From a7fa4dfdcfb10e9e036a3d29d293f23eaf671a6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: plc-user <74435298+plc-user@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 21:46:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FIX language-setting

Set language to system-default on start-up, if for
whatever reason the setting in file or registry
for language is empty.
---
 sources/qetapp.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sources/qetapp.cpp b/sources/qetapp.cpp
index 0463be2ee..c07f23c2b 100644
--- a/sources/qetapp.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetapp.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ QString QETApp::langFromSetting()
 	{
 		QSettings settings;
 		system_language = settings.value("lang", "system").toString();
-		if(system_language == "system") {
+		if ((system_language == "system") || (system_language == QString())) {
 			// Keep the full locale (e.g. "pt_BR"), not just the base language
 			// ("pt"): QET ships regional translations (pt_BR, nl_BE, nl_NL) and
 			// truncating here loaded the wrong one. setLanguage() falls back to