diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
index f0b7c30bc..7068496f0 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ class ServiceItem(RegistryProperties):
             self.renderer.set_item_theme(self.theme)
             self.theme_data, self.main, self.footer = self.renderer.pre_render()
         if self.service_item_type == ServiceItemType.Text:
-            expand_chord_tags = self.name == 'songs' and Settings().value('songs/enable chords')
+            expand_chord_tags = hasattr(self, 'name') and self.name == 'songs' and Settings().value(
+                'songs/enable chords')
             log.debug('Formatting slides: {title}'.format(title=self.title))
             # Save rendered pages to this dict. In the case that a slide is used twice we can use the pages saved to
             # the dict instead of rendering them again.