diff --git a/ags/scripts/apps.ts b/ags/scripts/apps.ts
index 5b9890d..bde7719 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/apps.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/apps.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { Astal } from "astal/gtk3";
+import { Gdk, Gtk } from "ags/gtk4";
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
 
 import AstalApps from "gi://AstalApps";
 import AstalHyprland from "gi://AstalHyprland";
-import { execAsync } from "astal";
 
 
 export const uwsmIsActive: boolean = await execAsync(
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ export function execApp(app: AstalApps.Application|string, dispatchExecArgs?: st
     );
 }
 
+export function lookupIcon(name: string): boolean {
+    return Gtk.IconTheme.get_for_display(Gdk.Display.get_default()!)?.has_icon(name);
+}
+
 export function getAppsByName(appName: string): (Array<AstalApps.Application>|undefined) {
     let found: Array<AstalApps.Application> = [];
 
@@ -50,14 +54,14 @@ export function getAppsByName(appName: string): (Array<AstalApps.Application>|un
 export function getIconByAppName(appName: string): (string|undefined) {
     if(!appName) return undefined;
 
-    if(Astal.Icon.lookup_icon(appName))
+    if(lookupIcon(appName))
        return appName;
 
-    if(Astal.Icon.lookup_icon(appName.toLowerCase()))
+    if(lookupIcon(appName.toLowerCase()))
        return appName.toLowerCase();
    
     const nameReverseDNS = appName.split('.');
-    if(Astal.Icon.lookup_icon(nameReverseDNS[nameReverseDNS.length - 1]))
+    if(lookupIcon(nameReverseDNS[nameReverseDNS.length - 1]))
        return nameReverseDNS[nameReverseDNS.length - 1];
 
     const found: (AstalApps.Application|undefined) = getAppsByName(appName)?.[0];
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ export function getAppIcon(app: (string|AstalApps.Application)): (string|undefin
     if(typeof app === "string")
         return getIconByAppName(app);
 
-    if(app.iconName && Astal.Icon.lookup_icon(app.iconName))
+    if(app.iconName && lookupIcon(app.iconName))
         return app.iconName;
 
     if(app.wmClass)
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ export function getAppIcon(app: (string|AstalApps.Application)): (string|undefin
 export function getSymbolicIcon(app: (string|AstalApps.Application)): (string|undefined) {
     const icon = getAppIcon(app);
 
-    return (icon && Astal.Icon.lookup_icon(`${icon}-symbolic`)) ?
+    return (icon && lookupIcon(`${icon}-symbolic`)) ?
         `${icon}-symbolic`
     : undefined;
 }
diff --git a/ags/scripts/arg-handler.ts b/ags/scripts/arg-handler.ts
index e1a0b0e..cfbd589 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/arg-handler.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/arg-handler.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { Wireplumber } from "./volume";
 import { Windows } from "../windows";
-
 import { restartInstance } from "./reload-handler";
-import { AstalIO, timeout } from "astal";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
 import { Runner } from "../runner/Runner";
 import { showWorkspaceNumber } from "../widget/bar/Workspaces";
 
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
+
+
 let wsTimeout: (AstalIO.Time|undefined);
 
 export function handleArguments(request: string): any {
@@ -28,8 +30,8 @@ export function handleArguments(request: string): any {
             return "Restarting instance..."
 
         case "windows":
-            return Object.keys(Windows.windows).map(name =>
-                `${name}: ${Windows.isVisible(name) ? "open" : "closed" }`).join('\n');
+            return Object.keys(Windows.getDefault().windows).map(name =>
+                `${name}: ${Windows.getDefault().isVisible(name) ? "open" : "closed" }`).join('\n');
         
         case "runner":
             !Runner.instance ? 
@@ -59,33 +61,33 @@ function handleWindowArgs(args: Array<string>): string {
 
     const specifiedWindow: string = args[1];
 
