From fae820959ef2ceb6f647186e865e34dc86b1ade3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alain <alainmh23@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:09:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] valid scheme

---
 src/Plug.vala | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Plug.vala b/src/Plug.vala
index f9643795..a6dd18cd 100644
--- a/src/Plug.vala
+++ b/src/Plug.vala
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ public class Applications.Plug : Switchboard.Plug {
                 resize_start_child = false
             };
 
-            var settings = new Settings ("io.elementary.settings");
-            settings.bind ("sidebar-position", paned, "position", DEFAULT);
+            var sss = SettingsSchemaSource.get_default ().lookup ("io.elementary.settings", true);
+            if (sss != null && sss.has_key ("sidebar-position")) {
+                var settings = new Settings ("io.elementary.settings");
+                settings.bind ("sidebar-position", paned, "position", DEFAULT);
+            }
         }
 
         return paned;