diff --git a/.eslintrc.yaml b/.eslintrc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 627590e..0000000
--- a/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,252 +0,0 @@
----
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR LGPL-2.0-or-later
-#
-# The initial file content was copied from gnome shell extension repo and is a conbination of the linting rules under the direcory
-# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/-/tree/main/lint
-env:
-  es2021: true
-extends:
-  - eslint:recommended
-  - plugin:jsdoc/recommended-error
-plugins:
-  - jsdoc
-rules:
-  array-bracket-newline:
-    - error
-    - consistent
-  array-bracket-spacing:
-    - error
-    - never
-  array-callback-return: error
-  arrow-parens:
-    - error
-    - as-needed
-  arrow-spacing: error
-  block-scoped-var: error
-  block-spacing: error
-  brace-style: error
-  camelcase:
-    - error
-    - properties: never
-      allow: [^vfunc_, ^on_]
-  comma-dangle:
-    - error
-    - arrays: always-multiline
-      objects: always-multiline
-      functions: never
-  comma-spacing:
-    - error
-    - before: false
-      after: true
-  comma-style:
-    - error
-    - last
-  computed-property-spacing: error
-  curly:
-    - error
-  dot-location:
-    - error
-    - property
-  eol-last: error
-  eqeqeq: error
-  func-call-spacing: error
-  func-name-matching: error
-  func-style:
-    - error
-    - declaration
-    - allowArrowFunctions: true
-  indent:
-    - error
-    - 4
-    - ignoredNodes:
-      # Allow not indenting the body of GObject.registerClass, since in the
-      # future it's intended to be a decorator
-      - 'CallExpression[callee.object.name=GObject][callee.property.name=registerClass] > ClassExpression:first-child'
-      # Allow dedenting chained member expressions
-      MemberExpression: 'off'
-  key-spacing:
-    - error
-    - beforeColon: false
-      afterColon: true
-  keyword-spacing:
-    - error
-    - before: true
-      after: true
-  linebreak-style:
-    - error
-    - unix
-  lines-between-class-members: error
-  max-nested-callbacks: error
-  max-statements-per-line: error
-  new-parens: error
-  no-array-constructor: error
-  no-await-in-loop: error
-  no-caller: error
-  no-constant-condition:
-    - error
-    - checkLoops: false
-  no-div-regex: error
-  no-empty:
-    - error
-    - allowEmptyCatch: true
-  no-extra-bind: error
-  no-extra-parens:
-    - error
-    - all
-    - conditionalAssign: false
-      nestedBinaryExpressions: false
-      returnAssign: false
-  no-implicit-coercion:
-    - error
-    - allow:
-      - '!!'
-  no-invalid-this: error
-  no-iterator: error
-  no-label-var: error
-  no-lonely-if: error
-  no-loop-func: error
-  no-nested-ternary: error
-  no-new-object: error
-  no-new-wrappers: error
-  no-octal-escape: error
-  no-proto: error
-  no-prototype-builtins: 'off'
-  no-restricted-globals: [error, window]
-  no-restricted-properties:
-    - error
-    - object: imports
-      property: format
-      message: Use template strings
-    - object: pkg
-      property: initFormat
-      message: Use template strings
-    - object: Lang
-      property: copyProperties
-      message: Use Object.assign()
-    - object: Lang
-      property: bind
-      message: Use arrow notation or Function.prototype.bind()
-    - object: Lang
-      property: Class
-      message: Use ES6 classes
-  no-restricted-syntax:
-    - error
-    - selector: >-
-        MethodDefinition[key.name="_init"] >
-        FunctionExpression[params.length=1] >
-        BlockStatement[body.length=1]
-        CallExpression[arguments.length=1][callee.object.type="Super"][callee.property.name="_init"] >
-        Identifier:first-child
-      message: _init() that only calls super._init() is unnecessary
-    - selector: >-
-        MethodDefinition[key.name="_init"] >
-        FunctionExpression[params.length=0] >
-        BlockStatement[body.length=1]
-        CallExpression[arguments.length=0][callee.object.type="Super"][callee.property.name="_init"]
-      message: _init() that only calls super._init() is unnecessary
-    - selector: BinaryExpression[operator="instanceof"][right.name="Array"]
