diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
index fa1025fdd..e65271e03 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ base_html_expands.append({u'desc': u'Italics', u'start tag': u'{it}',
 base_html_expands.append({u'desc': u'Underline', u'start tag': u'{u}',
     u'start html': u'<span style="text-decoration: underline;">',
     u'end tag': u'{/u}', u'end html': u'</span>', u'protected': True})
+base_html_expands.append({u'desc': u'Break', u'start tag': u'{br}',
+    u'start html': u'<br>', u'end tag': u'', u'end html': u'',
+    u'protected': True})
 
 def translate(context, text, comment=None,
     encoding=QtCore.QCoreApplication.CodecForTr, n=-1,
@@ -245,6 +248,7 @@ def clean_tags(text):
     Remove Tags from text for display
     """
     text = text.replace(u'<br>', u'\n')
+    text = text.replace(u'{br}', u'\n')
     text = text.replace(u'&nbsp;', u' ')
     for tag in DisplayTags.get_html_tags():
         text = text.replace(tag[u'start tag'], u'')
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
index 030798c57..6e3d0aa97 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ The :mod:`serviceitem` provides the service item functionality including the
 type and capability of an item.
 """
 
+import cgi
 import datetime
 import logging
 import os
@@ -175,17 +176,18 @@ class ServiceItem(object):
                 formatted = self.renderer \
                     .format_slide(slide[u'raw_slide'], line_break, self)
                 for page in formatted:
+                    page = page.replace(u'<br>', u'{br}')
                     self._display_frames.append({
                         u'title': clean_tags(page),
                         u'text': clean_tags(page.rstrip()),
-                        u'html': expand_tags(page.rstrip()),
+                        u'html': expand_tags(cgi.escape(page.rstrip())),
                         u'verseTag': slide[u'verseTag']
                     })
         elif self.service_item_type == ServiceItemType.Image or \
             self.service_item_type == ServiceItemType.Command:
             pass
         else:
-            log.error(u'Invalid value renderer :%s' % self.service_item_type)
+            log.error(u'Invalid value renderer: %s' % self.service_item_type)
         self.title = clean_tags(self.title)
         # The footer should never be None, but to be compatible with a few
         # nightly builds between 1.9.4 and 1.9.5, we have to correct this to
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songbeamerimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songbeamerimport.py
index ef2558b8a..0603230ba 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songbeamerimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/songbeamerimport.py
@@ -69,6 +69,30 @@ class SongBeamerImport(SongImport):
     Song Beamer file format is text based
     in the beginning are one or more control tags written
     """
+    HTML_TAG_PAIRS = [
+        (re.compile(u'<b>'), u'{st}'),
+        (re.compile(u'</b>'), u'{/st}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<i>'), u'{it}'),
+        (re.compile(u'</i>'), u'{/it}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<u>'), u'{u}'),
+        (re.compile(u'</u>'), u'{/u}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<p>'), u'{p}'),
+        (re.compile(u'</p>'), u'{/p}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<super>'), u'{su}'),
+        (re.compile(u'</super>'), u'{/su}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<sub>'), u'{sb}'),
+        (re.compile(u'</sub>'), u'{/sb}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<br.*?>'), u'{br}'),
+        (re.compile(u'<[/]?wordwrap>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<[/]?strike>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<[/]?h.*?>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<[/]?s.*?>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<[/]?linespacing.*?>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<[/]?c.*?>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<align.*?>'), u''),
+        (re.compile(u'<valign.*?>'), u'')
+    ]
+    
     def __init__(self, manager, **kwargs):
         """
         Initialise the Song Beamer importer.
@@ -134,32 +158,8 @@ class SongBeamerImport(SongImport):
         This can be called to replace SongBeamer's specific (html) tags with
         OpenLP's specific (html) tags.
         """
-        tag_pairs = [
-            (u'<b>', u'{st}'),
-            (u'</b>', u'{/st}'),
-            (u'<i>', u'{it}'),
-            (u'</i>', u'{/it}'),
-            (u'<u>', u'{u}'),
-            (u'</u>', u'{/u}'),
-            (u'<p>', u'{p}'),
-            (u'</p>', u'{/p}'),
-            (u'<super>', u'{su}'),
-            (u'</super>', u'{/su}'),
-            (u'<sub>', u'{sb}'),
-            (u'</sub>', u'{/sb}'),
-            (u'<[/]?br.*?>', u'{st}'),
-            (u'<[/]?wordwrap>', u''),
-            (u'<[/]?strike>', u''),
-            (u'<[/]?h.*?>', u''),
-            (u'<[/]?s.*?>', u''),
-            (u'<[/]?linespacing.*?>', u''),
-            (u'<[/]?c.*?>', u''),
-            (u'<align.*?>', u''),
-            (u'<valign.*?>', u'')
-        ]
-        for pair in tag_pairs:
-            self.current_verse = re.compile(pair[0]).sub(pair[1],
-                self.current_verse)
+        for pair in SongBeamerImport.HTML_TAG_PAIRS:
+            self.current_verse = pair[0].sub(pair[1], self.current_verse)
 
     def parse_tags(self, line):
         """