diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pithos/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pithos/default.nix
index bb863d2501c..0483882ccb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pithos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pithos/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,35 @@
-# Based on Richard Wallace's post here: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/14734
+{ fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, pythonPackages, gtk3, gobjectIntrospection, libnotify, gst_all_1 }:
 
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pythonPackages, gtk3, libnotify, gst_all_1 }:
 pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "pithos-${version}";
-  version = "1.0.1";
+  version = "1.1.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/pithos/pithos/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "67b83927d5111067aefbf034d23880f96b1a2d300464e8491efa80e97e67f50f";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pithos";
+    repo  = "pithos";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0373z7g1wd3g1xl8m4ipx5n2ka67a2wcn387nyk8yvgdikm14jm3";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "/usr/share" "$out/share"
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = with gst_all_1; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly gst-plugins-bad libnotify ];
-
-  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [ pygobject3 dbus pylast ];
-
-  propogatedBuildInputs = pythonPath;
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    [ gtk3 gobjectIntrospection libnotify ] ++
+    (with gst_all_1; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly gst-plugins-bad ]) ++
+    (with pythonPackages; [ pygobject3 pylast ]);
 
   postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/pithos" --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 ":" "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0"
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/pithos" \
+      --prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 : "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0" \
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Pandora player";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Pandora Internet Radio player for GNOME
-    '';
-
-    homepage = http://pithos.github.io/ ;
-
+    description = "Pandora Internet Radio player for GNOME";
+    homepage = http://pithos.github.io/;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ];
   };
 }