5 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/activitypub/apactivity.cpp b/src/activitypub/apactivity.cpp
index 3bc6444..6717731 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/apactivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activitypub/apactivity.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ QString APActivity::get_html_render(HtmlRenderDetails render_info) {
     html.replace("{{object}}", object->get_html_render(render_info));
     if (published.isValid())
         html.replace("{{published}}", render_info.locale->toString(
-            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting("ui/timezone").value<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>() ? published.toUTC() : published.toLocalTime()
+            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>("ui/timezone") ? published.toUTC() : published.toLocalTime()
         ));
 
     return html;
diff --git a/src/activitypub/appost.cpp b/src/activitypub/appost.cpp
index 24a01f5..87d6f08 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/appost.cpp
+++ b/src/activitypub/appost.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ QString APPost::get_html_render(HtmlRenderDetails render_info) {
     if (published.isValid()) {
         // Using QLocale::toString() is forward compatible with Qt 6 as QDateTime::toString() will not return anymore a string in the system locale.
         html.replace("{{published}}", render_info.locale->toString(
-            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting("ui/timezone").value<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>() ? published.toUTC() : published.toLocalTime()
+            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>("ui/timezone") ? published.toUTC() : published.toLocalTime()
         ));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/activitypub/apquestion.cpp b/src/activitypub/apquestion.cpp
index 06fde9e..9cdffd0 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/apquestion.cpp
+++ b/src/activitypub/apquestion.cpp
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ QString APQuestion::get_html_render(HtmlRenderDetails render_info) {
 
     if (end_time.isValid()) {
         html.replace("{{end-time}}", render_info.locale->toString(
-            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting("ui/timezone").value<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>() ? end_time.toUTC() : end_time.toLocalTime()
+            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>("ui/timezone") ? end_time.toUTC() : end_time.toLocalTime()
         ));
     }
     if (closed_time.isValid()) {
         html.replace("{{closed-time}}", render_info.locale->toString(
-            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting("ui/timezone").value<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>() ? closed_time.toUTC() : closed_time.toLocalTime()
+            SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting<AppSettingsTypes::Timezone>("ui/timezone") ? closed_time.toUTC() : closed_time.toLocalTime()
         ));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/settings_interface.cpp b/src/settings_interface.cpp
index 17c5991..e14da92 100644
--- a/src/settings_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_interface.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ const QVariant SettingsInterface::read_setting(const QString &key) {
     return qt_settings.value(key, default_setting(key));
 }
 
-const QVariant SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting(const QString &key) {
-    static SettingsInterface settings;
-    return settings.read_setting(key);
-}
-
 // Write a new value for key. Isn't written to disk until you use SettingsInterface::commit().
 void SettingsInterface::write_setting(const QString &key, const QVariant &value) {
     if (not modified) modified = new QHash<QString, QVariant>;
diff --git a/src/settings_interface.h b/src/settings_interface.h
index e290125..09c309b 100644
--- a/src/settings_interface.h
+++ b/src/settings_interface.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class SettingsInterface {
 public:
     ~SettingsInterface();
     const QVariant read_setting(const QString &key);
-    static const QVariant quick_read_setting(const QString &key);
+    template<typename T>
+    static const T quick_read_setting(const QString &key);
     void write_setting(const QString &key, const QVariant &value);
     void clear_setting(const QString &key);
     void clear_all();
@@ -33,3 +34,10 @@ private:
     // List of keys to remove from the QSettings
     QStringList must_clear;
 };
+
+// Template code implementations have to be "seen" at the same time as the declaration
+template<typename T>
+const T SettingsInterface::quick_read_setting(const QString &key) {
+    static SettingsInterface settings;
+    return settings.read_setting(key).value<T>();
+}