diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/amendthemeform.py b/openlp/core/ui/amendthemeform.py
index 04e4417af..c16368e36 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/amendthemeform.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/amendthemeform.py
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ class AmendThemeForm(QtGui.QDialog,  Ui_AmendThemeDialog):
         #self.theme.background_mode
         self.theme.background_startColor = theme.background_startColor.strip()
         #self.theme.background_type
-        self.theme.display_display = theme.display_display.strip()
+        if theme.display_display:
+            self.theme.display_display = theme.display_display.strip()
         self.theme.display_horizontalAlign = \
             theme.display_horizontalAlign.strip()
         self.theme.display_outline = str_to_bool(theme.display_outline)
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
index 8d5d9514b..9bfc236c9 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
@@ -139,9 +139,8 @@ class ThemeManager(QtGui.QWidget):
     def onEditTheme(self):
         item = self.ThemeListWidget.currentItem()
         if item is not None:
-            self.amendThemeForm.setTheme(self.getThemeData(
-                item.data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole).toString()))
-            self.amendThemeForm.loadTheme()
+            self.amendThemeForm.loadTheme(
+                unicode(item.data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole).toString()))
             self.amendThemeForm.exec_()
 
     def onDeleteTheme(self):