2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/astal/gtk3/src/application.vala b/lib/astal/gtk3/src/application.vala
index 2255333..1210d88 100644
--- a/lib/astal/gtk3/src/application.vala
+++ b/lib/astal/gtk3/src/application.vala
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ public class Astal.Application : Gtk.Application, AstalIO.Application {
     private SocketService service;
     private DBusConnection conn;
     private string _instance_name = "astal";
-
-    public string socket_path { get; private set; }
+    private string socket_path { get; private set; }
 
     [DBus (visible=false)]
     public signal void monitor_added(Gdk.Monitor monitor);
@@ -45,13 +44,11 @@ public class Astal.Application : Gtk.Application, AstalIO.Application {
         get { return get_windows(); }
     }
 
-    [DBus (visible=false)]
-    public Gtk.Settings settings {
+    private Gtk.Settings settings {
         get { return Gtk.Settings.get_default(); }
     }
 
-    [DBus (visible=false)]
-    public Gdk.Screen screen {
+    private Gdk.Screen screen {
         get { return Gdk.Screen.get_default(); }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/astal/io/application.vala b/lib/astal/io/application.vala
index 60318ed..b32de34 100644
--- a/lib/astal/io/application.vala
+++ b/lib/astal/io/application.vala
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ public interface Application : Object {
 
     public abstract string instance_name { owned get; construct set; }
     public abstract void acquire_socket() throws Error;
-    public abstract void request(string msg, SocketConnection conn) throws Error;
+    public virtual void request(string msg, SocketConnection conn) throws Error {
+        write_sock.begin(conn, @"missing response implementation on $instance_name");
+    }
 }
 
 public SocketService acquire_socket(Application app, out string sock) throws Error {