From 8aed77c63e748e5469cd8a21513dc497e874caa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: snicker <ngordon779@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:44:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] force protobuf implementation to use pure python until
 upstream zwiftclient library is recompiled for newer version of protobuf

---
 custom_components/zwift/sensor.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/custom_components/zwift/sensor.py b/custom_components/zwift/sensor.py
index 4131b79..8221d06 100644
--- a/custom_components/zwift/sensor.py
+++ b/custom_components/zwift/sensor.py
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ def is_metric(self):
         return False
 
     async def _connect(self):
+        import os
+        os.environ['PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION'] = 'python'
         from zwift import Client as ZwiftClient
         client = ZwiftClient(self.username, self.password)
         if await self.check_zwift_auth(client):