diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/CMakeLists.txt
index c6a0b96c6f6d1cc..16ed221736295a2 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ serenity_component(
     DEPENDS AudioServer
 )
 
-stringify_gml(VideoPlayerWindow.gml VideoPlayerWindowGML.h videoplayer_window_gml)
+compile_gml(VideoPlayerWidget.gml VideoPlayerWidgetGML.cpp)
 
 set(SOURCES
     main.cpp
+    VideoPlayerWidgetGML.cpp
     VideoFrameWidget.cpp
     VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
 )
 
-set(GENERATED_SOURCES
-    VideoPlayerWindowGML.h
-)
-
 serenity_app(VideoPlayer ICON app-video-player)
 target_link_libraries(VideoPlayer PRIVATE LibVideo LibAudio LibConfig LibCore LibGfx LibGUI LibMain LibFileSystemAccessClient)
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoFrameWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoFrameWidget.cpp
index bbeca22bb22935b..f219617b7b81b78 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoFrameWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoFrameWidget.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "VideoFrameWidget.h"
 
-REGISTER_WIDGET(VideoPlayer, VideoFrameWidget);
-
 namespace VideoPlayer {
 
 VideoFrameWidget::VideoFrameWidget()
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
index c6cc777ee6f82a0..4cf4d423997bc88 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.cpp
@@ -19,16 +19,14 @@
 #include <LibGUI/Toolbar.h>
 #include <LibGUI/ToolbarContainer.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Window.h>
-#include <Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWindowGML.h>
 
 #include "VideoPlayerWidget.h"
 
 namespace VideoPlayer {
 
-ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<VideoPlayerWidget>> VideoPlayerWidget::try_create()
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<VideoPlayerWidget>> VideoPlayerWidget::create()
 {
-    auto main_widget = TRY(adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) VideoPlayerWidget()));
-    TRY(main_widget->load_from_gml(videoplayer_window_gml));
+    auto main_widget = TRY(try_create());
 
     TRY(main_widget->setup_interface());
 
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWindow.gml b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.gml
similarity index 86%
rename from Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWindow.gml
rename to Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.gml
index 162ea5f4699e95e..86c1977a1b6195f 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWindow.gml
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.gml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@GUI::Widget {
+@VideoPlayer::VideoPlayerWidget {
     fill_with_background_color: true
     layout: @GUI::VerticalBoxLayout {}
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
                 @GUI::Button {
                     name: "playback"
-                    icon: "/res/icons/16x16/play.png"
+                    icon_from_path: "/res/icons/16x16/play.png"
                     fixed_width: 24
                     button_style: "Coolbar"
                 }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
                 @GUI::Button {
                     name: "sizing"
-                    icon: "/res/icons/16x16/fit-image-to-view.png"
+                    icon_from_path: "/res/icons/16x16/fit-image-to-view.png"
                     fixed_width: 24
                     button_style: "Coolbar"
                 }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
                 @GUI::Button {
                     name: "fullscreen"
-                    icon: "/res/icons/16x16/fullscreen.png"
+                    icon_from_path: "/res/icons/16x16/fullscreen.png"
                     fixed_width: 24
                     button_style: "Coolbar"
                 }
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.h b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.h
index 745577b0459edde..3275bc5155d03ee 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.h
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerWidget.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class VideoPlayerWidget final : public GUI::Widget {
 
 public:
     static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<VideoPlayerWidget>> try_create();
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<VideoPlayerWidget>> create();
     virtual ~VideoPlayerWidget() override = default;
     void close_file();
     void open_file(FileSystemAccessClient::File filename);
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/main.cpp
index 97d485548df71ea..58166dad1a35153 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/VideoPlayer/main.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     TRY(Core::System::unveil("/res", "r"));
     TRY(Core::System::unveil(nullptr, nullptr));
 
-    auto main_widget = TRY(VideoPlayer::VideoPlayerWidget::try_create());
+    auto main_widget = TRY(VideoPlayer::VideoPlayerWidget::create());
     window->set_main_widget(main_widget);
     main_widget->update_title();
     TRY(main_widget->initialize_menubar(window));