diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleOSISimpl.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleOSISimpl.py
index e095f9448..fb7c7866a 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleOSISimpl.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleOSISimpl.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ class BibleOSISImpl():
A reference to a Bible database object.
"""
log.info(u'BibleOSISImpl Initialising')
- self.verse_regex = re.compile(r'