diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
index b0a4feb43..26d5bbc1e 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py
@@ -462,9 +462,7 @@ class EditSongForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_EditSongDialog):
             text = text.replace(u'}', u'')
             text = text.replace(u'?', u'')
             self.song.search_lyrics = unicode(text)
-            print type(sxml.extract_xml())
-            print type(unicode(sxml.extract_xml()))
-            self.song.lyrics = unicode(sxml.extract_xml())
+            self.song.lyrics = unicode(sxml.extract_xml(), u'utf-8')
         except:
             log.exception(u'Problem processing song Lyrics \n%s',
                 sxml.dump_xml())