Nickname settings on connect ignored

[Mimieam]

my user defined nicknames in user settings and default settings have been ignored so far.
this line is always None on connect it seems

    nickname = get_setting('nickname')

https://github.com/markbirbeck/sublime-text-irc/blob/master/IRC.py#L63

[Melonbwead]

I'm having the same issue. having to /nick after connected every time to change it.