diff --git a/openlp/core/app.py b/openlp/core/app.py
index dfb413caa..ab738e1a2 100644
--- a/openlp/core/app.py
+++ b/openlp/core/app.py
@@ -287,12 +287,12 @@ class OpenLP(QtWidgets.QApplication):
         return QtWidgets.QApplication.event(self, event)
 
 
-def parse_options(args=None):
+def parse_options():
     """
     Parse the command line arguments
 
-    :param args: list of command line arguments
-    :return: a tuple of parsed options of type optparse.Value and a list of remaining argsZ
+    :return: An :object:`argparse.Namespace` insatnce containing the parsed args.
+    :rtype: argparse.Namespace
     """
     # Set up command line options.
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='openlp')
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ def parse_options(args=None):
                             dir_name=os.path.join('<AppDir>', '..', '..')))
     parser.add_argument('-w', '--no-web-server', dest='no_web_server', action='store_true',
                         help='Turn off the Web and Socket Server ')
-    parser.add_argument('rargs', nargs='?', default=[])
-    # Parse command line options and deal with them. Use args supplied pragmatically if possible.
-    return parser.parse_args(args) if args else parser.parse_args()
+    parser.add_argument('rargs', nargs='*', default=[])
+    # Parse command line options and deal with them.
+    return parser.parse_args()
 
 
 def set_up_logging(log_path):
@@ -328,13 +328,11 @@ def set_up_logging(log_path):
         print('Logging to: {name}'.format(name=file_path))
 
 
-def main(args=None):
+def main():
     """
     The main function which parses command line options and then runs
-
-    :param args: Some args
     """
-    args = parse_options(args)
+    args = parse_options()
     qt_args = ['--disable-web-security']
     # qt_args = []
     if args and args.loglevel.lower() in ['d', 'debug']:
diff --git a/openlp/core/common/__init__.py b/openlp/core/common/__init__.py
index dfed903c7..fd251be14 100644
--- a/openlp/core/common/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/common/__init__.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def extension_loader(glob_pattern, excluded_files=[]):
             importlib.import_module(module_name)
         except (ImportError, OSError):
             # On some platforms importing vlc.py might cause OSError exceptions. (e.g. Mac OS X)
-            log.warning('Failed to import {module_name} on path {extension_path}'
-                        .format(module_name=module_name, extension_path=extension_path))
+            log.exception('Failed to import {module_name} on path {extension_path}'
+                          .format(module_name=module_name, extension_path=extension_path))
 
 
 def path_to_module(path):
diff --git a/openlp/core/display/window.py b/openlp/core/display/window.py
index 6b2e9af1b..161b49981 100644
--- a/openlp/core/display/window.py
+++ b/openlp/core/display/window.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class DisplayWindow(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         """
         Set the URL of the webview
 
-        :param str url: The URL to set
+        :param QtCore.QUrl | str url: The URL to set
         """
         if not isinstance(url, QtCore.QUrl):
             url = QtCore.QUrl(url)
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/theme.py b/openlp/core/lib/theme.py
index 4bc145c72..f770b7487 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/theme.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/theme.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class Theme(object):
         else:
             # make string value unicode
             if not isinstance(value, str):
-                value = str(str(value), 'utf-8')
+                value = str(value, 'utf-8')
             # None means an empty string so lets have one.
             if value == 'None':
                 value = ''
diff --git a/openlp/core/server.py b/openlp/core/server.py
index 7c7842853..33c024254 100644
--- a/openlp/core/server.py
+++ b/openlp/core/server.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtNetwork
 
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin
+from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class Server(QtCore.QObject, LogMixin):
         msg = self.in_stream.readLine()
         if msg:
             self.log_debug("socket msg = " + msg)
-            Registry().get('service_manager').on_load_service_clicked(msg)
+            Registry().get('service_manager').load_service(Path(msg))
 
     def close_server(self):
         """
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/firsttimewizard.py b/openlp/core/ui/firsttimewizard.py
index 87b044ac0..8cb967a54 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/firsttimewizard.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/firsttimewizard.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ThemeListWidget(QtWidgets.QListWidget):
         """
         nominal_width = 141  # Icon width of 133 + 4 each side
         max_items_per_row = self.viewport().width() // nominal_width or 1  # or 1 to avoid divide by 0 errors
-        col_size = (self.viewport().width() - 1) / max_items_per_row
+        col_size = (self.viewport().width() - 1) // max_items_per_row
         self.setGridSize(QtCore.QSize(col_size, 140))
 
