diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/CMakeLists.txt
index 25114decb4..4b66713c1b 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ serenity_component(
     TARGETS Escalator
 )
 
-stringify_gml(Escalator.gml EscalatorGML.h escalator_gml)
+compile_gml(Escalator.gml EscalatorGML.cpp)
 
 set(SOURCES
+    EscalatorGML.cpp
     main.cpp
     EscalatorWindow.cpp
 )
 
-set(GENERATED_SOURCES
-    EscalatorGML.h
-)
-
 serenity_app(Escalator ICON app-escalator)
 target_link_libraries(Escalator PRIVATE LibCore LibDesktop LibGfx LibGUI LibMain)
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/Escalator.gml b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/Escalator.gml
index 08ec1fb3ed..6a18802180 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/Escalator.gml
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/Escalator.gml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@GUI::Widget {
+@Escalator::MainWidget {
     fill_with_background_color: true
     layout: @GUI::VerticalBoxLayout {
         margins: [4]
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.cpp
index 000bfba8a2..1ee9152862 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "EscalatorWindow.h"
+#include "MainWidget.h"
 #include <AK/Assertions.h>
-#include <Applications/Escalator/EscalatorGML.h>
 #include <LibCore/File.h>
 #include <LibCore/SecretString.h>
 #include <LibCore/System.h>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+namespace Escalator {
 EscalatorWindow::EscalatorWindow(StringView executable, Vector<StringView> arguments, EscalatorWindow::Options const& options)
     : m_arguments(move(arguments))
     , m_executable(executable)
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ EscalatorWindow::EscalatorWindow(StringView executable, Vector<StringView> argum
     set_resizable(false);
     set_minimizable(false);
 
-    auto main_widget = set_main_widget<GUI::Widget>();
-    main_widget->load_from_gml(escalator_gml).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+    auto main_widget = Escalator::MainWidget::try_create().release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+    set_main_widget(main_widget);
 
     RefPtr<GUI::Label> app_label = *main_widget->find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::Label>("description");
 
@@ -144,3 +145,4 @@ ErrorOr<void> EscalatorWindow::execute_command()
 
     return {};
 }
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.h b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.h
index 394656aa22..108e0c4b1c 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.h
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/EscalatorWindow.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <LibGUI/TextBox.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Window.h>
 
+namespace Escalator {
 class EscalatorWindow final : public GUI::Window {
     C_OBJECT(EscalatorWindow)
 public:
@@ -49,3 +50,4 @@ private:
     RefPtr<GUI::Button> m_cancel_button;
     RefPtr<GUI::PasswordBox> m_password_input;
 };
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/MainWidget.h b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/MainWidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..757df02532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/MainWidget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, the SerenityOS developers
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <LibGUI/Widget.h>
+
+namespace Escalator {
+
+class MainWidget : public GUI::Widget {
+    C_OBJECT_ABSTRACT(MainWidget)
+
+public:
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<MainWidget>> try_create();
+    virtual ~MainWidget() override = default;
+
+private:
+    MainWidget() = default;
+};
+
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/main.cpp
index 019ba1dea2..10713a2b07 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Escalator/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Escalator/main.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     }
 
     auto current_user = TRY(Core::Account::self());
-    auto window = TRY(EscalatorWindow::try_create(executable_path.value(), command, EscalatorWindow::Options { description, current_user, preserve_env, forward_stdin, forward_stdout }));
+    auto window = TRY(Escalator::EscalatorWindow::try_create(executable_path.value(), command, Escalator::EscalatorWindow::Options { description, current_user, preserve_env, forward_stdin, forward_stdout }));
 
     if (current_user.uid() != 0) {
         window->show();