diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py
index 6d22812..ffa4312 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import pointerMonitor
 import setproctitle
 from plugins.execute import Execute
 
-GObject.threads_init()
-
 # Rename the process
 setproctitle.setproctitle('mintmenu')
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/preferences.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/preferences.py
index bfa6c0c..fd92981 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/preferences.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/preferences.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class mintMenuPreferences():
 
     def __init__(self):
 
-        self.settings = Gio.Settings("com.linuxmint.mintmenu")
-        self.places_settings = Gio.Settings("com.linuxmint.mintmenu.plugins.places")
+        self.settings = Gio.Settings(schema_id="com.linuxmint.mintmenu")
+        self.places_settings = Gio.Settings(schema_id="com.linuxmint.mintmenu.plugins.places")
 
         self.builder = Gtk.Builder()
         self.builder.set_translation_domain("mintmenu")