diff --git a/src/taskbar/taskbaritem.cpp b/src/taskbar/taskbaritem.cpp
index 2c2c7af..35bb841 100644
--- a/src/taskbar/taskbaritem.cpp
+++ b/src/taskbar/taskbaritem.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,10 @@ namespace Nickvision::Taskbar
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 		if (m_connection)
 		{
-			GDBusMessage* message{ g_dbus_message_new_signal(m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update") };
-			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new_dict_entry(g_variant_new_string("progress-visible"), g_variant_new_boolean(m_progressState >= ProgressState::Normal)) };
+			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new("a{sv}", "progress-visible", m_progressState >= ProgressState::Normal) };
 			GVariant* tuple{ g_variant_new_tuple(params, 2) };
-			g_dbus_message_set_body(message, tuple);
-			g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_connection, message, G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, nullptr);
-			g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(message));
+			g_dbus_connection_emit_signal(m_connection, m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update", tuple, nullptr);
+			g_variant_unref(tuple);
 		}
 #endif
 	}
@@ -87,12 +85,10 @@ namespace Nickvision::Taskbar
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 		if (m_connection)
 		{
-			GDBusMessage* message{ g_dbus_message_new_signal(m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update") };
-			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new_dict_entry(g_variant_new_string("progress"), g_variant_new_double(m_progress)) };
+			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new("a{sv}", "progress", m_progress) };
 			GVariant* tuple{ g_variant_new_tuple(params, 2) };
-			g_dbus_message_set_body(message, tuple);
-			g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_connection, message, G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, nullptr);
-			g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(message));
+			g_dbus_connection_emit_signal(m_connection, m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update", tuple, nullptr);
+			g_variant_unref(tuple);
 		}
 #endif
 	}
@@ -121,12 +117,10 @@ namespace Nickvision::Taskbar
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 		if (m_connection)
 		{
-			GDBusMessage* message{ g_dbus_message_new_signal(m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update") };
-			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new_dict_entry(g_variant_new_string("urgent"), g_variant_new_boolean(m_urgent)) };
+			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new("a{sv}", "urgent", m_urgent) };
 			GVariant* tuple{ g_variant_new_tuple(params, 2) };
-			g_dbus_message_set_body(message, tuple);
-			g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_connection, message, G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, nullptr);
-			g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(message));
+			g_dbus_connection_emit_signal(m_connection, m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update", tuple, nullptr);
+			g_variant_unref(tuple);
 		}
 #endif
 	}
@@ -173,12 +167,10 @@ namespace Nickvision::Taskbar
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 		if (m_connection)
 		{
-			GDBusMessage* message{ g_dbus_message_new_signal(m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update") };
-			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new_dict_entry(g_variant_new_string("count-visible"), g_variant_new_boolean(m_countVisible)) };
+			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new("a{sv}", "count-visible", m_countVisible) };
 			GVariant* tuple{ g_variant_new_tuple(params, 2) };
-			g_dbus_message_set_body(message, tuple);
-			g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_connection, message, G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, nullptr);
-			g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(message));
+			g_dbus_connection_emit_signal(m_connection, m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update", tuple, nullptr);
+			g_variant_unref(tuple);
 		}
 #endif
 	}
@@ -197,12 +189,10 @@ namespace Nickvision::Taskbar
 #ifdef __linux__
 		if (m_connection)
 		{
-			GDBusMessage* message{ g_dbus_message_new_signal(m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update") };
-			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new_dict_entry(g_variant_new_string("count"), g_variant_new_int64(m_count)) };
+			GVariant* params[2]{ g_variant_new_string(m_appUri.c_str()), g_variant_new("a{sv}", "count", m_count) };
 			GVariant* tuple{ g_variant_new_tuple(params, 2) };
-			g_dbus_message_set_body(message, tuple);
-			g_dbus_connection_send_message(m_connection, message, G_DBUS_SEND_MESSAGE_FLAGS_NONE, nullptr, nullptr);
-			g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(message));
+            g_dbus_connection_emit_signal(m_connection, m_objectPath.c_str(), "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry", "Update", tuple, nullptr);
+			g_variant_unref(tuple);
 		}
 #endif
 	}