diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py
index 54d3e2c6b..40f4a0811 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class MediaShoutImport(SongImport):
             self.song_book_name = song.SongID
         for verse in verses:
             tag = VERSE_TAGS[verse.Type] + str(verse.Number) if verse.Type < len(VERSE_TAGS) else 'O'
-            self.add_verse(verse.Text, tag)
+            self.add_verse(self.tidy_text(verse.Text), tag)
         for order in verse_order:
             if order.Type < len(VERSE_TAGS):
                 self.verse_order_list.append(VERSE_TAGS[order.Type] + str(order.Number))
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py
index 54c82da29..ba5242acb 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py
@@ -140,10 +140,13 @@ class SongImport(QtCore.QObject):
         text = text.replace('\u2026', '...')
         text = text.replace('\u2013', '-')
         text = text.replace('\u2014', '-')
+        # Replace vertical tab with 2 linebreaks
+        text = text.replace('\v', '\n\n')
+        # Replace form feed (page break) with 2 linebreaks
+        text = text.replace('\f', '\n\n')
         # Remove surplus blank lines, spaces, trailing/leading spaces
-        text = re.sub(r'[ \t\v]+', ' ', text)
+        text = re.sub(r'[ \t]+', ' ', text)
         text = re.sub(r' ?(\r\n?|\n) ?', '\n', text)
-        text = re.sub(r' ?(\n{5}|\f)+ ?', '\f', text)
         return text
 
     def process_song_text(self, text):