--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import GIRepository from 'gi://GIRepository';
+GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@gda_path@');
+GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@gsound_path@');
+
 import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
 import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 import * as extension_js from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensions/extension.js';