diff --git a/app/adw-ding.js b/app/adw-ding.js
index 42cb878c..929ddce2 100755
--- a/app/adw-ding.js
+++ b/app/adw-ding.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S gjs -m
+#!@gjs@/bin/gjs -m
 
 /* ADW-DING: Desktop Icons New Generation for GNOME Shell
  *
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ const adWDingApp = GObject.registerClass(
                 ]);
 
                 const updated = await GLib.spawn_command_line_async(
-                    'gtk-update-icon-cache ' +
+                    '@gtk_update_icon_cache@ ' +
                     '-q -t -f ' +
                     `${iconCachePath}`
                 );
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ const adWDingApp = GObject.registerClass(
                 // and we need to do it manually for the app to be
                 // available sooner
                 const updated = await GLib.spawn_command_line_async(
-                    'update-desktop-database -q ' +
+                    '@update_desktop_database@ -q ' +
                     `${GLib.path_get_dirname(appDesktopFile)}`
                 );
 
diff --git a/app/enums.js b/app/enums.js
index 5434fa7a..e36d3670 100644
--- a/app/enums.js
+++ b/app/enums.js
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ export const THUMBNAILS_DIR = '.cache/thumbnails';
 export const DND_HOVER_TIMEOUT = 1500; // In milliseconds
 export const DND_SHELL_HOVER_POLL = 200; // In milliseconds
 export const TOOLTIP_HOVER_TIMEOUT = 1000; // In milliseconds
-export const XDG_EMAIL_CMD = 'xdg-email';
+// Currently only used via https://gjs-docs.gnome.org/glib20~2.0/glib.find_program_in_path so using an absolute path is fine
+export const XDG_EMAIL_CMD = '@xdg_utils@/bin/xdg-email';
 export const XDG_EMAIL_CMD_OPTIONS = '--attach';
 export const ZIP_CMD = 'zip';
 export const ZIP_CMD_OPTIONS = '-r';
diff --git a/app/preferences.js b/app/preferences.js
index 95ffe60b..75370403 100644
--- a/app/preferences.js
+++ b/app/preferences.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const Preferences = class {
         this._mainApp = Data.mainApp;
         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;
 
         // Adw Style Manager
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ const Preferences = class {
 
         // Gnome Files
         const schemaObj =
-            schemaSource.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS, true);
+            schemaSourceNautilus.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS, true);
 
         if (!schemaObj) {
             this.nautilusSettings = null;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ const Preferences = class {
 
         // Compression
         const compressionSchema =
-            schemaSource.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS_COMPRESSION, true);
+            schemaSourceNautilus.lookup(this._Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS_COMPRESSION, true);
 
         if (!compressionSchema) {
             this.nautilusCompression = null;
diff --git a/dingManager.js b/dingManager.js
index 7a0de9e3..bbc23704 100644
--- a/dingManager.js
+++ b/dingManager.js
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ 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',
             'adw-ding.js',
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ const DingManager = class {
 
                 if (contents.startsWith(thisPath)) {
                     let proc =
-                        new Gio.Subprocess({argv: ['/bin/kill', filename]});
+                        new Gio.Subprocess({argv: ['@util_linux@/bin/kill', filename]});
 
                     proc.init(null);
                     console.log(`Killing old DING process ${filename}`);
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index 50430fa5..82fca2e3 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export default class dingPreferences extends ExtensionPreferences {
         const schemaSource = GioSSS.get_default();
         const schemaGtk = schemaSource.lookup(Enums.SCHEMA_GTK, true);
         const gtkSettings = new Gio.Settings({settings_schema: schemaGtk});
-        const schemaNautilus = schemaSource.lookup(Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS, true);
+        const schemaSourceNautilus = Gio.SettingsSchemaSource.new_from_directory('@nautilus_gsettings_path@', Gio.SettingsSchemaSource.get_default(), true);
+		const schemaNautilus = schemaSourceNautilus.lookup(Enums.SCHEMA_NAUTILUS, true);
         const version = this.metadata['version-name'];
 
         let nautilusSettings;