diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py
index d3367bfa9..17cc14421 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ class OpenLyricsExport(object):
                 u', '.join([author.display_name for author in song.authors]))
             filename = re.sub(
                 r'[/\\?*|<>\[\]":<>+%]+', u'_', filename).strip(u'_')
-            tree.write(os.path.join(self.save_path, filename),
+            file_object = open(os.path.join(self.save_path, filename), u'w')
+            tree.write(file_object,
                 encoding=u'utf-8', xml_declaration=True, pretty_print=True)
+            file_object.close()
         return True