diff --git a/lib/soundcli/player.rb b/lib/soundcli/player.rb
index 7b7429c..d83759f 100644
--- a/lib/soundcli/player.rb
+++ b/lib/soundcli/player.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 class Player
   def initialize
-    # create the playbin
-    @playbin = Gst::ElementFactory.make("playbin2")
+    # create the bin
+    @playbin = Gst.parse_launch("playbin")
     #watch the bus for messages
-    bus = @playbin.bus
-    bus.add_watch do |bus, message|
+    @playbin.bus.add_watch do |bus, message|
       handle_bus_message(message)
     end
   end
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ def set(uri, comments)
     @comments = comments
     @comment_ptr = 0
 
-    @playbin.set_property("buffer-size", Settings::all['buffer-size'])
-    @playbin.set_property("uri",uri)
+    @playbin.uri = uri
   end
 
   protected
@@ -38,26 +36,14 @@ def ns_to_str(ns)
 
   # get position of the playbin
   def position
-    begin
-      @query_position = Gst::QueryPosition.new(Gst::Format::TIME)
-      @playbin.query(@query_position)
-      pos = @query_position
-    rescue
-      pos = 0
-    end
+    result, pos = @playbin.query_position(Gst::Format::TIME)
     return pos
   end
 
   # get song duration
   def duration
-    begin
-      @query_duration = Gst::QueryDuration.new(Gst::Format::TIME)
-      @playbin.query(@query_duration)
-      pos = @query_duration
-    rescue
-      pos = 0
-    end
-    return pos
+    result, dur = @playbin.query_duration(Gst::Format::TIME)
+    return dur
   end
 
   public
@@ -76,12 +62,12 @@ def play
     @playbin.play
 
     GLib::Timeout.add(100) do
-      @duration = self.ns_to_str(self.duration.parse[1])
-      @position = self.ns_to_str(self.position.parse[1])
-      timestamp = self.position.parse[1]/1000000
+      duration = self.ns_to_str(self.duration)
+      position = self.ns_to_str(self.position)
+      timestamp = self.position/1000000
 
       if self.playing?
-        Helpers::say("#{@position}/#{@duration}  \r", :normal)
+        Helpers::say("#{position}/#{duration}  \r", :normal)
         $stdout.flush
       end
 
@@ -116,20 +102,18 @@ def play
   end
 
   def resume
-    @playbin.set_state(Gst::State::PLAYING)
     @playbin.play
   end
 
   def pause
-    @playbin.set_state(Gst::State::PAUSED)
     @playbin.pause
     Helpers::say("--- PAUSED ---\r", :normal)
   end
 
   def handle_bus_message(msg)
     case msg.type
-    when Gst::Message::Type::BUFFERING
-      buffer = msg.parse
+    when Gst::MessageType::BUFFERING
+      buffer = msg.parse_buffering
       if buffer < 100
         Helpers::say("Buffering: #{buffer}%  \r", :normal)
         self.pause if self.playing?
@@ -139,11 +123,11 @@ def handle_bus_message(msg)
       end
 
       $stdout.flush
-    when Gst::Message::Type::ERROR
+    when Gst::MessageType::ERROR
       @playbin.set_state(Gst::State::NULL)
-      $stderr.puts msg.parse
+      $stderr.puts msg.parse_error
       self.quit
-    when Gst::Message::Type::EOS
+    when Gst::MessageType::EOS
       @playbin.set_state(Gst::State::NULL)
       self.quit
     end
@@ -151,14 +135,14 @@ def handle_bus_message(msg)
   end
 
   def done?
-    return (@playbin.get_state[1] == Gst::State::NULL)
+    return (@playbin.get_state(Gst::CLOCK_TIME_NONE)[1] == Gst::State::NULL)
   end
 
   def playing?
-    return (@playbin.get_state[1] == Gst::State::PLAYING)
+    return (@playbin.get_state(Gst::CLOCK_TIME_NONE)[1] == Gst::State::PLAYING)
   end
 
   def paused?
-    return (@playbin.get_state[1] == Gst::State::PAUSED)
+    return (@playbin.get_state(Gst::CLOCK_TIME_NONE)[1] == Gst::State::PAUSED)
   end
 end