TypeError: 'QVariant' object is not subscriptable

[FletcherFT]

QGIS Version: 3.42.1 - Münster
OS: Windows 11

Installing the DMI Plugin via the plugins manager or using the latest .zip donwloaded from the releases (1.0.6) results in the following error.

Couldn't load plugin 'DMI_Open_Data' due to an error when calling its classFactory() method

TypeError: 'QVariant' object is not subscriptable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\OSGeo4W/apps/qgis/./python\qgis\utils.py", line 478, in startPlugin
plugins[packageName] = package.classFactory(iface)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users/User/AppData/Roaming/QGIS/QGIS3\profiles\default/python/plugins\DMI_Open_Data_init.py", line 13, in classFactory
return DMIOpenData(iface)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users/User/AppData/Roaming/QGIS/QGIS3\profiles\default/python/plugins\DMI_Open_Data\DMI_Open_Data.py", line 35, in init
locale = QSettings().value('locale/userLocale')[0:2]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
TypeError: 'QVariant' object is not subscriptable

Python version: 3.12.10 (main, Apr 9 2025, 08:14:47) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)]
QGIS version: 3.42.1-Münster Münster, e84bda93b8

Python Path:
C:/OSGeo4W/apps/qgis/./python
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/QGIS/QGIS3\profiles\default/python
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/QGIS/QGIS3\profiles\default/python/plugins
C:/OSGeo4W/apps/qgis/./python/plugins
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\grass\grass84\etc\python
C:\Users\User\OneDrive\Documents
C:\OSGeo4W\bin\python312.zip
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312\DLLs
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312\Lib
C:\OSGeo4W\bin
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312\Lib\site-packages
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312\Lib\site-packages\win32
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312\Lib\site-packages\win32\lib
C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python312\Lib\site-packages\Pythonwin
C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/QGIS/QGIS3\profiles\default/python

[petergarnaes]

@FletcherFT sorry for not looking at your issue earlier, do you still experience the problem?

We have tried reproducing the error on QGIS version 3.44.x and the newest version of the plugin (right now that is 1.0.8) with no luck, so please let us know if you still experience it.