'gi://Shell';
 import St from 'gi://St';
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import * as PopupMenu from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/popupMenu.js';
 
 import * as Main from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js';
 
+GIRepository.Repository.dup_default().prepend_search_path('@gtop_path@');
+const GTop = (await import("gi://GTop")).default;
+
 const THRESHOLD_HIGH = 0.80;
 
 // adapted from load-graph.cpp in gnome-system-monitor