diff --git a/src/Camera/main.js b/src/Camera/main.js
index b31e911a..3e0ebcaa 100644
--- a/src/Camera/main.js
+++ b/src/Camera/main.js
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ async function handleCamera() {
   source.link(queue);
   queue.link(glsinkbin);
 
-  const paintable = new GObject.Value();
-  paintable_sink.get_property("paintable", paintable);
-  output.paintable = paintable.get_object();
+  const paintable = paintable_sink.get_property("paintable");
+  output.paintable = paintable;
 
   // Start the pipeline
   pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING);
diff --git a/src/Screencast/main.js b/src/Screencast/main.js
index dc110756..450200e7 100644
--- a/src/Screencast/main.js
+++ b/src/Screencast/main.js
@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ async function startScreencastSession() {
   source.link(queue);
   queue.link(glsinkbin);
 
-  const paintable = new GObject.Value();
-  paintable_sink.get_property("paintable", paintable);
-  output.paintable = paintable.get_object();
+  const paintable = paintable_sink.get_property("paintable");
+  output.paintable = paintable;
 
   // Start the pipeline
   pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING);