diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Games/Snake/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e8acf1fc8..a888a00509 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ serenity_component(
     TARGETS Snake
 )
 
-stringify_gml(Snake.gml SnakeGML.h snake_gml)
+compile_gml(Snake.gml SnakeGML.cpp)
 
 set(SOURCES
     Game.cpp
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ set(SOURCES
     Skins/ClassicSkin.cpp
     Skins/ImageSkin.cpp
     Skins/SnakeSkin.cpp
-)
-
-set(GENERATED_SOURCES
-    SnakeGML.h
+    SnakeGML.cpp
 )
 
 serenity_app(Snake ICON app-snake)
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/Game.cpp b/Userland/Games/Snake/Game.cpp
index cb88d340ed..dc8e945aed 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/Game.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/Game.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #include <LibGfx/Font/Font.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Font/FontDatabase.h>
 
-REGISTER_WIDGET(Snake, Game);
-
 namespace Snake {
 
 ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<Game>> Game::try_create()
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/MainWidget.h b/Userland/Games/Snake/MainWidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcd4364dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/MainWidget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, the SerenityOS developers
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <LibGUI/Widget.h>
+
+namespace Snake {
+
+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/Games/Snake/Snake.gml b/Userland/Games/Snake/Snake.gml
index bbf142cae7..3857d749d4 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/Snake.gml
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/Snake.gml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@GUI::Widget {
+@Snake::MainWidget {
     layout: @GUI::VerticalBoxLayout {}
     fill_with_background_color: true
 
diff --git a/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp b/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp
index 530b5b07e2..6a25515095 100644
--- a/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Games/Snake/main.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "Game.h"
+#include "MainWidget.h"
 #include "Skins/SnakeSkin.h"
 #include <AK/URL.h>
-#include <Games/Snake/SnakeGML.h>
 #include <LibConfig/Client.h>
 #include <LibCore/Directory.h>
 #include <LibCore/System.h>
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     window->set_title("Snake");
     window->resize(324, 345);
 
-    auto widget = window->set_main_widget<GUI::Widget>();
-    TRY(widget->load_from_gml(snake_gml));
+    auto widget = TRY(Snake::MainWidget::try_create());
+    window->set_main_widget(widget);
 
     auto& game = *widget->find_descendant_of_type_named<Snake::Game>("game");
     game.set_focus(true);