weather applet crashes frequently in 14.04

[Andreas Haupt]

Version: 0.6.7-0extras14.04.4

The indicator crashes frequently with:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/bin/my-weather-indicator", line 45, in <module>
    mwi=MWI()
  File "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/share/my-weather-indicator/myweatherindicator.py", line 135, in __init__
    self.load_preferences()
  File "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/share/my-weather-indicator/myweatherindicator.py", line 364, in load_preferences
    self.work()
  File "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/share/my-weather-indicator/myweatherindicator.py", line 192, in work
    self.set_menu()
  File "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/share/my-weather-indicator/myweatherindicator.py", line 497, in set_menu
    weather = self.weatherservice1.get_weather()
  File "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/share/my-weather-indicator/wopenweathermapapi.py", line 222, in get_weather
    parsed_json = json.loads(json_string.decode())
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'

[GrouchyGaijin (1pt1nq88tv-w3bd-8aho930n7s)]

On my system it crashes on launch each time. I also have Ubunti 14.04

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.