diff --git a/src/playbin.vala b/src/playbin.vala
index 8d47c3f..ed43593 100644
--- a/src/playbin.vala
+++ b/src/playbin.vala
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ class Playbin : Object {
     }
 
     public bool mute {
-        get { return playbin.mute; }
-        set { playbin.mute = value; }
+        get { return this.playbin.mute; }
+        set { this.playbin.mute = value; }
     }
 
-    public signal void set_position (int64 position);
+    public int64 position { get; private set; }
     public int64 duration { get; private set; }
 
     public signal void stream_started ();
     public signal void stream_over ();
 
-    private void on_source_setup (Gst.Element playbin, dynamic Gst.Element source) {
+    private void source_setup (Gst.Element playbin, dynamic Gst.Element source) {
         source.user_agent = "audrey/linux";
     }
 
@@ -34,79 +34,85 @@ class Playbin : Object {
         this.playbin = Gst.ElementFactory.make ("playbin3", null);
         assert (this.playbin != null);
 
-        this.playbin.source_setup.connect (this.on_source_setup);
+        this.playbin.source_setup.connect (this.source_setup);
+        this.playbin.about_to_finish.connect (this.about_to_finish);
 
         // regularly update position
         Timeout.add (500, () => {
             int64 new_position;
             if (this.playbin.query_position (Gst.Format.TIME, out new_position)) {
-                this.set_position (new_position < this.duration ? new_position : this.duration);
+                this.position = new_position < this.duration ? new_position : this.duration;
+            } else {
+                this.position = 0;
             }
 
             // keep rerunning
             return true;
         });
 
-        this.playbin.get_bus ().add_watch (Priority.DEFAULT, (bus, message) => {
-            // message.type actually seems to be flags
-            if (Gst.MessageType.ERROR in message.type) {
-                Error err;
-                string? debug;
-                message.parse_error (out err, out debug);
-                warning ("gst playbin bus error: %s", err.message);
-            }
+        var bus = this.playbin.get_bus ();
+        bus.add_signal_watch ();
 
-            if (Gst.MessageType.ASYNC_DONE in message.type) {
-                assert (this.async_done_callback != null);
-                var cb = (owned) this.async_done_callback;
-                assert (this.async_done_callback == null); // sanity check
-                cb ();
-            }
-
-            if (Gst.MessageType.STREAM_START in message.type) {
-                int64 new_duration;
-                assert (this.playbin.query_duration (Gst.Format.TIME, out new_duration));
-                this.duration = new_duration;
-
-                string? next_uri = null;
-
-                this.next_uri_lock.lock ();
-                next_uri = this.next_uri;
-
-                if (next_uri != (string) this.playbin.current_uri) {
-                    this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
-                    // WHOOPS! didn't actually switch to the track the play queue wanted
-                    // we can still fix this though
-                    assert (next_uri != null);
-                    this.playbin.set_state (Gst.State.READY);
-                    this.playbin.uri = next_uri;
-                    this.playbin.set_state (Gst.State.PLAYING);
-                    // no one will ever know
-                } else {
-                    this.next_uri = null;
-                    this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
-
-                    this.stream_started ();
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (Gst.MessageType.EOS in message.type) {
-                string next_uri;
-
-                this.next_uri_lock.lock ();
-                next_uri = this.next_uri;
-                this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
-
-                if (next_uri == null) {
-                    // no next track was arranged, we're done
-                    this.stream_over ();
-                }
-            }
-
-            return true;
+        bus.message["error"].connect ((message) => {
+            Error err;
+            string? debug;
+            message.parse_error (out err, out debug);
+            error ("gst playbin bus error: %s", err.message);
         });
 
-        this.playbin.about_to_finish.connect (this.on_about_to_finish);
+        bus.message["warning"].connect ((message) => {
+            Error err;
+            string? debug;
+            message.parse_error (out err, out debug);
+            warning ("gst playbin bus warning: %s", err.message);
+        });
+
+        bus.message["async-done"].connect ((message) => {
+            assert (this.async_done_callback != null);
+            var cb = (owned) this.async_done_callback;
+            assert (this.async_done_callback == null); // sanity check
+            cb ();
+        });
+
+        bus.message["stream-start"].connect ((message) => {
+            int64 new_duration;
+            assert (this.playbin.query_duration (Gst.Format.TIME, out new_duration));
+            this.duration = new_duration;
+
+            string? next_uri = null;
+
+            this.next_uri_lock.lock ();
+            next_uri = this.next_uri;
+
+            if (next_uri != (string) this.playbin.current_uri) {
+                this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
+                // WHOOPS! didn't actually switch to the track the play queue wanted
+                // we can still fix this though
+                assert (next_uri != null);
+                this.playbin.set_state (Gst.State.READY);
+                this.playbin.uri = next_uri;
+                this.playbin.set_state (Gst.State.PLAYING);
+                // no one will ever know
+            } else {
+                this.next_uri = null;
+                this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
+
+                this.stream_started ();
+            }
+        });
+        
+        bus.message["eos"].connect ((message) => {
+            string next_uri;
+
+            this.next_uri_lock.lock ();
+            next_uri = this.next_uri;
+            this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
+
+            if (next_uri == null) {
+                // no next track was arranged, we're done
+                this.stream_over ();
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     private async void set_state (Gst.State state) {
@@ -190,7 +196,7 @@ class Playbin : Object {
 
     // called when uri can be switched for gapless playback
     // need async queue because this might be called from a gstreamer thread
-    private void on_about_to_finish (dynamic Gst.Element playbin) {
+    private void about_to_finish (dynamic Gst.Element playbin) {
         this.next_uri_lock.lock ();
         string? next_uri = this.next_uri;
         this.next_uri_lock.unlock ();
diff --git a/src/ui/window.vala b/src/ui/window.vala
index 34e380c..7243fd0 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.vala
+++ b/src/ui/window.vala
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ class Ui.Window : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
         });
         this.song = null;
 
-        this.playbin.set_position.connect ((sender, new_position) => {
+        this.playbin.notify["position"].connect (() => {
             // only set if we aren't seeking
             if (this.seek_timeout_id == 0) {
-                this.position = new_position;
+                this.position = this.playbin.position;
             }
         });
     }