 
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
index 3443185ae..703bdc943 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 """
 This is the main window, where all the action happens.
 """
-import sys
+import os
 from datetime import datetime
 from distutils import dir_util
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, LogMixin, RegistryPropert
         super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
         Registry().register('main_window', self)
         self.clipboard = self.application.clipboard()
-        self.arguments = ''.join(self.application.args)
         # Set up settings sections for the main application (not for use by plugins).
         self.ui_settings_section = 'user interface'
         self.general_settings_section = 'core'
@@ -632,8 +631,8 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, LogMixin, RegistryPropert
         # if self.live_controller.display.isVisible():
         #     self.live_controller.display.setFocus()
         self.activateWindow()
-        if self.arguments:
-            self.open_cmd_line_files(self.arguments)
+        if self.application.args:
+            self.open_cmd_line_files(self.application.args)
         elif Settings().value(self.general_settings_section + '/auto open'):
             self.service_manager_contents.load_last_file()
         # This will store currently used layout preset so it remains enabled on next startup.
@@ -1339,7 +1338,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, LogMixin, RegistryPropert
                 self.application.set_normal_cursor()
                 self.log_exception('Data copy failed {err}'.format(err=str(why)))
                 err_text = translate('OpenLP.MainWindow',
-                                     'OpenLP Data directory copy failed\n\n{err}').format(err=str(why)),
+                                     'OpenLP Data directory copy failed\n\n{err}').format(err=str(why))
                 QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(self, translate('OpenLP.MainWindow', 'New Data Directory Error'),
                                                err_text,
                                                QtWidgets.QMessageBox.StandardButtons(QtWidgets.QMessageBox.Ok))
@@ -1354,11 +1353,11 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow, LogMixin, RegistryPropert
             settings.remove('advanced/data path')
         self.application.set_normal_cursor()
 
-    def open_cmd_line_files(self, filename):
+    def open_cmd_line_files(self, args):
         """
         Open files passed in through command line arguments
         """
-        if not isinstance(filename, str):
-            filename = str(filename, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
-        if filename.endswith(('.osz', '.oszl')):
-            self.service_manager_contents.load_file(Path(filename))
+        for arg in args:
+            file_name = os.path.expanduser(arg)
+            if os.path.isfile(file_name):
+                self.service_manager_contents.load_file(Path(file_name))
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
index 9303dae35..3858e1f48 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
@@ -430,11 +430,20 @@ class ServiceManager(QtWidgets.QWidget, RegistryBase, Ui_ServiceManager, LogMixi
                     return False
         self.new_file()
 
-    def on_load_service_clicked(self, load_file=None):
+    def on_load_service_clicked(self, checked):
+        """
+        Handle the `fileOpenItem` action
+        
+        :param bool checked: Not used. 
+        :rtype: None
+        """
+        self.load_service()
+
+    def load_service(self, file_path=None):
         """
         Loads the service file and saves the existing one it there is one unchanged.
 
-        :param load_file: The service file to the loaded.  Will be None is from menu so selection will be required.
+        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path | None file_path: The service file to the loaded.
         """
         if self.is_modified():
             result = self.save_modified_service()
@@ -442,7 +451,7 @@ class ServiceManager(QtWidgets.QWidget, RegistryBase, Ui_ServiceManager, LogMixi
                 return False
             elif result == QtWidgets.QMessageBox.Save:
                 self.decide_save_method()
-        if not load_file:
+        if not file_path:
             file_path, filter_used = FileDialog.getOpenFileName(
                 self.main_window,
                 translate('OpenLP.ServiceManager', 'Open File'),
@@ -450,8 +459,6 @@ class ServiceManager(QtWidgets.QWidget, RegistryBase, Ui_ServiceManager, LogMixi
                 translate('OpenLP.ServiceManager', 'OpenLP Service Files (*.osz *.oszl)'))
             if not file_path:
                 return False
-        else:
-            file_path = str_to_path(load_file)
         Settings().setValue(self.main_window.service_manager_settings_section + '/last directory', file_path.parent)
         self.load_file(file_path)
 
