diff -Nur a/extensions/tracker/tracker.py b/extensions/tracker/tracker.py
--- a/extensions/tracker/tracker.py	2011-12-18 16:42:33.000000000 +0100
+++ b/extensions/tracker/tracker.py	2011-12-18 16:55:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 import logging
 
 import gi
-from gi.repository import Tracker
-
-import gobject
+from gi.repository import Tracker, GObject
 
 from _zeitgeist.engine.extension import Extension
 from _zeitgeist.engine import constants
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@
         self._engine = engine
         self.cursor = get_default_cursor()
         if not (os.path.exists(INDEX_FILE)):
-            gobject.idle_add (self._reindex)
+            GObject.idle_add (self._reindex)
 
     def _reindex(self):
         log.info("Empty index detected. Doing full rebuild")
diff -Nur a/extensions/fts/fts.py b/extensions/fts/fts.py
--- a/extensions/fts/fts.py	2011-12-18 17:21:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/extensions/fts/fts.py	2011-12-18 17:22:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 from Queue import Queue, Empty
 import threading
 from urllib import quote as url_escape, unquote as url_unescape
-import gobject, gio
+from gi.repository import GObject
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from zeitgeist.datamodel import Symbol, StorageState, ResultType, TimeRange, NULL_EVENT, NEGATION_OPERATOR
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 		# Cache of parsed DesktopEntrys
 		self._desktops = {}
 		
-		gobject.threads_init()
+		GObject.threads_init()
 		self._may_run = True
 		self._queue = Queue(0)
 		self._worker = threading.Thread(target=self._worker_thread,
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 		# We need to defer the index checking until after ZG has completed
 		# full setup. Hence the idle handler.
 		# We also don't start the worker until after we've checked the index
-		gobject.idle_add (self._check_index_and_start_worker)
+		GObject.idle_add (self._check_index_and_start_worker)
 	
 	@synchronized (INDEX_LOCK)
 	def _check_index_and_start_worker (self):