-    if(!Windows.hasWindow(specifiedWindow)) 
+    if(!Windows.getDefault().hasWindow(specifiedWindow)) 
         return `Name "${specifiedWindow}" not found windows map! Make sure to add new Windows on the Map!`
 
     switch(args[0]) {
         case "open":
-            if(!Windows.isVisible(specifiedWindow)) {
-                Windows.open(specifiedWindow);
+            if(!Windows.getDefault().isVisible(specifiedWindow)) {
+                Windows.getDefault().open(specifiedWindow);
                 return `Setting visibility of window "${args[1]}" to true`;
             }
 
             return `Window is already open, ignored`;
 
         case "close":
-            if(Windows.isVisible(specifiedWindow)) {
-                Windows.close(specifiedWindow);
+            if(Windows.getDefault().isVisible(specifiedWindow)) {
+                Windows.getDefault().close(specifiedWindow);
                 return `Setting visibility of window "${args[1]}" to false`
             }
 
             return `Window is already closed, ignored`
 
         case "toggle":
-            if(!Windows.isVisible(specifiedWindow)) {
-                Windows.open(specifiedWindow);
+            if(!Windows.getDefault().isVisible(specifiedWindow)) {
+                Windows.getDefault().open(specifiedWindow);
                 return `Toggle opening window "${args[1]}"`;
             }
 
-            Windows.close(specifiedWindow);
+            Windows.getDefault().close(specifiedWindow);
             return `Toggle closing window "${args[1]}"`
     }
 
diff --git a/ags/scripts/clipboard.ts b/ags/scripts/clipboard.ts
index b4a9804..c7dab59 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/clipboard.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/clipboard.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
-import { AstalIO, execAsync, Gio, GLib, GObject, monitorFile, property, readFile, register, signal, timeout } from "astal";
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
 
+import GObject, { getter, register, signal } from "ags/gobject";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
+import { monitorFile, readFile } from "ags/file"; 
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
+
+
+interface ClipboardSignals extends GObject.Object.SignalSignatures {
+    copied: Clipboard["copied"];
+    wiped: Clipboard["wiped"];
+};
 
 export enum ClipboardItemType {
     TEXT = 0,
     IMAGE = 1
 }
 
-export type ClipboardItem = {
+export class ClipboardItem {
     id: number;
     type: ClipboardItemType;
     preview: string;
+
+    constructor(id: number, type: ClipboardItemType, preview: string) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.type = type;
+        this.preview = preview;
+    }
 }
 
 export { Clipboard };
@@ -20,6 +38,8 @@ export { Clipboard };
 class Clipboard extends GObject.Object {
     private static instance: Clipboard;
 
+    declare $signals: ClipboardSignals;
+
     #dbFile: Gio.File;
     #dbMonitor: Gio.FileMonitor;
     #updateDone: boolean = false;
@@ -27,14 +47,11 @@ class Clipboard extends GObject.Object {
     #changesTimeout: (AstalIO.Time|undefined);
     #ignoreChanges: boolean = false;
 
-    @signal(Object)
-    declare copied: () => ClipboardItem;
-
-    @signal()
-    declare wiped: () => void;
+    @signal(GObject.TYPE_JSOBJECT) copied(_item: object) {}
+    @signal() wiped() {};
 
 
-    @property()
+    @getter(Array)
     public get history() { return this.#history; }
 
 
diff --git a/ags/scripts/compositor.ts b/ags/scripts/compositor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b100d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ags/scripts/compositor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+
+import GObject, { getter, property, register } from "ags/gobject";
+
+
+/** WIP Global implementation of a system that supports 
+* a variety of Wayland Compositors */
+export namespace Compositor {
+
+let instance: _Compositor;
+
+@register({ GTypeName: "CompositorMonitor" })
+class _CompositorMonitor extends GObject.Object {
+    public readonly width: number;
+    public readonly height: number;
+
+    @property(Boolean)
+    public readonly mirror: boolean;
+
+    constructor(width: number, height: number, mirror: boolean = false) {
+        super();
+
+        this.width = width;
+        this.height = height;
+        this.mirror = mirror;
+    }
+}
+
+@register({ GTypeName: "CompositorWorkspace" })
+class _CompositorWorkspace extends GObject.Object {
+    public readonly id: number;
+
+    @getter(_CompositorMonitor)
+    public readonly monitor: _CompositorMonitor;
+
+    constructor(monitor: _CompositorMonitor, id: number) {
+        super();
+
+        this.monitor = monitor;
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+}
+
+@register({ GTypeName: "Compositor" })
+class _Compositor extends GObject.Object {
+    #workspaces: Array<_CompositorWorkspace> = [];
+
+    @property()
+    public get workspaces() { return this.#workspaces; }
+};
+
+
+export function getDefault(): _Compositor {
+    if(!instance)
+        instance = new _Compositor();
+
+    return instance;
+}
+
+export const Compositor = _Compositor, 
+    CompositorWorkspace = _CompositorWorkspace,
+    CompositorMonitor = _CompositorMonitor;
+
+/** Uses the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP variable to detect running compositor's name.
+  * ---
+  * @returns running wayland compositor's name (lowercase) or `undefined` if variable's not set */
+export function getName(): string|undefined {
+    return GLib.getenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP") ?? undefined;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/ags/scripts/config.ts b/ags/scripts/config.ts
index 1d897ac..c13a604 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/config.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-import { AstalIO, Gio, GLib, GObject, monitorFile, readFileAsync, register, timeout } from "astal";
-import Binding, { bind, Subscribable } from "astal/binding";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
+import { monitorFile, readFileAsync } from "ags/file";
 import { Notifications } from "./notifications";
-import AstalNotifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";
 import { encoder } from "./utils";
+import GObject, { getter, register } from "ags/gobject";
+
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
+import AstalNotifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";
+import { Accessor, createConnection } from "ags";
 
 
 export { Config };
@@ -40,11 +46,15 @@ export type ConfigEntries = Partial<{
 
 type ValueTypes = "string" | "boolean" | "object" | "number" | "undefined" | "any";
 
-
 @register({ GTypeName: "Config" })
-class Config extends GObject.Object implements Subscribable {
+class Config extends GObject.Object {
     private static instance: Config;
 
+    $signals = {
+        "notify": () => {},
+        "notify::entries": (_: ConfigEntries) => {}
+    };
+
     private readonly defaultFile = Gio.File.new_for_path(
         `${GLib.get_user_config_dir()}/colorshell/config.json`);
 
@@ -71,11 +81,12 @@ class Config extends GObject.Object implements Subscribable {
         }
     };
 
-    private readonly entries: ConfigEntries = this.defaults;
+    @getter(Object)
+    public get entries() { return this.#entries; }
 
-
-    #subs: Set<(entries: ConfigEntries) => void> = new Set();
     #file: Gio.File;
+    #entries: ConfigEntries = this.defaults;
+
     private timeout: (AstalIO.Time|boolean|undefined);
     public get file() { return this.#file; };
 
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ class Config extends GObject.Object implements Subscribable {
                 this.entries[k as keyof typeof this.entries] = config[k as keyof typeof config];
             }
 
-            this.notifySubs();
+            this.notify("entries");
         }).catch((e: Gio.IOErrorEnum) => {
             Notifications.getDefault().sendNotification({
                     urgency: AstalNotifd.Urgency.NORMAL,
@@ -184,15 +195,9 @@ class Config extends GObject.Object implements Subscribable {
         });
     }
 
