diff --git a/src/gtkcompat.h b/src/gtkcompat.h
index 30f503f392..536f447d71 100644
--- a/src/gtkcompat.h
+++ b/src/gtkcompat.h
@@ -98,6 +98,26 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 #endif
 
 
+#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 4, 0)
+static inline guint gtkcompat_builder_add_from_resource(GtkBuilder *builder,
+	const gchar *resource_path, GError **error)
+{
+	GBytes *bytes = g_resources_lookup_data(resource_path,
+		G_RESOURCE_LOOKUP_FLAGS_NONE, error);
+	if (bytes == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	gsize data_len = 0;
+	gconstpointer data = g_bytes_get_data(bytes, &data_len);
+	g_assert(data_len > 0);
+	g_assert(data != NULL);
+	guint id = gtk_builder_add_from_string(builder, data, data_len, error);
+	g_bytes_unref(bytes);
+	return id;
+}
+#define gtk_builder_add_from_resource gtkcompat_builder_add_from_resource
+#endif
+
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* GTK_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/src/ui_utils.c b/src/ui_utils.c
index a2258b34b3..a0093174aa 100644
--- a/src/ui_utils.c
+++ b/src/ui_utils.c
@@ -2441,33 +2441,16 @@ void ui_init_builder(void)
 	gtk_builder_set_translation_domain(builder, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
 	error = NULL;
-	ui_data = g_resource_lookup_data(geany_get_resource(),
-		"/org/geany/Geany/geany.glade", G_RESOURCE_LOOKUP_FLAGS_NONE, &error);
-	if (ui_data == NULL)
+	if (gtk_builder_add_from_resource(builder, "/org/geany/Geany/geany.glade", &error) == 0)
 	{
 		dialogs_show_msgbox_with_secondary(GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
 			_("Geany cannot start!"), error->message);
-		g_error("Cannot load user-interface: %s", error->message);
+		g_error(_("Cannot load user-interface: %s"), error->message);
 		g_error_free(error);
 		g_object_unref(builder);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	error = NULL;
-	if (gtk_builder_add_from_string(builder, g_bytes_get_data(ui_data, NULL),
-		g_bytes_get_size(ui_data), &error) == 0)
-	{
-		dialogs_show_msgbox_with_secondary(GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
-			_("Geany cannot start!"), error->message);
-		g_error("Cannot create user-interface: %s", error->message);
-		g_error_free(error);
-		g_bytes_unref(ui_data);
-		g_object_unref(builder);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	g_bytes_unref(ui_data);
-
 	callbacks_connect(builder);
 
 	edit_menu1 = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "edit_menu1"));