diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
index 5adffb300..8629bbb6e 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ class OpenLyrics(object):
         # Append text from tail and add formatting end tag.
         # TODO: Verify format() with template variables
         if element.tag == NSMAP % 'tag' and use_endtag:
-            text += '{/{name}}}'.format(name=element.get('name'))
+            text += '{{/{name}}}'.format(name=element.get('name'))
         # Append text from tail.
         if element.tail:
             text += element.tail