diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
index 05f197422..35b1f4bcb 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/http.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class BGExtract(RegistryProperties):
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             page_source = str(page_source, 'cp1251')
         try:
-            soup = BeautifulSoup(page_source)
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(page_source, 'lxml')
         except Exception:
             log.error('BeautifulSoup could not parse the Bible page.')
             send_error_message('parse')
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ def get_soup_for_bible_ref(reference_url, header=None, pre_parse_regex=None, pre
         page_source = re.sub(pre_parse_regex, pre_parse_substitute, page_source.decode())
     soup = None
     try:
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(page_source)
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(page_source, 'lxml')
         CLEANER_REGEX.sub('', str(soup))
     except Exception:
         log.exception('BeautifulSoup could not parse the bible page.')
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_http.py b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_http.py
index 0d6684437..54289a163 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_http.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class TestBSExtract(TestCase):
         self.test_html = '<ul><li><a href="/overlay/selectChapter?tocBook=1">Genesis</a></li>' \
             '<li><a href="/overlay/selectChapter?tocBook=2"></a></li>' \
             '<li><a href="/overlay/selectChapter?tocBook=3">Leviticus</a></li></ul>'
-        self.test_soup = BeautifulSoup(self.test_html)
+        self.test_soup = BeautifulSoup(self.test_html, 'lxml')
         instance = BSExtract()
         self.mock_log.reset_mock()
         self.mock_urllib.reset_mock()