diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/settings.py b/openlp/core/lib/settings.py
index eff6a36eb..7e72c6d4c 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/settings.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/settings.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class Settings(QtCore.QSettings):
         """
         # if group() is not empty the group has not been specified together with the key.
         if self.group():
-            default_value = Settings.__default_settings__[unicode(self.group() + u'/' + key)]
+            default_value = Settings.__default_settings__[self.group() + u'/' + key]
         else:
             default_value = Settings.__default_settings__[key]
         setting = super(Settings, self).value(key, default_value)
@@ -343,13 +343,8 @@ class Settings(QtCore.QSettings):
         """
         # On OS X (and probably on other platforms too) empty value from QSettings is represented as type
         # PyQt4.QtCore.QPyNullVariant. This type has to be converted to proper 'None' Python type.
-        # Python wants the test one way but nose wants it the other way Madness!
-        try:
-            if isinstance(setting, QtCore.QPyNullVariant) and setting.isNull():
-                setting = None
-        except AttributeError:
-            if setting.isNull() and isinstance(setting, QtCore.QPyNullVariant):
-                setting = None
+        if isinstance(setting, QtCore.QPyNullVariant) and setting.isNull():
+            setting = None
         # Handle 'None' type (empty value) properly.
         if setting is None:
             # An empty string saved to the settings results in a None type being returned.
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/__init__.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..e0da50eb3 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core_lib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import sip
+sip.setapi(u'QDate', 2)
+sip.setapi(u'QDateTime', 2)
+sip.setapi(u'QString', 2)
+sip.setapi(u'QTextStream', 2)
+sip.setapi(u'QTime', 2)
+sip.setapi(u'QUrl', 2)
+sip.setapi(u'QVariant', 2)
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