@@ -670,8 +677,9 @@ class ServiceManager(QtWidgets.QWidget, RegistryBase, Ui_ServiceManager, LogMixi
 
     def load_file(self, file_path):
         """
-        Load an existing service file
-        :param file_path:
+        Load an existing service file.
+
+        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The service file to load.
         """
         if not file_path.exists():
             return False
@@ -1520,12 +1528,12 @@ class ServiceManager(QtWidgets.QWidget, RegistryBase, Ui_ServiceManager, LogMixi
             event.setDropAction(QtCore.Qt.CopyAction)
             event.accept()
             for url in link.urls():
-                file_name = url.toLocalFile()
-                if file_name.endswith('.osz'):
-                    self.on_load_service_clicked(file_name)
-                elif file_name.endswith('.oszl'):
+                file_path = Path(url.toLocalFile())
+                if file_path.suffix == '.osz':
+                    self.load_service(file_path)
+                elif file_path.suffix == '.oszl':
                     # todo correct
-                    self.on_load_service_clicked(file_name)
+                    self.load_service(file_path)
         elif link.hasText():
             plugin = link.text()
             item = self.service_manager_list.itemAt(event.pos())
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py b/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
index b5855d3d3..437dbf88c 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class MediaSlider(QtWidgets.QSlider):
 
 class InfoLabel(QtWidgets.QLabel):
     """
-    InfoLabel is a subclassed QLabel. Created to provide the ablilty to add a ellipsis if the text is cut off. Original
+    InfoLabel is a subclassed QLabel. Created to provide the ability to add a ellipsis if the text is cut off. Original
     source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11446478/pyside-pyqt-truncate-text-in-qlabel-based-on-minimumsize
     """
 
diff --git a/openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py b/openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py
index 7668dcab8..11083f393 100755
--- a/openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py
+++ b/openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class FileDialog(QtWidgets.QFileDialog):
         :type caption: str
         :type directory: openlp.core.common.path.Path
         :type options: QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Options
-        :rtype: tuple[openlp.core.common.path.Path, str]
+        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
         """
         args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((2, 'directory', path_to_str),))
 
diff --git a/openlp/core/widgets/layouts.py b/openlp/core/widgets/layouts.py
index 65c61e266..0b46bf3f6 100644
--- a/openlp/core/widgets/layouts.py
+++ b/openlp/core/widgets/layouts.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class AspectRatioLayout(QtWidgets.QLayout):
         """
         Create a layout.
 
-        :param PyQt5.QtWidgets.QWidget parent: The parent widget, can be None.
+        :param QtWidgets.QWidget | None parent: The parent widget
         :param float aspect_ratio: The aspect ratio as a float (e.g. 16.0/9.0)
         """
         super().__init__(parent)
diff --git a/openlp/core/widgets/views.py b/openlp/core/widgets/views.py
index 68422e1b4..dbe7c2be6 100644
--- a/openlp/core/widgets/views.py
+++ b/openlp/core/widgets/views.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def handle_mime_data_urls(mime_data):
     """
     Process the data from a drag and drop operation.
 
-    :param PyQt5.QtCore.QMimeData mime_data: The mime data from the drag and drop opperation.
+    :param QtCore.QMimeData mime_data: The mime data from the drag and drop opperation.
     :return: A list of file paths that were dropped
     :rtype: list[openlp.core.common.path.Path]
     """
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ListWidgetWithDnD(QtWidgets.QListWidget):
         """
         self.setAcceptDrops(True)
         self.setDragDropMode(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.DragDrop)
-        Registry().register_function(('%s_dnd' % self.mime_data_text), self.parent().load_file)
+        Registry().register_function(('%s_dnd' % self.mime_data_text), self.parent().handle_mime_data)
 
     def clear(self, search_while_typing=False):
         """
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class TreeWidgetWithDnD(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
         """
         self.setAcceptDrops(True)
         self.setDragDropMode(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.DragDrop)
-        Registry().register_function(('%s_dnd' % self.mime_data_text), self.parent().load_file)
+        Registry().register_function(('%s_dnd' % self.mime_data_text), self.parent().handle_mime_data)
         Registry().register_function(('%s_dnd_internal' % self.mime_data_text), self.parent().dnd_move_internal)
 
     def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py
index 694784f80..0f273de8b 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class CSVBible(BibleImport):
         :rtype: list[namedtuple]
         """
         try:
-            encoding = get_file_encoding(file_path)['encoding']
+            encoding = get_file_encoding(file_path)
             with file_path.open('r', encoding=encoding, newline='') as csv_file:
                 csv_reader = csv.reader(csv_file, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
                 return [results_tuple(*line) for line in csv_reader]
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py
index 14bef3f0e..9909198cf 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -401,10 +401,9 @@ class ImageMediaItem(MediaManagerItem):
         Process a list for files either from the File Dialog or from Drag and Drop.
         This method is overloaded from MediaManagerItem.
 
