diff --git a/js/js-resources.gresource.xml b/js/js-resources.gresource.xml
index e72cd31e1..e223ee128 100644
--- a/js/js-resources.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/js-resources.gresource.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     <file>ui/keyboard.js</file>
     <file>ui/layout.js</file>
     <file>ui/lightbox.js</file>
+    <file>ui/listModes.js</file>
     <file>ui/locatePointer.js</file>
     <file>ui/lookingGlass.js</file>
     <file>ui/magnifier.js</file>
diff --git a/js/ui/listModes.js b/js/ui/listModes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..986f977f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/ui/listModes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import './environment.js';
+
+import {listModes} from './sessionMode.js';
+
+listModes();
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a19c452a2..97b9d24c0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ list_modes (const char  *option_name,
 {
   ShellGlobal *global;
   GjsContext *context;
-  const char *script;
-  int status;
+  uint8_t status;
 
   /* Many of our imports require global to be set, so rather than
    * tayloring our imports carefully here to avoid that dependency,
@@ -503,9 +502,10 @@ list_modes (const char  *option_name,
 
   shell_introspection_init ();
 
-  script = "imports.ui.environment.init();"
-           "imports.ui.sessionMode.listModes();";
-  if (!gjs_context_eval (context, script, -1, "<main>", &status, NULL))
+  if (!gjs_context_eval_module_file (context,
+                                     "resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/listModes.js",
+                                     &status,
+                                     NULL))
       g_message ("Retrieving list of available modes failed.");
 
   g_object_unref (context);