-    private notifySubs(): void {
-        for(const sub of this.#subs) {
-            sub(this.entries);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public bindProperty(propertyPath: (keyof ConfigEntries|string), expectType?: ValueTypes): Binding<any|undefined> {
-        return bind(this).as(() => 
-            this.getProperty(propertyPath, expectType));
+    public bindProperty(propertyPath: (keyof ConfigEntries|string), expectType?: ValueTypes): Accessor<any|undefined> {
+        return createConnection(this.getProperty(propertyPath), [(this as typeof Config.instance), "notify::entries", () => 
+            this.getProperty(propertyPath, expectType)]);
     }
 
     public getProperty(path: string, expectType?: ValueTypes): (any|undefined) {
@@ -234,16 +239,4 @@ class Config extends GObject.Object implements Subscribable {
 
         return property;
     }
-
-    public get(): ConfigEntries {
-        return this.entries;
-    }
-
-    public subscribe(callback: (entries: ConfigEntries) => void): () => void {
-        this.#subs.add(callback);
-
-        return () => {
-            this.#subs.delete(callback);
-        };
-    }
 }
diff --git a/ags/scripts/nightlight.ts b/ags/scripts/nightlight.ts
index 63e7e67..edd365b 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/nightlight.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/nightlight.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { AstalIO, exec, execAsync, GLib, GObject, interval, property, register } from "astal";
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+
+import GObject, { getter, register } from "ags/gobject";
+import { execAsync, exec } from "ags/process";
+import { interval } from "ags/time";
 
 export { NightLight };
 
@@ -14,11 +19,11 @@ class NightLight extends GObject.Object {
     #prevTemperature: (number|null) = null;
     #prevGamma: (number|null) = null;
 
-    @property(Number)
+    @getter(Number)
     public get temperature() { return this.#temperature; }
     public set temperature(newValue: number) { this.setTemperature(newValue); }
 
-    @property(Number)
+    @getter(Number)
     public get gamma() { return this.#gamma; }
     public set gamma(newValue: number) { this.setGamma(newValue); }
 
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ class NightLight extends GObject.Object {
     public readonly identityTemperature = 6000;
     public readonly maxGamma = 100;
 
-    @property(Boolean)
+    @getter(Boolean)
     public get identity() { return this.#identity; }
     public set identity(newValue: boolean) {
         newValue ? this.applyIdentity() : this.filter();
diff --git a/ags/scripts/notifications.ts b/ags/scripts/notifications.ts
index 2996f38..07d9f77 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/notifications.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/notifications.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-import { AstalIO, execAsync, Gio, GObject, property, register, signal, timeout } from "astal";
-import AstalNotifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";
 import { Config } from "./config";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
+
+import GObject, { getter, property, register, signal } from "ags/gobject";
+import AstalNotifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
 
 
 export interface HistoryNotification {
@@ -22,38 +27,22 @@ class Notifications extends GObject.Object {
     #history: Array<HistoryNotification> = [];
     #notificationsOnHold: Set<number> = new Set<number>();
     #connections: Array<number> = [];
-    #historyLimit: number = 10;
 
-    @property()
+    @getter(Array<AstalNotifd.Notification>)
     public get notifications() { return this.#notifications };
 
-    @property()
+    @getter(Array<HistoryNotification>)
     public get history() { return this.#history };
 
-    @property()
-    public get historyLimit() { return this.#historyLimit };
-
-    public set historyLimit(newValue: number) {
-        this.#historyLimit = newValue;
-        this.notify("historyLimit");
-    }
+    @property(Number)
+    public historyLimit: number = 10;
 
 
-    @signal(AstalNotifd.Notification)
-    declare notificationAdded: (notification: AstalNotifd.Notification) => void;
-
-    @signal(Number)
-    declare notificationRemoved: (id: number) => void;
-
-    @signal(Object) // It's an Object, beacuase HistoryNotification is just an interface
-    declare historyAdded: (notification: AstalNotifd.Notification) => void;
-
-    @signal(Number)
-    declare historyRemoved: (id: number) => void;
-
-    @signal(Number)
-    declare notificationReplaced: (id: number) => void;
-
+    @signal(AstalNotifd.Notification) notificationAdded(_notification: AstalNotifd.Notification) {};
+    @signal(Number) notificationRemoved(_id: number) {};
+    @signal(Object) historyAdded(_notification: Object) {};
+    @signal(Number) historyRemoved(_id: number) {};
+    @signal(Number) notificationReplaced(_id: number) {};
 
     constructor() {
         super();
@@ -188,7 +177,7 @@ class Notifications extends GObject.Object {
     private addHistory(notif: AstalNotifd.Notification, onAdded?: (notif: AstalNotifd.Notification) => void): void {
         if(!notif) return;
 
-        this.#history.length === this.#historyLimit &&
+        this.#history.length === this.historyLimit &&
             this.removeHistory(this.#history[this.#history.length - 1]);
 
         this.#history.map((notifb, i) => 
diff --git a/ags/scripts/recording.ts b/ags/scripts/recording.ts
index 46edc11..a265089 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/recording.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/recording.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { execAsync, Gio, GLib, GObject } from "astal";
-import { property, register, signal } from "astal/gobject";
-import { Gdk } from "astal/gtk3";
-import { getDateTime } from "./time";
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
+import { getter, register, signal } from "ags/gobject";
+import { Gdk } from "ags/gtk4";
 import { makeDirectory } from "./utils";
 import { Notifications } from "./notifications";
+import { time } from "./utils";
+
+import GObject from "ags/gobject";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
+
 
 export { Recording };
 
@@ -11,10 +16,8 @@ export { Recording };
 class Recording extends GObject.Object {
     private static instance: Recording;
 
-    @signal()
-    declare started: () => void;
-    @signal()
-    declare stopped: () => void;
+    @signal() started() {};
+    @signal() stopped() {};
 
     #recording: boolean = false;
     #path: string = "~/Recordings";
@@ -23,15 +26,16 @@ class Recording extends GObject.Object {
     #extension: string = "mp4";
     #recordAudio: boolean = false;
     #area: (Gdk.Rectangle|null) = null;
-    #startedAt: (GLib.DateTime|null) = null;
+    #startedAt: number = -1;
     #process: (Gio.Subprocess|null) = null;
     #output: (string|null) = null;
 
-    @property()
-    /** GLib.DateTime of when recording started */
+    /** GLib.DateTime of when recording started 
+    * its value can be `-1` if undefined(no recording is happening) */
+    @getter(Number)
     public get startedAt() { return this.#startedAt; }
 
-    @property(Boolean)
+    @getter(Boolean)
     public get recording() { return this.#recording; }
     private set recording(newValue: boolean) {
         (!newValue && this.#recording) ? 
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ class Recording extends GObject.Object {
         this.notify("recording");
     }
 
-    @property(String)
+    @getter(String)
     public get path() { return this.#path; }
     public set path(newPath: string) {
         if(this.recording) return;
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ class Recording extends GObject.Object {
         this.notify("path");
     }
 
-    @property(String)
+    @getter(String)
     public get extension() { return this.#extension; }
     public set extension(newExt: string) {
         if(this.recording) return;
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ class Recording extends GObject.Object {
         if(this.recording) 
             throw new Error("Screen Recording is already running!");
 
-        this.#output = `${getDateTime().get().format("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")}_rec.${this.extension || "mp4"}`;
+        this.#output = `${time.get().format("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")}_rec.${this.extension || "mp4"}`;
         this.#recording = true;
         this.notify("recording");
         this.emit("started");
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ class Recording extends GObject.Object {
             this.stopRecording();
         });
 
-        this.#startedAt = getDateTime().get();
+        this.#startedAt = time.get().to_unix();
     }
 
     public stopRecording() {
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ class Recording extends GObject.Object {
 
         this.#process = null;
         this.#recording = false;
-        this.#startedAt = null;
+        this.#startedAt = -1;
         this.#output = null;
         this.notify("recording");
         this.emit("stopped");
diff --git a/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts b/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts
index e4a2de0..0f27449 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import { execAsync, Gio, monitorFile } from "astal";
-import { App } from "astal/gtk3";
+import { monitorFile } from "ags/file";
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
 import { uwsmIsActive } from "./apps";
 
