diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9dc53d4..469379a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 find_package(PkgConfig)
-pkg_check_modules(GDBUS REQUIRED gio-2.0 dbus-1 glibmm-2.4)
+pkg_check_modules(GDBUS REQUIRED gio-2.0 dbus-1 glibmm-2.4 giomm-2.4)
 
 add_executable(slack-timedate
 	slack-timedate.cpp slack-timedate.h
diff --git a/src/slack-timedate.cpp b/src/slack-timedate.cpp
index 45b8e50..f5a476e 100644
--- a/src/slack-timedate.cpp
+++ b/src/slack-timedate.cpp
@@ -114,41 +114,60 @@ static GVariant *slack_get_property (GDBusConnection *connection, const gchar *s
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void on_timedate_acquired (GDBusConnection *connection, const gchar *name, gpointer user_data) {
-	guint registration_id;
-	GDBusNodeInfo *introspection_data;
-	GError *slack_err;
-	const GDBusInterfaceVTable interface_vtable = {
-		slack_method_call,
-		slack_get_property,
-		NULL
-	};
+static void on_timedate_acquired(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection,
+        const Glib::ustring& name, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::NodeInfo> introspection_data;
+    static const auto interface_vtable = Gio::DBus::InterfaceVTable(
+        [user_data](const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection,
+            const Glib::ustring& sender,
+            const Glib::ustring& obj_path,
+            const Glib::ustring& interface_name,
+            const Glib::ustring& method_name,
+            const Glib::VariantContainerBase& parameters,
+            const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::MethodInvocation>& invocation) {
 
-	slack_err = NULL;
-	introspection_data = g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml (INTROSPECTION_XML, &slack_err);
-	if (introspection_data == NULL)
-		g_error ("Failed to parse D-Bus introspection XML: %s\n", slack_err->message);
+            auto parameters_copy = parameters.gobj_copy();
+            slack_method_call(connection->gobj(), sender.data(), obj_path.data(), interface_name.data(),
+                    method_name.data(), parameters_copy, invocation->gobj(), user_data);
+            g_free(parameters_copy);
+        },
+        [user_data](Glib::VariantBase& result,
+            const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection,
+            const Glib::ustring& sender,
+            const Glib::ustring& obj_path,
+            const Glib::ustring& interface_name,
+            const Glib::ustring& prop_name) {
 
-	slack_err = NULL;
-	registration_id = g_dbus_connection_register_object (connection,
-			BUS_PATH,
-			introspection_data->interfaces[0],
-			&interface_vtable,
-			user_data,
-			NULL,
-			&slack_err);
+            auto property_result = slack_get_property(connection->gobj(), sender.data(), obj_path.data(),
+                    interface_name.data(), prop_name.data(), nullptr, user_data);
+            result.init(property_result, true);
+        }
+    );
 
-	if (registration_id <= 0) {
-		g_critical ("Failed to register callbacks for the exported object with the D-Bus interface: %s\n", slack_err->message);
-		g_error_free (slack_err);
-	}
-
-	g_dbus_node_info_unref (introspection_data);
+    try
+    {
+        introspection_data = Gio::DBus::NodeInfo::create_for_xml(INTROSPECTION_XML);
+    }
+    catch (Glib::Error& slack_err)
+    {
+        g_error("Failed to parse D-Bus introspection XML: %s\n", slack_err.what().data());
+    }
+    try
+    {
+        guint registration_id = connection->register_object(BUS_PATH,
+                introspection_data->lookup_interface(), interface_vtable);
+    }
+    catch (Glib::Error& slack_err)
+    {
+        g_critical("Failed to register callbacks for the exported object with the D-Bus interface: %s\n",
+                slack_err.what().data());
+    }
 }
 
-static void on_timedate_lost (GDBusConnection *connection, const gchar *name, gpointer user_data) {
-	g_warning ("Failed to acquire the service %s.\n", name);
-	exit (1);
+static void on_timedate_lost(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name) {
+    g_warning("Failed to acquire the service %s.\n", name.data());
+    exit(1);
 }
 
 gboolean timeout_callback (Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop2quit) {
@@ -158,21 +177,21 @@ gboolean timeout_callback (Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop2quit) {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    auto timedate1 = new dlackware::timedate::timedate1();
-	guint owner_id = g_bus_own_name (G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
-			BUS_NAME,
-			static_cast<GBusNameOwnerFlags>(G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT | G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_REPLACE),
-			on_timedate_acquired,
-			NULL,
-			on_timedate_lost,
-			timedate1,
-			[](void *memory) { delete reinterpret_cast<dlackware::timedate::timedate1 *>(memory); });
+    Gio::init();
+    auto timedate1 = std::make_unique<dlackware::timedate::timedate1>();
+
+    guint owner_id = Gio::DBus::own_name(Gio::DBus::BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, BUS_NAME,
+            [&timedate1](const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Connection>& connection, const Glib::ustring& name) {
+                on_timedate_acquired(connection, name, timedate1.get());
+            }, Gio::DBus::SlotNameAcquired(), &on_timedate_lost,
+            Gio::DBus::BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT | Gio::DBus::BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_REPLACE);
+
     Glib::RefPtr<Glib::MainLoop> loop = Glib::MainLoop::create(false);
 
     Glib::signal_timeout().connect_seconds(sigc::bind(&timeout_callback, loop), DEFAULT_EXIT_SEC);
 	loop->run();
 
-	g_bus_unown_name (owner_id);
+    Gio::DBus::unown_name(owner_id);
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/slack-timedate.h b/src/slack-timedate.h
index 2f8229f..1c24aa1 100644
--- a/src/slack-timedate.h
+++ b/src/slack-timedate.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>
 #include <glibmm.h>
+#include <giomm.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 
 #define BUS_NAME "org.freedesktop.timedate1"