diff --git a/openlp/core/display/html/display.css b/openlp/core/display/html/display.css
index 983f68436..5307e589a 100644
--- a/openlp/core/display/html/display.css
+++ b/openlp/core/display/html/display.css
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ body.hide-mouse {
 
 sup {
   vertical-align: super !important;
-  font-size: smaller !important;
+  font-size: 50% !important;
+  line-height: 0 !important;
 }
 
 body,
diff --git a/openlp/core/display/render.py b/openlp/core/display/render.py
index 5fb487093..82091a84a 100644
--- a/openlp/core/display/render.py
+++ b/openlp/core/display/render.py
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ def remove_tags(text, can_remove_chords=False):
     text = text.replace('<br>', '\n')
     text = text.replace('{br}', '\n')
     text = text.replace('&nbsp;', ' ')
+    text = text.replace('<sup>', '')
+    text = text.replace('</sup>', '')
+    text = text.replace('<em>', '')
+    text = text.replace('</em>', '')
     for tag in FormattingTags.get_html_tags():
         text = text.replace(tag['start tag'], '')
         text = text.replace(tag['end tag'], '')
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py
index e12001201..8446f454d 100755
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ class BibleMediaItem(MediaManagerItem):
             DisplayStyle.Curly: ('{', '}'),
             DisplayStyle.Square: ('[', ']')
         }[self.settings_tab.display_style]
-        return '{{su}}{bracket[0]}{verse_text}{bracket[1]}{{/su}}&nbsp;'.format(verse_text=verse_text, bracket=bracket)
+        return '{{su}}{bracket[0]}{verse_text}{bracket[1]}&nbsp;{{/su}}'.format(verse_text=verse_text, bracket=bracket)
 
     def search_options(self, option=None):
         """
diff --git a/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py b/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py
index 79945b418..fdf0200ca 100644
--- a/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py
+++ b/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py
@@ -39,10 +39,22 @@ def test_remove_tags(mocked_get_tags):
         'start tag': '{b}',
         'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:black">',
         'end tag': '{/b}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-        'temporary': False
+        'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
+    }, {
+        'desc': 'Italics',
+        'start tag': '{it}',
+        'start html': '<em>',
+        'end tag': '{/it}', 'end html': '</em>', 'protected': True,
+        'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
+    }, {
+        'desc': 'Superscript',
+        'start tag': '{su}',
+        'start html': '<sup>',
+        'end tag': '{/su}', 'end html': '</sup>', 'protected': True,
+        'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
     }]
-    string_to_pass = 'ASDF<br>foo{br}bar&nbsp;{b}black{/b}'
-    expected_string = 'ASDF\nfoo\nbar black'
+    string_to_pass = 'ASDF<br>foo{br}bar&nbsp;{b}black{/b} {su}1,1&nbsp;{/su}In the {it}beggining{/it}...'
+    expected_string = 'ASDF\nfoo\nbar black 1,1 In the beggining...'
 
     # WHEN: Clean the string.
     result_string = remove_tags(string_to_pass)