--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@

 const Me = imports.misc.extensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();

+imports.gi.GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@gmenu_path@');
+
 const {GLib, Gio, St} = imports.gi;
 const Constants = Me.imports.constants;
 const Controller = Me.imports.controller;