diff --git a/yin_yang/position.py b/yin_yang/position.py
index 79fc891..328a497 100644
--- a/yin_yang/position.py
+++ b/yin_yang/position.py
@@ -1,13 +1,48 @@
 import logging
-from time import sleep
 
 import requests
-from PySide6.QtCore import QObject
-from PySide6.QtPositioning import QGeoPositionInfoSource, QGeoCoordinate, QGeoPositionInfo
+from PySide6.QtCore import QObject, Slot
+from PySide6.QtPositioning import (
+    QGeoPositionInfoSource,
+    QGeoCoordinate,
+    QGeoPositionInfo,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class QTPositionReceiver(QObject):
+    """Small handler for QT positioning service."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        # Create the position service and hook it to us
+        self._positionSource = QGeoPositionInfoSource.createSource(
+            "geoclue2", {"desktopId": "Yin-Yang"}, self
+        )
+        self._positionSource.positionUpdated.connect(self.handlePosition)
+
+        # Start the position service.
+        # This will only work after the app calls `exec()`.
+        self._positionSource.startUpdates()
+
+        # Get the initial last position.
+        self._lastPosition = self._positionSource.lastKnownPosition()
+
+    @Slot(QGeoPositionInfo)
+    def handlePosition(self, position: QGeoPositionInfo):
+        """Track the position provided by the service."""
+        self._lastPosition = position
+
+    def lastKnownPosition(self):
+        """Return the last known position, if valid."""
+        return self._lastPosition
+
+
+position_handler = QTPositionReceiver()
+
+
 def get_current_location() -> QGeoCoordinate:
     try:
         return get_qt_position()
@@ -19,32 +54,23 @@ def get_current_location() -> QGeoCoordinate:
     except TypeError as e:
         logger.warning(e)
 
-    raise TypeError('Unable to get current location')
-
-
-parent = QObject()
-location_source = QGeoPositionInfoSource.createDefaultSource(parent)
+    raise TypeError("Unable to get current location")
 
 
 def get_qt_position() -> QGeoCoordinate:
-    if location_source is None:
-        raise TypeError('Location source is none')
-
-    pos: QGeoPositionInfo = location_source.lastKnownPosition()
-    if pos is None:
-        location_source.requestUpdate(10)
-    tries = 0
-    while pos is None and tries < 10:
-        pos = location_source.lastKnownPosition()
-        tries += 1
-        sleep(1)
+    """Get the position via QT service"""
+    # Fetch the last known position
+    global position_handler
+    pos: QGeoPositionInfo = position_handler.lastKnownPosition()
+
     coordinate = pos.coordinate()
 
     if not coordinate.isValid():
-        raise TypeError('Coordinates are not valid')
+        raise TypeError("Coordinates are not valid")
 
     return coordinate
 
+
 # there is a freedesktop portal for getting the location,
 # but it's not implemented by KDE, so I have no use for it
 
@@ -52,20 +78,20 @@ def get_qt_position() -> QGeoCoordinate:
 def get_ipinfo_position() -> QGeoCoordinate:
     # use the old method as a fallback
     try:
-        response = requests.get('https://www.ipinfo.io/loc')
+        response = requests.get("https://www.ipinfo.io/loc")
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(e)
-        raise TypeError('Error while sending a request to get location')
+        raise TypeError("Error while sending a request to get location")
 
     if not response.ok:
-        raise TypeError('Failed to get location from ipinfo.io')
+        raise TypeError("Failed to get location from ipinfo.io")
 
-    loc_response = response.text.removesuffix('\n').split(',')
+    loc_response = response.text.removesuffix("\n").split(",")
     loc: [float] = [float(coordinate) for coordinate in loc_response]
-    assert len(loc) == 2, 'The returned location should have exactly 2 values.'
+    assert len(loc) == 2, "The returned location should have exactly 2 values."
     coordinate = QGeoCoordinate(loc[0], loc[1])
 
     if not coordinate.isValid():
-        raise TypeError('Coordinates are not valid')
+        raise TypeError("Coordinates are not valid")
 
     return coordinate