diff --git a/custom_news_feed/custom_news_feed.py b/custom_news_feed/custom_news_feed.py
index 3df3df8..92202ac 100644
--- a/custom_news_feed/custom_news_feed.py
+++ b/custom_news_feed/custom_news_feed.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import os.path
 import json
 
-from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QSettings, QTranslator, QCoreApplication, Qt, QTimer, QUrl
+from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import QLocale, QTranslator, QCoreApplication, Qt, QTimer, QUrl
 from qgis.PyQt.QtGui import QIcon, QPixmap, QImage
 from qgis.PyQt.QtNetwork import QNetworkReply, QNetworkRequest 
 from qgis.core import Qgis, QgsMessageLog, QgsBlockingNetworkRequest, QgsSettings
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def __init__(self, iface):
         self.plugin_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
         # Initialize locale
-        locale = QSettings().value('locale/userLocale')[0:2]
+        locale = self.settings.value('locale/userLocale', QLocale().name())[0:2]
         locale_path = os.path.join(
             self.plugin_dir,
             'i18n',
diff --git a/custom_news_feed/metadata.txt b/custom_news_feed/metadata.txt
index 3eb001c..a57691c 100644
--- a/custom_news_feed/metadata.txt
+++ b/custom_news_feed/metadata.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name=Custom News Feed
 qgisMinimumVersion=3.0
 description=This plugin helps you display a newsfeed in QGIS.
 about=This QGIS plugin lets you display a feed of articles containing a title, date, text, image and link. The information to display is managed in a JSON-file, that can be provided locally or via url. Custom News Feed plugin is helpful if you want to distriubte news articles organisation-wide.
-version=1.0.1
+version=1.0.2
 author=GeoWerkstatt GmbH
 email=support@geowerkstatt.ch