+import App from "ags/gtk4/app";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
+
+
 const monitoringPaths = [ "./scripts", "./window", "./app.ts", "env.d.ts" ];
 
 export function restartInstance(instanceName?: string): void {
diff --git a/ags/scripts/stylesheet.ts b/ags/scripts/stylesheet.ts
index ee235b3..fea0c09 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/stylesheet.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/stylesheet.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-// handles stylesheet compiling and reloading
+import { monitorFile, readFile } from "ags/file";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
+import { exec, execAsync } from "ags/process";
 
-import { monitorFile, AstalIO, timeout, GLib, Gio, execAsync, exec, readFile } from "astal";
-import { App } from "astal/gtk3";
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
+import App from "ags/gtk4/app";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
 
+
+/** handles stylesheet compiling and reloading */
 export class Stylesheet {
     private static instance: Stylesheet;
     #watchDelay: (AstalIO.Time|undefined);
diff --git a/ags/scripts/time.ts b/ags/scripts/time.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb804a..0000000
--- a/ags/scripts/time.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { GLib, Variable } from "astal";
-
-const time = new Variable<GLib.DateTime>(GLib.DateTime.new_now_local()).poll(500, () => 
-    GLib.DateTime.new_now_local())();
-
-export const getDateTime = () => time;
diff --git a/ags/scripts/utils.ts b/ags/scripts/utils.ts
index 35fb02a..6be64ac 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/utils.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-import { exec, execAsync, Gio, GLib } from "astal";
+import { createPoll } from "ags/time";
+import { exec, execAsync } from "ags/process";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
 
 export const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8"),
     encoder = new TextEncoder();
 
+export const time = createPoll(GLib.DateTime.new_now_local(), 500, () => 
+    GLib.DateTime.new_now_local());
+
 export function getHyprlandInstanceSig(): (string|null) {
     return GLib.getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE");
 }
@@ -11,6 +17,12 @@ export function getHyprlandVersion(): string {
     return exec(`${GLib.getenv("HYPRLAND_CMD") || "Hyprland"} --version | head -n1`).split(" ")[1];
 }
 
+export function omitObjectKeys<ObjT = object>(obj: ObjT, keys: keyof ObjT|Array<keyof ObjT>): ObjT {
+    for(const objKey of Object.keys(obj)) {
+        for(const omitKey of keys) {}
+    }
+}
+
 export function makeDirectory(dir: string): void {
     execAsync([ "mkdir", "-p", dir ]);
 }
diff --git a/ags/scripts/varmap.ts b/ags/scripts/varmap.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 16b59e8..0000000
--- a/ags/scripts/varmap.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-import { Subscribable } from "astal/binding";
-
-export class VarMap<K, V> implements Subscribable {
-
-    #subs = new Set<(v: Map<K, V>) => void>();
-    #map: Map<K, V>;
-
-    constructor(initial?: Map<K, V>) {
-        this.#map = initial || new Map<K, V>();
-    }
-
-    private notifyMap() {
-        const subs = this.#subs;
-        for(const sub of subs) {
-            sub(this.#map);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public get(): Map<K, V> {
-        return this.#map;
-    }
-
-    public get size(): number {
-        return this.#map.size;
-    }
-
-    public getValue(key: K): (V|undefined) {
-        return this.#map.get(key);
-    }
-
-    public getKeyAt(index: number): (K|undefined) {
-        return [...this.#map.keys()][index];
-    }
-
-    public getValueAt(index: number): (V|undefined) {
-        return [...this.#map.values()][index];
-    }
-
-    public set(key: K, value: V): Map<K, V> {
-        const newMap: Map<K, V> = this.#map.set(key, value);
-        this.notifyMap();
-
-        return newMap;
-    }
-
-    public delete(key: K): boolean {
-        const deleted: boolean = this.#map.delete(key);
-        this.notifyMap();
-        return deleted;
-    }
-
-    public has(key: K): boolean {
-        return this.#map.has(key);
-    }
-
-    public clear(): void {
-        this.#map.clear();
-        this.notifyMap();
-    }
-
-    public entries(): MapIterator<[K, V]> {
-        return this.#map.entries();
-    }
-
-    public keys(): MapIterator<K> {
-        return this.#map.keys();
-    }
-
-    public values(): MapIterator<V> {
-        return this.#map.values();
-    }
-
-    public forEach<ReturnType = any> (callback: (value: V, key: K, map: Map<K, V>) => ReturnType): ReturnType[] {
-        const result: Array<ReturnType> = [];
-        for(const entry of this.#map.entries()) {
-            result.push(callback(entry[1], entry[0], this.#map));
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    public subscribe(callback: (v: Map<K, V>) => void): () => void {
-        this.#subs.add(callback);
-
-        return () => {
-            this.#subs.delete(callback);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/ags/scripts/volume.ts b/ags/scripts/volume.ts
index 860868d..590dba9 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/volume.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/volume.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {  GObject, register } from "astal";
+import GObject, { register } from "ags/gobject";
 import AstalWp from "gi://AstalWp";
 
 export { Wireplumber };
diff --git a/ags/scripts/wallpaper.ts b/ags/scripts/wallpaper.ts
index 020fb37..2f3d917 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/wallpaper.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/wallpaper.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { AstalIO, execAsync, Gio, GLib, GObject, monitorFile, property, register, timeout } from "astal";
+import { execAsync } from "ags/process";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
+import GObject, { register, getter } from "ags/gobject";
+import { monitorFile } from "ags/file";
+
+import AstalIO from "gi://AstalIO";
+import Gio from "gi://Gio?version=2.0";
+import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+
 
 export { Wallpaper };
 
@@ -12,15 +20,17 @@ class Wallpaper extends GObject.Object {
     #wallpapersPath: string;
     #ignoreWatch: boolean = false;
 
-    @property(Boolean)
+    @getter(Boolean)
     public get splash() { return this.#splash; }
     public set splash(showSplash: boolean) {
         this.#splash = showSplash;
         this.notify("splash");
     }
 
-    @property(String)
-    public get wallpaper(): (string|undefined) { return this.#wallpaper; }
+    /** current wallpaper's complete path
+    * can be an empty string if undefined */
+    @getter(String)
+    public get wallpaper() { return this.#wallpaper ?? ""; }
     public set wallpaper(newValue: string) { this.setWallpaper(newValue); }
 
     public get wallpapersPath() { return this.#wallpapersPath; }
@@ -28,8 +38,12 @@ class Wallpaper extends GObject.Object {
     constructor() {
         super();
 
-        this.#wallpapersPath = GLib.getenv("WALLPAPERS") ?? `${GLib.get_home_dir()}/wallpapers`;
-        this.#hyprpaperFile = Gio.File.new_for_path(`${GLib.get_user_config_dir()}/hypr/hyprpaper.conf`);
+        this.#wallpapersPath = GLib.getenv("WALLPAPERS") ?? 
+            `${GLib.get_home_dir()}/wallpapers`;
+
+        this.#hyprpaperFile = Gio.File.new_for_path(`${
+            GLib.get_user_config_dir()}/hypr/hyprpaper.conf`);
+
         this.getWallpaper().then((wall) => {
             if(wall?.trim()) this.#wallpaper = wall.trim();
         });
diff --git a/ags/scripts/widget-utils.ts b/ags/scripts/widget-utils.ts
index 4824b25..2b3ca41 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/widget-utils.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/widget-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Gtk, Widget } from "astal/gtk3";
+import { Gtk, Astal } from "ags/gtk4";
 
-export function addSliderMarksFromMinMax(slider: Widget.Slider, amountOfMarks: number = 2, markup?: (string | null)) {
+export function addSliderMarksFromMinMax(slider: Astal.Slider, amountOfMarks: number = 2, markup?: (string | null)) {
     if(markup && !markup.includes("{}")) 
         markup = `${markup}{}`