diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index 004d36a..0167aff 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ const { Clutter, Gio, GLib, GObject, Meta, Shell, St } = imports.gi;
 
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 const Me = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
-const Prefs = Me.imports.prefs;
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const MessageTray = imports.ui.messageTray.MessageTray;
-
+const Utils = Me.imports.utils;
 const BannerBin = Main.messageTray._bannerBin;
-
 const { NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT, HIDE_TIMEOUT, LONGER_HIDE_TIMEOUT, IDLE_TIME, State, Urgency } = imports.ui.messageTray;
 
 let ANIMATION_TIME = 200;
@@ -148,16 +146,16 @@ class Extension {
     }
 
     _loadSettings() {
-        this._settings = Prefs.SettingsSchema;
+        this._settings = ExtensionUtils.getSettings();
         this._settingsChangedId = this._settings.connect('changed', this._onSettingsChange.bind(this));
         this._fetchSettings();
     }
 
     _fetchSettings() {
-        ANCHOR_VERTICAL         = this._settings.get_int(Prefs.Fields.ANCHOR_VERTICAL);
-        ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL       = this._settings.get_int(Prefs.Fields.ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL);
-        ANIMATION_DIRECTION     = this._settings.get_int(Prefs.Fields.ANIMATION_DIRECTION);
-        ANIMATION_TIME          = this._settings.get_int(Prefs.Fields.ANIMATION_TIME);
+        ANCHOR_VERTICAL         = this._settings.get_int(Utils.PrefFields.ANCHOR_VERTICAL);
+        ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL       = this._settings.get_int(Utils.PrefFields.ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL);
+        ANIMATION_DIRECTION     = this._settings.get_int(Utils.PrefFields.ANIMATION_DIRECTION);
+        ANIMATION_TIME          = this._settings.get_int(Utils.PrefFields.ANIMATION_TIME);
     }
 
     _onSettingsChange() {
@@ -180,7 +178,6 @@ class Extension {
         for (const { obj, method, original, patch } of patches) {
             patcher(obj, method, original, patch)
         }
-
     }
 
     disable() {
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index fb70b5c..cfca28e 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "Notification Banner Reloaded",
-  "version": 3,
+  "version": 4,
   "description": "Configure notification banner position and animation to your liking",
   "uuid": "notification-banner-reloaded@marcinjakubowski.github.com",
   "shell-version": [
     "41",
     "40"
   ],
-  "url": "https://github.com/marcinjakubowski/notification-position-reloaded"
+  "url": "https://github.com/marcinjakubowski/notification-position-reloaded",
+  "settings-schema": "org.gnome.shell.extensions.notification-banner-reloaded"
 }
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index 3cba37f..bf0df77 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -26,20 +26,11 @@ const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
 const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 const Me = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
+const Utils = Me.imports.utils;
 
 const Gettext = imports.gettext;
 const _ = Gettext.domain('notification-banner-reloaded').gettext;
 
-var Fields = {
-    ANCHOR_VERTICAL        : 'anchor-vertical',
-    ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL      : 'anchor-horizontal',
-    ANIMATION_TIME         : 'animation-time',
-    ANIMATION_DIRECTION    : 'animation-direction',
-};
-
-const SCHEMA_NAME = 'org.gnome.shell.extensions.notification-banner-reloaded';
-
-var SettingsSchema = ExtensionUtils.getSettings(SCHEMA_NAME);
 
 function init() {
     let localeDir = Me.dir.get_child('locale');
@@ -130,11 +121,12 @@ class Preferences {
         addRow(anchorVerticalLabel,       this.anchorVertical);
         addRow(animationDirectionLabel,   this.animationDirection);
         addRow(animationTimeLabel,        this.animationTime);
-
-        SettingsSchema.bind(Fields.ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL,   this.anchorHorizontal,      'active', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
-        SettingsSchema.bind(Fields.ANCHOR_VERTICAL,     this.anchorVertical,        'active', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
-        SettingsSchema.bind(Fields.ANIMATION_DIRECTION, this.animationDirection,    'active', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
-        SettingsSchema.bind(Fields.ANIMATION_TIME,      this.animationTime,         'value',  Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
+        
+        const settings = ExtensionUtils.getSettings();
+        settings.bind(Utils.PrefFields.ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL,   this.anchorHorizontal,      'active', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
+        settings.bind(Utils.PrefFields.ANCHOR_VERTICAL,     this.anchorVertical,        'active', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
+        settings.bind(Utils.PrefFields.ANIMATION_DIRECTION, this.animationDirection,    'active', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
+        settings.bind(Utils.PrefFields.ANIMATION_TIME,      this.animationTime,         'value',  Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
     }
 
     _create_options(opts) {
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d3755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+var PrefFields = {
+    ANCHOR_VERTICAL        : 'anchor-vertical',
+    ANCHOR_HORIZONTAL      : 'anchor-horizontal',
+    ANIMATION_TIME         : 'animation-time',
+    ANIMATION_DIRECTION    : 'animation-direction',
+};
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