diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py
index a3bd7bbbc..9b916cd43 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/mediashout.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ 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 c9ef382a7..3fea7e9c7 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class SongImport(QtCore.QObject):
         text = text.replace('\u2026', '...')
         text = text.replace('\u2013', '-')
         text = text.replace('\u2014', '-')
+        text = text.replace('\x0b', '\n\n')
         # Remove surplus blank lines, spaces, trailing/leading spaces
         text = re.sub(r'[ \t\v]+', ' ', text)
         text = re.sub(r' ?(\r\n?|\n) ?', '\n', text)