-        :param files: A List of strings containing the filenames of the files to be loaded
+        :param list[openlp.core.common.path.Path] file_paths: A List of paths  to be loaded
         :param target_group: The QTreeWidgetItem of the group that will be the parent of the added files
         """
-        file_paths = [Path(file) for file in file_paths]
         self.application.set_normal_cursor()
         self.load_list(file_paths, target_group)
         last_dir = file_paths[0].parent
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py
index ae673dcab..6647222cb 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PresentationManagerImport(SongImport):
                 tree = etree.parse(str(file_path), parser=etree.XMLParser(recover=True))
             except etree.XMLSyntaxError:
                 # Try to detect encoding and use it
-                encoding = get_file_encoding(file_path)['encoding']
+                encoding = get_file_encoding(file_path)
                 # Open file with detected encoding and remove encoding declaration
                 text = file_path.read_text(encoding=encoding)
                 text = re.sub(r'.+\?>\n', '', text)
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py
index d5ba82bd0..0fe42c541 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SongBeamerImport(SongImport):
             self.chord_table = None
             if file_path.is_file():
                 # Detect the encoding
-                self.input_file_encoding = get_file_encoding(file_path)['encoding']
+                self.input_file_encoding = get_file_encoding(file_path)
                 # The encoding should only be ANSI (cp1252), UTF-8, Unicode, Big-Endian-Unicode.
                 # So if it doesn't start with 'u' we default to cp1252. See:
                 # https://forum.songbeamer.com/viewtopic.php?p=419&sid=ca4814924e37c11e4438b7272a98b6f2
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/worshipassistant.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/worshipassistant.py
index 15f14122f..4cc374f8f 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/worshipassistant.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/worshipassistant.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class WorshipAssistantImport(SongImport):
         Receive a CSV file to import.
         """
         # Get encoding
-        encoding = get_file_encoding(self.import_source)['encoding']
+        encoding = get_file_encoding(self.import_source)
         with self.import_source.open('r', encoding=encoding) as songs_file:
             songs_reader = csv.DictReader(songs_file, escapechar='\\')
             try:
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py
index e968cce1f..d7320114e 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class TestInit(TestCase, TestMixin):
             mocked_open.assert_called_once_with('rb')
             assert mocked_universal_detector_inst.feed.mock_calls == [call(b'data' * 256)]
             mocked_universal_detector_inst.close.assert_called_once_with()
-            assert result == encoding_result
+            assert result == 'UTF-8'
 
     def test_get_file_encoding_eof(self):
         """
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class TestInit(TestCase, TestMixin):
             mocked_open.assert_called_once_with('rb')
             assert mocked_universal_detector_inst.feed.mock_calls == [call(b'data' * 256), call(b'data' * 4)]
             mocked_universal_detector_inst.close.assert_called_once_with()
-            assert result == encoding_result
+            assert result == 'UTF-8'
 
     def test_get_file_encoding_oserror(self):
         """
@@ -367,4 +367,4 @@ class TestInit(TestCase, TestMixin):
             mocked_log.exception.assert_called_once_with('Error detecting file encoding')
             mocked_universal_detector_inst.feed.assert_not_called()
             mocked_universal_detector_inst.close.assert_called_once_with()
-            assert result == encoding_result
+            assert result == 'UTF-8'
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_mainwindow.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_mainwindow.py
index 6a7e02430..1d1929286 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_mainwindow.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_mainwindow.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class TestMainWindow(TestCase, TestMixin):
         """
         # GIVEN a non service file as an argument to openlp
         service = 'run_openlp.py'
-        self.main_window.arguments = service
 
         # WHEN the argument is processed
         self.main_window.open_cmd_line_files(service)