-      message: Use Array.isArray()
-  no-return-assign: error
-  no-return-await: error
-  no-self-compare: error
-  no-shadow: error
-  no-shadow-restricted-names: error
-  no-spaced-func: error
-  no-tabs: error
-  no-template-curly-in-string: error
-  no-throw-literal: error
-  no-trailing-spaces: error
-  no-undef-init: error
-  no-unneeded-ternary: error
-  no-unused-expressions: error
-  no-unused-vars:
-    - error
-    # Vars use a suffix _ instead of a prefix because of file-scope private vars
-    - varsIgnorePattern: (^unused|_$)
-      argsIgnorePattern: ^(unused|_)
-  no-useless-call: error
-  no-useless-computed-key: error
-  no-useless-concat: error
-  no-useless-constructor: error
-  no-useless-rename: error
-  no-useless-return: error
-  no-whitespace-before-property: error
-  no-with: error
-  nonblock-statement-body-position:
-    - error
-    - below
-  object-curly-newline:
-    - error
-    - consistent: true
-      multiline: true
-  object-curly-spacing: error
-  object-shorthand: error
-  operator-assignment: error
-  operator-linebreak: error
-  padded-blocks:
-    - error
-    - never
-  # These may be a bit controversial, we can try them out and enable them later
-  # prefer-const: error
-  # prefer-destructuring: error
-  prefer-numeric-literals: error
-  prefer-promise-reject-errors: error
-  prefer-rest-params: error
-  prefer-spread: error
-  prefer-template: error
-  quotes:
-    - error
-    - double
-    - avoidEscape: true
-  require-await: error
-  rest-spread-spacing: error
-  semi:
-    - error
-    - always
-  semi-spacing:
-    - error
-    - before: false
-      after: true
-  semi-style: error
-  space-before-blocks: error
-  space-before-function-paren:
-    - error
-    - named: never
-      # for `function ()` and `async () =>`, preserve space around keywords
-      anonymous: always
-      asyncArrow: always
-  space-in-parens: error
-  space-infix-ops:
-    - error
-    - int32Hint: false
-  space-unary-ops: error
-  spaced-comment: error
-  switch-colon-spacing: error
-  symbol-description: error
-  template-curly-spacing: error
-  template-tag-spacing: error
-  unicode-bom: error
-  wrap-iife:
-    - error
-    - inside
-  yield-star-spacing: error
-  yoda: error
-settings:
-  jsdoc:
-    mode: typescript
-globals:
-  ARGV: readonly
-  Debugger: readonly
-  GIRepositoryGType: readonly
-  globalThis: readonly
-  imports: readonly
-  Intl: readonly
-  log: readonly
-  logError: readonly
-  print: readonly
-  printerr: readonly
-  window: readonly
-  TextEncoder: readonly
-  TextDecoder: readonly
-parserOptions:
-  ecmaVersion: 2022
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 80fcae1..fd4e178 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version: '18'
-    - run: npm init @eslint/config 
-    - run: npm install eslint-plugin-jsdoc@latest --save-dev
-    - run: npx eslint *.js modules/*.js
+    - run: npm install
+    - run: npm run lint
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a5d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+import jsdoc from "eslint-plugin-jsdoc";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import js from "@eslint/js";
+import { FlatCompat } from "@eslint/eslintrc";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+const compat = new FlatCompat({
+    baseDirectory: __dirname,
+    recommendedConfig: js.configs.recommended,
+    allConfig: js.configs.all
+});
+
+export default [
+    ...compat.extends("eslint:recommended", "plugin:jsdoc/recommended-error"),
+    {
+        languageOptions: {
+            globals: {
+                ARGV: "readonly",
+                Debugger: "readonly",
+                GIRepositoryGType: "readonly",
+                globalThis: "readonly",
+                imports: "readonly",
+                Intl: "readonly",
+                log: "readonly",
+                logError: "readonly",
+                print: "readonly",
+                printerr: "readonly",
+                window: "readonly",
+                TextEncoder: "readonly",
+                TextDecoder: "readonly",
+            },
+
+            ecmaVersion: 2022,
+            sourceType: "module",
+        },
+
+        settings: {
+            jsdoc: {
