diff --git a/SimpleWidget/UpdateService.cs b/SimpleWidget/UpdateService.cs
index 3f0cb0efd..bfe563654 100644
--- a/SimpleWidget/UpdateService.cs
+++ b/SimpleWidget/UpdateService.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public override void OnStart (Intent intent, int startId)
 			RemoteViews updateViews = buildUpdate (this);
 
 			// Push update for this widget to the home screen
-			ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName (this, "simplewidget.WordWidget");
+			ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName (this, Java.Lang.Class.FromType (typeof (WordWidget)).Name);
 			AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.GetInstance (this);
 			manager.UpdateAppWidget (thisWidget, updateViews);
 		}