diff --git a/src/gui/weather.cpp b/src/gui/weather.cpp
index 19dc37c70..1e9e0bdfd 100644
--- a/src/gui/weather.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/weather.cpp
@@ -182,12 +182,9 @@ bool CWeather::GetWeatherDetails()
 	return false;
 }
 
-bool CWeather::FindCoords(int postcode, std::string country, int pc_len)
+bool CWeather::FindCoords(std::string postcode, std::string country)
 {
-	std::string pcode = to_string(postcode);
-	unsigned int number_of_zeros = pc_len - pcode.length();
-	pcode.insert(0, number_of_zeros, '0');
-	std::string data = "http://api.openweathermap.org/geo/1.0/zip?zip=" + pcode + "," + country + "&appid=" + key;
+	std::string data = "http://api.openweathermap.org/geo/1.0/zip?zip=" + postcode + "," + country + "&appid=" + key;
 	JSONCPP_STRING answer;
 	JSONCPP_STRING formattedErrors;
 	Json::CharReaderBuilder builder;
diff --git a/src/gui/weather.h b/src/gui/weather.h
index b3d9606fc..4b1091cba 100644
--- a/src/gui/weather.h
+++ b/src/gui/weather.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class CWeather
 		~CWeather();
 		bool checkUpdate(bool forceUpdate = false);
 		void setCoords(std::string new_coords, std::string new_city = "Unknown");
-		bool FindCoords(int postcode, std::string country = "DE", int pc_len = 5);
+		bool FindCoords(std::string postcode, std::string country = "DE");
 
 		// globals
 		std::string getCity()
diff --git a/src/gui/weather_setup.cpp b/src/gui/weather_setup.cpp
index 9031b24f7..2fafcd3cf 100644
--- a/src/gui/weather_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/weather_setup.cpp
@@ -158,12 +158,11 @@ int CWeatherSetup::findLocation()
 {
 	int ret = menu_return::RETURN_REPAINT;
 
-	int postcode = WEATHER_DEFAULT_POSTCODE;
-	CIntInput zipcode(LOCALE_WEATHER_LOCATION_POSTCODE, &postcode, (unsigned int)5);
+	CStringInput zipcode(LOCALE_WEATHER_LOCATION_POSTCODE, &g_settings.weather_postcode, 5);
 	ret = zipcode.exec(NULL, "");
 	zipcode.hide();
 
-	if (CWeather::getInstance()->FindCoords(postcode))
+	if (CWeather::getInstance()->FindCoords(g_settings.weather_postcode))
 	{
 		CWeather::getInstance()->setCoords(g_settings.weather_location, g_settings.weather_city);
 	}
diff --git a/src/gui/weather_setup.h b/src/gui/weather_setup.h
index eb13d48c8..70fb9bdd3 100644
--- a/src/gui/weather_setup.h
+++ b/src/gui/weather_setup.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #define WEATHER_DEFAULT_CITY "Berlin"
 #define WEATHER_DEFAULT_LOCATION "52.52,13.40"
-#define WEATHER_DEFAULT_POSTCODE 10178
+#define WEATHER_DEFAULT_POSTCODE "10178"
 
 #include <gui/widget/menue.h>
 
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 009e1a1e5..876537a2d 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ int CNeutrinoApp::loadSetup(const char *fname)
 
 	g_settings.weather_city = configfile.getString("weather_city", WEATHER_DEFAULT_CITY);
 	g_settings.weather_location = configfile.getString("weather_location", WEATHER_DEFAULT_LOCATION);
+	g_settings.weather_postcode = configfile.getString("weather_postcode", WEATHER_DEFAULT_POSTCODE);
 
 	g_settings.youtube_dev_id = YT_DEV_KEY;
 #if ENABLE_YOUTUBE_KEY_MANAGE
@@ -2147,6 +2148,7 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::saveSetup(const char *fname)
 
 	configfile.setString("weather_city", g_settings.weather_city);
 	configfile.setString("weather_location", g_settings.weather_location);
+	configfile.setString("weather_postcode", g_settings.weather_postcode);
 
 #if ENABLE_YOUTUBE_KEY_MANAGE
 	configfile.setString("youtube_dev_id", g_settings.youtube_dev_id);
diff --git a/src/system/settings.h b/src/system/settings.h
index 21099843f..93189ab33 100644
--- a/src/system/settings.h
+++ b/src/system/settings.h
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ struct SNeutrinoSettings
 
 	std::string weather_city;
 	std::string weather_location;
+	std::string weather_postcode;
 
 	std::string youtube_dev_id;
 	int youtube_enabled;