+                mode: "typescript",
+            },
+        },
+
+        rules: {
+            "array-bracket-newline": ["error", "consistent"],
+            "array-bracket-spacing": ["error", "never"],
+            "array-callback-return": "error",
+            "arrow-parens": ["error", "as-needed"],
+            "arrow-spacing": "error",
+            "block-scoped-var": "error",
+            "block-spacing": "error",
+            "brace-style": "error",
+
+            camelcase: ["error", {
+                properties: "never",
+                allow: ["^vfunc_", "^on_"],
+            }],
+
+            "comma-dangle": ["error", {
+                arrays: "always-multiline",
+                objects: "always-multiline",
+                functions: "never",
+            }],
+
+            "comma-spacing": ["error", {
+                before: false,
+                after: true,
+            }],
+
+            "comma-style": ["error", "last"],
+            "computed-property-spacing": "error",
+            curly: ["error"],
+            "dot-location": ["error", "property"],
+            "eol-last": "error",
+            eqeqeq: "error",
+            "func-call-spacing": "error",
+            "func-name-matching": "error",
+
+            "func-style": ["error", "declaration", {
+                allowArrowFunctions: true,
+            }],
+
+            indent: ["error", 4, {
+                ignoredNodes: [
+                    "CallExpression[callee.object.name=GObject][callee.property.name=registerClass] > ClassExpression:first-child",
+                ],
+
+                MemberExpression: "off",
+            }],
+
+            "key-spacing": ["error", {
+                beforeColon: false,
+                afterColon: true,
+            }],
+
+            "keyword-spacing": ["error", {
+                before: true,
+                after: true,
+            }],
+
+            "linebreak-style": ["error", "unix"],
+            "lines-between-class-members": "error",
+            "max-nested-callbacks": "error",
+            "max-statements-per-line": "error",
+            "new-parens": "error",
+            "no-array-constructor": "error",
+            "no-await-in-loop": "error",
+            "no-caller": "error",
+
+            "no-constant-condition": ["error", {
+                checkLoops: false,
+            }],
+
+            "no-div-regex": "error",
+
+            "no-empty": ["error", {
+                allowEmptyCatch: true,
+            }],
+
+            "no-extra-bind": "error",
+
+            "no-extra-parens": ["error", "all", {
+                conditionalAssign: false,
+                nestedBinaryExpressions: false,
+                returnAssign: false,
+            }],
+
+            "no-implicit-coercion": ["error", {
+                allow: ["!!"],
+            }],
+
+            "no-invalid-this": "error",
+            "no-iterator": "error",
+            "no-label-var": "error",
+            "no-lonely-if": "error",
+            "no-loop-func": "error",
+            "no-nested-ternary": "error",
+            "no-new-object": "error",
+            "no-new-wrappers": "error",
+            "no-octal-escape": "error",
+            "no-proto": "error",
+            "no-prototype-builtins": "off",
+            "no-restricted-globals": ["error", "window"],
+
+            "no-restricted-properties": ["error", {
+                object: "imports",
+                property: "format",
+                message: "Use template strings",
+            }, {
+                object: "pkg",
+                property: "initFormat",
+                message: "Use template strings",
+            }, {
+                object: "Lang",
+                property: "copyProperties",
+                message: "Use Object.assign()",
+            }, {
+                object: "Lang",
+                property: "bind",
+                message: "Use arrow notation or Function.prototype.bind()",
+            }, {
+                object: "Lang",
+                property: "Class",
+                message: "Use ES6 classes",
+            }],
+
+            "no-restricted-syntax": ["error", {
