diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
index 468139164..c0d11271e 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
@@ -193,19 +193,19 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         self.song = None
         self.initialise()
         self.songTabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
-        self.titleEdit.setText(u'')
-        self.alternativeEdit.setText(u'')
-        self.copyrightEdit.setText(u'')
-        self.verseOrderEdit.setText(u'')
-        self.commentsEdit.setText(u'')
-        self.CCLNumberEdit.setText(u'')
+        self.titleEdit.clear()
+        self.alternativeEdit.clear()
+        self.copyrightEdit.clear()
+        self.verseOrderEdit.clear()
+        self.commentsEdit.clear()
+        self.CCLNumberEdit.clear()
         self.verseListWidget.clear()
         self.verseListWidget.setRowCount(0)
         self.authorsListView.clear()
         self.topicsListView.clear()
         self.audioListWidget.clear()
         self.titleEdit.setFocus(QtCore.Qt.OtherFocusReason)
-        self.songBookNumberEdit.setText(u'')
+        self.songBookNumberEdit.clear()
         self.loadAuthors()
         self.loadTopics()
         self.loadBooks()
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         if self.song.alternate_title:
             self.alternativeEdit.setText(self.song.alternate_title)
         else:
-            self.alternativeEdit.setText(u'')
+            self.alternativeEdit.clear()
         if self.song.song_book_id != 0:
             book_name = self.manager.get_object(Book, self.song.song_book_id)
             find_and_set_in_combo_box(
@@ -247,21 +247,21 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
         if self.song.copyright:
             self.copyrightEdit.setText(self.song.copyright)
         else:
-            self.copyrightEdit.setText(u'')
+            self.copyrightEdit.clear()
         self.verseListWidget.clear()
         self.verseListWidget.setRowCount(0)
         if self.song.comments:
             self.commentsEdit.setPlainText(self.song.comments)
         else:
-            self.commentsEdit.setPlainText(u'')
+            self.commentsEdit.clear()
         if self.song.ccli_number:
             self.CCLNumberEdit.setText(self.song.ccli_number)
         else:
-            self.CCLNumberEdit.setText(u'')
+            self.CCLNumberEdit.clear()
         if self.song.song_number:
             self.songBookNumberEdit.setText(self.song.song_number)
         else:
-            self.songBookNumberEdit.setText(u'')
+            self.songBookNumberEdit.clear()
         # lazy xml migration for now
         self.verseListWidget.clear()
         self.verseListWidget.setRowCount(0)
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/__init__.py
index 5aa35ffae..e04b1c5a2 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/__init__.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def clean_song(manager, song):
         # Rebuild the verse order, to convert translated verse tags, which might
         # have been added prior to 1.9.5.
         if song.verse_order:
-            order = song.verse_order.strip().split()
+            order = CONTROL_CHARS.sub(u'', song.verse_order).strip().split()
         else:
             order = []
         new_order = []
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ def clean_song(manager, song):
             author = Author.populate(
                 display_name=name, last_name=u'', first_name=u'')
         song.authors.append(author)
+    if song.copyright:
+        song.copyright = CONTROL_CHARS.sub(u'', song.copyright).strip()
 
 from xml import OpenLyrics, SongXML
 from songstab import SongsTab