diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
index 7c9098fa6..e6f00878f 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ class ServiceManager(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.serviceItems[item][u'service_item'].notes)
         if self.serviceNoteForm.exec_():
             self.serviceItems[item][u'service_item'].notes = \
-                self.serviceNoteForm.textEdit.toPlainText()
+                unicode(self.serviceNoteForm.textEdit.toPlainText())
             self.repaintServiceList(item, -1)
             self.setModified()
 
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/servicenoteform.py b/openlp/core/ui/servicenoteform.py
index 46e2de9e6..1ad562a4a 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/servicenoteform.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/servicenoteform.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from PyQt4 import QtGui
 from openlp.core.lib import translate, SpellTextEdit
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import create_button_box
 
+
 class ServiceNoteForm(QtGui.QDialog):
     """
     This is the form that is used to edit the verses of the song.