+                selector: "MethodDefinition[key.name=\"_init\"] > FunctionExpression[params.length=1] > BlockStatement[body.length=1] CallExpression[arguments.length=1][callee.object.type=\"Super\"][callee.property.name=\"_init\"] > Identifier:first-child",
+                message: "_init() that only calls super._init() is unnecessary",
+            }, {
+                selector: "MethodDefinition[key.name=\"_init\"] > FunctionExpression[params.length=0] > BlockStatement[body.length=1] CallExpression[arguments.length=0][callee.object.type=\"Super\"][callee.property.name=\"_init\"]",
+                message: "_init() that only calls super._init() is unnecessary",
+            }, {
+                selector: "BinaryExpression[operator=\"instanceof\"][right.name=\"Array\"]",
+                message: "Use Array.isArray()",
+            }],
+
+            "no-return-assign": "error",
+            "no-return-await": "error",
+            "no-self-compare": "error",
+            "no-shadow": "error",
+            "no-shadow-restricted-names": "error",
+            "no-spaced-func": "error",
+            "no-tabs": "error",
+            "no-template-curly-in-string": "error",
+            "no-throw-literal": "error",
+            "no-trailing-spaces": "error",
+            "no-undef-init": "error",
+            "no-unneeded-ternary": "error",
+            "no-unused-expressions": "error",
+
+            "no-unused-vars": ["error", {
+                varsIgnorePattern: "(^unused|_$)",
+                argsIgnorePattern: "^(unused|_)",
+            }],
+
+            "no-useless-call": "error",
+            "no-useless-computed-key": "error",
+            "no-useless-concat": "error",
+            "no-useless-constructor": "error",
+            "no-useless-rename": "error",
+            "no-useless-return": "error",
+            "no-whitespace-before-property": "error",
+            "no-with": "error",
+            "nonblock-statement-body-position": ["error", "below"],
+
+            "object-curly-newline": ["error", {
+                consistent: true,
+                multiline: true,
+            }],
+
+            "object-curly-spacing": "error",
+            "object-shorthand": "error",
+            "operator-assignment": "error",
+            "operator-linebreak": "error",
+            "padded-blocks": ["error", "never"],
+            "prefer-numeric-literals": "error",
+            "prefer-promise-reject-errors": "error",
+            "prefer-rest-params": "error",
+            "prefer-spread": "error",
+            "prefer-template": "error",
+
+            quotes: ["error", "double", {
+                avoidEscape: true,
+            }],
+
+            "require-await": "error",
+            "rest-spread-spacing": "error",
+            semi: ["error", "always"],
+
+            "semi-spacing": ["error", {
+                before: false,
+                after: true,
+            }],
+
+            "semi-style": "error",
+            "space-before-blocks": "error",
+
+            "space-before-function-paren": ["error", {
+                named: "never",
+                anonymous: "always",
+                asyncArrow: "always",
+            }],
+
+            "space-in-parens": "error",
+
+            "space-infix-ops": ["error", {
+                int32Hint: false,
+            }],
+
+            "space-unary-ops": "error",
+            "spaced-comment": "error",
+            "switch-colon-spacing": "error",
+            "symbol-description": "error",
+            "template-curly-spacing": "error",
+            "template-tag-spacing": "error",
+            "unicode-bom": "error",
+            "wrap-iife": ["error", "inside"],
+            "yield-star-spacing": "error",
+            yoda: "error",
+        },
+    },
+];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19f7b61..eb81235 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "this package.json is solely to run eslint",
   "scripts": {
-    "lint": "eslint *.js modules/*.js"
+    "lint": "eslint src/*.js src/modules/*.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^8.39.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^43.3.1"
+    "eslint": "^9.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^50.3.2"
   }
 }