diff --git a/js/ui/background.js b/js/ui/background.js
index f99ad381c..4dde09101 100644
--- a/js/ui/background.js
+++ b/js/ui/background.js
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@ var BackgroundSource = class BackgroundSource {
     }
 };
 
-var Animation = class Animation {
-    constructor(params) {
-        params = Params.parse(params, { file: null });
+var Animation = GObject.registerClass(
+class Animation extends GnomeDesktop.BGSlideShow {
+    _init(params) {
+        super._init(params);
 
-        this.file = params.file;
         this.keyFrameFiles = [];
         this.transitionProgress = 0.0;
         this.transitionDuration = 0.0;
@@ -637,9 +637,7 @@ var Animation = class Animation {
     }
 
     load(callback) {
-        this._show = new GnomeDesktop.BGSlideShow({ file: this.file });
-
-        this._show.load_async(null, () => {
+        this.load_async(null, () => {
             this.loaded = true;
             if (callback)
                 callback();
@@ -649,13 +647,11 @@ var Animation = class Animation {
     update(monitor) {
         this.keyFrameFiles = [];
 
-        if (!this._show)
+        if (this.get_num_slides() < 1)
             return;
 
-        if (this._show.get_num_slides() < 1)
-            return;
-
-        let [progress, duration, isFixed_, filename1, filename2] = this._show.get_current_slide(monitor.width, monitor.height);
+        let [progress, duration, isFixed_, filename1, filename2] =
+            this.get_current_slide(monitor.width, monitor.height);
 
         this.transitionDuration = duration;
         this.transitionProgress = progress;
@@ -666,8 +662,7 @@ var Animation = class Animation {
         if (filename2)
             this.keyFrameFiles.push(Gio.File.new_for_path(filename2));
     }
-};
-Signals.addSignalMethods(Animation.prototype);
+});
 
 var BackgroundManager = class BackgroundManager {
     constructor(params) {