diff --git a/src/Autoload/Global.gd b/src/Autoload/Global.gd
index 4038c55..74882a6 100644
--- a/src/Autoload/Global.gd
+++ b/src/Autoload/Global.gd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var root_directory := "."
 var window_title := "" setget title_changed # Why doesn't Godot have get_window_title()?
 var config_cache := ConfigFile.new()
 var XDGDataPaths = preload("res://src/XDGDataPaths.gd")
-var directory_module : Node
+var directory_module : Reference
 
 # Stuff for arrowkey-based canvas movements nyaa ^.^
 const low_speed_move_rate := 150.0
diff --git a/src/XDGDataPaths.gd b/src/XDGDataPaths.gd
index 6dcbb0e..3642e39 100644
--- a/src/XDGDataPaths.gd
+++ b/src/XDGDataPaths.gd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-extends Node
+extends Reference
 
 # These are *with* the config subdirectory name
 var xdg_data_home : String