diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
index a22818b09..d27eeb2eb 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
@@ -511,8 +511,19 @@ class OpenLyrics(object):
             for author in properties.authors.author:
                 display_name = self._text(author)
                 author_type = author.get('type', '')
+                # As of 0.8 OpenLyrics supports these 3 author types
+                if author_type not in ('words', 'music', 'translation'):
+                    author_type = ''
                 if display_name:
-                    authors.append((display_name, author_type))
+                    # Check if an author is listed for both music and words. In that case we use a special type
+                    if author_type == 'words' and (display_name, 'music') in authors:
+                        authors.remove((display_name, 'music'))
+                        authors.append((display_name, 'words+music'))
+                    elif author_type == 'music' and (display_name, 'words') in authors:
+                        authors.remove((display_name, 'words'))
+                        authors.append((display_name, 'words+music'))
+                    else:
+                        authors.append((display_name, author_type))
         for (display_name, author_type) in authors:
             author = self.manager.get_object_filtered(Author, Author.display_name == display_name)
             if author is None:
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsimport.py b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsimport.py
index 5f8699e35..d5c2e5c59 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsimport.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsimport.py
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ result_tags = [{"temporary": False, "protected": False, "desc": "z", "start tag"
                 "start html": "<span class=\"chord\" style=\"display:none\"><strong>", "end html": "</strong></span>",
                 "protected": False}]
 
+author_xml = '<properties>\
+                  <authors>\
+                      <author type="words">Test Author1</author>\
+                      <author type="music">Test Author1</author>\
+                      <author type="words">Test Author2</author>\
+                  </authors>\
+            </properties>'
+
 
 class TestOpenLyricsImport(TestCase, TestMixin):
     """
@@ -146,3 +154,22 @@ class TestOpenLyricsImport(TestCase, TestMixin):
         self.assertListEqual(json.loads(json.dumps(result_tags)),
                              json.loads(str(Settings().value('formattingTags/html_tags'))),
                              'The formatting tags should contain both the old and the new')
+
+    def process_author_test(self):
+        """
+        Test that _process_authors works
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A OpenLyric XML with authors and a mocked out manager
+        with patch('openlp.plugins.songs.lib.openlyricsxml.Author') as mocked_author:
+            mocked_manager = MagicMock()
+            mocked_manager.get_object_filtered.return_value = None
+            ol = OpenLyrics(mocked_manager)
+            properties_xml = objectify.fromstring(author_xml)
+            mocked_song = MagicMock()
+
+            # WHEN: processing the author xml
+            ol._process_authors(properties_xml, mocked_song)
+
+            # THEN: add_author should have been called twice
+            self.assertEquals(mocked_song.method_calls[0][1][1], 'words+music')
+            self.assertEquals(mocked_song.method_calls[1][1][1], 'words')