diff --git a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/CMakeLists.txt
index e4e9bc1674..7e52a6c15a 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ serenity_component(
     TARGETS NetworkSettings
 )
 
-stringify_gml(NetworkSettings.gml NetworkSettingsGML.h network_settings_gml)
+compile_gml(NetworkSettings.gml NetworkSettingsGML.cpp)
 
 set(SOURCES
     NetworkSettingsWidget.cpp
+    NetworkSettingsGML.cpp
     main.cpp
 )
 
-set(GENERATED_SOURCES
-    NetworkSettingsGML.h
-)
-
 serenity_app(NetworkSettings ICON network)
 target_link_libraries(NetworkSettings PRIVATE LibCore LibGfx LibGUI LibMain)
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettings.gml b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettings.gml
index 2877c9a23f..5824ecd447 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettings.gml
+++ b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettings.gml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@GUI::Frame {
+@NetworkSettings::NetworkSettingsWidget {
     fill_with_background_color: true
     layout: @GUI::VerticalBoxLayout {
         margins: [10]
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
         }
 
         @GUI::ComboBox {
-            model_only: true
             name: "adapters_combobox"
         }
     }
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.cpp
index da47f1035d..e67b1a5470 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <AK/IPv4Address.h>
 #include <AK/JsonObject.h>
 #include <AK/JsonParser.h>
-#include <Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsGML.h>
 #include <LibCore/Command.h>
 #include <LibCore/System.h>
 #include <LibGUI/CheckBox.h>
@@ -30,17 +29,15 @@ static int netmask_to_cidr(IPv4Address const& address)
     return 32 - count_trailing_zeroes_safe(address_in_host_representation);
 }
 
-ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<NetworkSettingsWidget>> NetworkSettingsWidget::try_create()
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<NetworkSettingsWidget>> NetworkSettingsWidget::create()
 {
-    auto widget = TRY(adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) NetworkSettingsWidget()));
+    auto widget = TRY(try_create());
     TRY(widget->setup());
     return widget;
 }
 
 ErrorOr<void> NetworkSettingsWidget::setup()
 {
-    TRY(load_from_gml(network_settings_gml));
-
     m_adapters_combobox = *find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::ComboBox>("adapters_combobox");
     m_enabled_checkbox = *find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::CheckBox>("enabled_checkbox");
     m_enabled_checkbox->on_checked = [&](bool value) {
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.h b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.h
index ac8f202452..8123741dcb 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.h
+++ b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/NetworkSettingsWidget.h
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ class NetworkSettingsWidget : public GUI::SettingsWindow::Tab {
     C_OBJECT_ABSTRACT(NetworkSettingsWidget)
 
 public:
-    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<NetworkSettingsWidget>> try_create();
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<NetworkSettingsWidget>> create();
 
     virtual void apply_settings() override;
     void switch_adapter(DeprecatedString const& adapter);
 
+protected:
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<NetworkSettingsWidget>> try_create();
+
 private:
     NetworkSettingsWidget() = default;
     ErrorOr<void> setup();
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/main.cpp
index e963ea41dd..889dd8e38d 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/NetworkSettings/main.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments args)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("network"sv);
     auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Network Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::No));
-    auto network_settings_widget = TRY(window->add_tab<NetworkSettings::NetworkSettingsWidget>("Network"_string, "network"sv));
+
+    auto network_settings_widget = TRY(NetworkSettings::NetworkSettingsWidget::create());
+    TRY(window->add_tab(network_settings_widget, "Network"_string, "network"sv));
     if (!adapter.is_null()) {
         network_settings_widget->switch_adapter(adapter);
     }