diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/lit.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/lit.py
index c38450c64c..2129af76dd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/lit.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/lit.py
@@ -19,15 +19,23 @@ def get_metadata(stream):
     for item in opf.iterguide():
         if 'cover' not in item.get('type', '').lower():
             continue
+        ctype = item.get('type')
         href = item.get('href', '')
         candidates = [href, href.replace('&', '%26')]
         for item in litfile.manifest.values():
             if item.path in candidates:
-                covers.append(item.internal)
+                try:
+                    covers.append((litfile.get_file('/data/'+item.internal), 
+                                   ctype))
+                except:
+                    pass
                 break
-    covers = [litfile.get_file('/data/' + i) for i in covers]
-    covers.sort(cmp=lambda x, y:cmp(len(x), len(y)))
-    mi.cover_data = ('jpg', covers[-1])
+    covers.sort(cmp=lambda x, y:cmp(len(x[0]), len(y[0])), reverse=True)
+    idx = 0
+    if len(covers) > 1:
+        if covers[1][1] == covers[1][0]+'-standard':
+            idx = 1
+    mi.cover_data = ('jpg', covers[idx][0])
     return mi
 
 def main(args=sys.argv):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py
index 5353f24544..9958ce53fa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
             self.language.addItem(language_codes[lang], QVariant(lang))
         else:
             lang = 'en'
-            self.language.addItem('English', 'en')
+            self.language.addItem('English', QVariant('en'))
         items = [(l, language_codes[l]) for l in translations.keys() \
                  if l != lang]
         if lang != 'en':