diff --git a/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.cpp b/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.cpp
index 7ad988b..55e04a2 100644
--- a/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.cpp
+++ b/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ using namespace cpp::qmltypes;
 
 ///@brief constructor
 ///@param parent the parent item
-PropertySelector::PropertySelector(QQuickItem *parent)
+PropertySelector::PropertySelector(QObject *parent)
     :QObject(parent)
 {
 }
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ void PropertySelector::prepareRules()
                 auto context = QQmlEngine::contextForObject(target());
                 const QString objectName = context->objectName().isEmpty() ? QStringLiteral("unnamed") : context->objectName(); //FIXME: broken
                 auto switchContext = QQmlEngine::contextForObject(this);
-                qWarning(QString("PropertySelector target %1 (%2) does not have a property '%3' requested from %4, line %5:%6")
+                qWarning() << QString("PropertySelector target %1 (%2) does not have a property '%3' requested from %4, line %5:%6")
                               .arg(target()->metaObject()->className(), objectName, start->property,
-                               switchContext->baseUrl().toString(), QString::number(start->location.line), QString::number(start->location.column)).toLatin1() );
+                               switchContext->baseUrl().toString(), QString::number(start->location.line), QString::number(start->location.column)).toLatin1();
             } else {
                 PropertyRules rules {prop, start, end, end, nullptr};
                 m_properties.append(rules);
diff --git a/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.h b/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.h
index 55c3311..d4d8ba1 100644
--- a/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.h
+++ b/qt/qml/PropertySelector/PropertySelector.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #ifndef PROPERTYSWITCH_H
 #define PROPERTYSWITCH_H
 
-#include <QQuickItem>
 #include <bitset>
 #include <private/qqmlcustomparser_p.h>
 #include <QQmlParserStatus>
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ class PropertySelector : public QObject, public QQmlParserStatus
     ///@brief the maximum number of conditions supported
     static const int MaxConditionCount = 32;
 
-    PropertySelector(QQuickItem *parent = nullptr);
+    PropertySelector(QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
     QObject *target() const;
     Q_SLOT void setTarget(QObject *target);