diff --git a/addon/modifiers/sortable-group.js b/addon/modifiers/sortable-group.js
index 7b7e174c..f9ee64d7 100644
--- a/addon/modifiers/sortable-group.js
+++ b/addon/modifiers/sortable-group.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
   /** End of keyboard utils */
 
   get disabled() {
-    return this.args.named.disabled || false;
+    return this.named.disabled || false;
   }
 
   /** Start of a11y properties */
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
    * }
    */
   get handleVisualClass() {
-    return this.args.named.handleVisualClass || NO_MODEL;
+    return this.named.handleVisualClass || NO_MODEL;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
    * }
    */
   get a11yAnnouncementConfig() {
-    return this.args.named.a11yAnnouncementConfig || defaultA11yAnnouncementConfig;
+    return this.named.a11yAnnouncementConfig || defaultA11yAnnouncementConfig;
   }
 
   get itemVisualClass() {
-    return this.args.named.itemVisualClass || 'is-activated';
+    return this.named.itemVisualClass || 'is-activated';
   }
 
   get a11yItemName() {
-    return this.args.named.a11yItemName || 'item';
+    return this.named.a11yItemName || 'item';
   }
   /** End of a11y properties */
 
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
    @default y
    */
   get direction() {
-    return this.args.named.direction || 'y';
+    return this.named.direction || 'y';
   }
 
   /**
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
    @default null
    */
   get onChange() {
-    return this.args.named.onChange;
+    return this.named.onChange;
   }
 
   @service('ember-sortable-internal-state')
@@ -500,11 +500,9 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
    * @returns {*|string}
    */
   get groupName() {
-    return this.args.named.groupName || '_EmberSortableGroup';
+    return this.named.groupName || '_EmberSortableGroup';
   }
 
-  _groupDef = this.sortableService.fetchGroup(this.groupName);
-
   /**
    This is an array of SortableItemModifiers
 
@@ -719,12 +717,14 @@ export default class SortableGroupModifier extends Modifier {
     registerDestructor(this, cleanup);
   }
 
-  modify(element /*, positional, named*/) {
+  modify(element, _positional, named) {
     this.element = element;
+    this.named = named;
 
     this.removeEventListener();
 
     if (!this.didSetup) {
+      this._groupDef = this.sortableService.fetchGroup(this.groupName);
       this.announcer = this._createAnnouncer();
       this.element.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', this.announcer);
       this.sortableService.registerGroup(this.groupName, this);
diff --git a/addon/modifiers/sortable-item.js b/addon/modifiers/sortable-item.js
index 1a5c95d4..00b0819d 100644
--- a/addon/modifiers/sortable-item.js
+++ b/addon/modifiers/sortable-item.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
   }
 
   get model() {
-    return this.args.named.model;
+    return this.named.model;
   }
 
   get direction() {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    * @returns {*|string}
    */
   get groupName() {
-    return this.args.named.groupName || '_EmberSortableGroup';
+    return this.named.groupName || '_EmberSortableGroup';
   }
 
   /**
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    @default 125
    */
   get updateInterval() {
-    return this.args.named.updateInterval || 125;
+    return this.named.updateInterval || 125;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    @default 0[px]
    */
   get spacing() {
-    return this.args.named.spacing || 0;
+    return this.named.spacing || 0;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
   get isDisabled() {
     deprecate(
       '"isDraggingDisabled" is deprecated.  Please migrate to "disabled" named argument',
-      !('isDraggingDisabled' in this.args.named),
+      !('isDraggingDisabled' in this.named),
       {
         id: 'ember-sortable.is-dragging-disabled',
         url: 'https://github.com/adopted-ember-addons/ember-sortable#readme',
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
       }
     );
 
-    return this.groupDisabled || this.args.named.disabled || this.args.named.isDraggingDisabled || false;
+    return this.groupDisabled || this.named.disabled || this.named.isDraggingDisabled || false;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    @default "[data-sortable-handle]"
    */
   get handle() {
-    return this.args.named.handle || '[data-sortable-handle]';
+    return this.named.handle || '[data-sortable-handle]';
   }
 
   handleElement;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    * @default 0
    */
   get distance() {
-    return this.args.named.distance || 0;
+    return this.named.distance || 0;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    @default null
    */
   get onDragStart() {
-    return this.args.named.onDragStart || ((item) => item);
+    return this.named.onDragStart || ((item) => item);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    @default null
    */
   get onDragStop() {
-    return this.args.named.onDragStop || ((item) => item);
+    return this.named.onDragStop || ((item) => item);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
    @property disableCheckScrollBounds
    */
   get disableCheckScrollBounds() {
-    return this.args.named.disableCheckScrollBounds != undefined ? this.args.named.disableCheckScrollBounds : isTesting;
+    return this.named.disableCheckScrollBounds != undefined ? this.named.disableCheckScrollBounds : isTesting;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -819,8 +819,9 @@ export default class SortableItemModifier extends Modifier {
     registerDestructor(this, cleanup);
   }
 
-  modify(element /*, positional, named*/) {
+  modify(element, _positional, named) {
     this.element = element;
+    this.named = named;
 
     this.element.classList.add(this.className);