diff --git a/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch b/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..362d2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christopher Davis <christopherdavis@gnome.org>
+Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:18:14 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] window: Unpack recent-characters GValue
+
+Currently `get_strv()` causes a crash due to a GJS issue.
+---
+ src/window.js | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/window.js b/src/window.js
+index 77305b6..712e2d8 100644
+--- a/src/window.js
++++ b/src/window.js
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var MainWindow = GObject.registerClass({
+ 
+         // FIXME: Can't use GSettings.bind with 'as' from Gjs
+         let recentCharacters = Main.settings.get_value('recent-characters');
+-        this.recentCharacters = recentCharacters.get_strv();
++        this.recentCharacters = recentCharacters.deepUnpack();
+         this._maxRecentCharacters = 100;
+         Main.settings.bind('max-recent-characters', this,
+             'max-recent-characters',
+-- 
+GitLab
+
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index 7d342a8..5b1aeca 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
 Version:	45~alpha
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	Character map application for GNOME
 # Files from gtk-js-app are licensed under 3-clause BSD.
 # Other files are GPL 2.0 or later.
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ License:	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:		https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap
 Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/45/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 
+# fix crash in gjs
+Patch0:         https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters/-/commit/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch
 BuildRequires:	desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:	gettext
 BuildRequires:	gobject-introspection-devel
@@ -70,6 +72,9 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.deskto
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 28 2023 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 45~alpha-3
+- Add patch to fix gjs crash
+
 * Wed Jul 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 45~alpha-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild