diff --git a/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.cpp
index 4913c17317..d7a4da600f 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@
 
 namespace DisplaySettings {
 
-DesktopSettingsWidget::DesktopSettingsWidget()
-{
-    create_frame();
-    load_current_settings();
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<DesktopSettingsWidget>> DesktopSettingsWidget::try_create() {
+    auto desktop_settings_widget = TRY(adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) DesktopSettingsWidget()));
+    TRY(desktop_settings_widget->create_frame());
+    desktop_settings_widget->load_current_settings();
+    return desktop_settings_widget;
 }
 
-void DesktopSettingsWidget::create_frame()
+ErrorOr<void> DesktopSettingsWidget::create_frame()
 {
-    load_from_gml(desktop_settings_gml).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+    TRY(load_from_gml(desktop_settings_gml));
 
     m_workspace_rows_spinbox = *find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::SpinBox>("workspace_rows_spinbox");
     m_workspace_rows_spinbox->on_change = [&](auto) {
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ void DesktopSettingsWidget::create_frame()
 
     auto& keyboard_shortcuts_label = *find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::Label>("keyboard_shortcuts_label");
     keyboard_shortcuts_label.set_text("\xE2\x84\xB9\tCtrl+Alt+{Shift}+Arrows moves between workspaces");
+
+    return {};
 }
 
 void DesktopSettingsWidget::load_current_settings()
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.h b/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.h
index 9f9d7c12db..4114862f54 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.h
+++ b/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/DesktopSettingsWidget.h
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@
 namespace DisplaySettings {
 
 class DesktopSettingsWidget : public GUI::SettingsWindow::Tab {
-    C_OBJECT(DesktopSettingsWidget);
+    C_OBJECT_ABSTRACT(DesktopSettingsWidget);
 
 public:
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<DesktopSettingsWidget>> try_create();
     virtual ~DesktopSettingsWidget() override = default;
 
     virtual void apply_settings() override;
 
 private:
-    DesktopSettingsWidget();
+    DesktopSettingsWidget() = default;
 
-    void create_frame();
+    ErrorOr<void> create_frame();
     void load_current_settings();
 
     RefPtr<GUI::SpinBox> m_workspace_rows_spinbox;