diff --git a/openlp/core/common/languagemanager.py b/openlp/core/common/languagemanager.py
index 4f5128425..c3e736d65 100644
--- a/openlp/core/common/languagemanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/common/languagemanager.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 """
 The :mod:`languagemanager` module provides all the translation settings and language file loading for OpenLP.
 """
+import locale
 import logging
 import re
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ from openlp.core.common import AppLocation, Settings, translate, is_win, is_maco
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+DIGITS_OR_NONDIGITS = re.compile(r'\d+|\D+', re.UNICODE)
+
 
 class LanguageManager(object):
     """
@@ -143,3 +146,60 @@ class LanguageManager(object):
         if not LanguageManager.__qm_list__:
             LanguageManager.init_qm_list()
         return LanguageManager.__qm_list__
+
+
+def format_time(text, local_time):
+    """
+    Workaround for Python built-in time formatting function time.strftime().
+
+    time.strftime() accepts only ascii characters. This function accepts
+    unicode string and passes individual % placeholders to time.strftime().
+    This ensures only ascii characters are passed to time.strftime().
+
+    :param text:  The text to be processed.
+    :param local_time: The time to be used to add to the string.  This is a time object
+    """
+
+    def match_formatting(match):
+        """
+        Format the match
+        """
+        return local_time.strftime(match.group())
+
+    return re.sub('\%[a-zA-Z]', match_formatting, text)
+
+
+def get_locale_key(string):
+    """
+    Creates a key for case insensitive, locale aware string sorting.
+
+    :param string: The corresponding string.
+    """
+    string = string.lower()
+    # ICU is the prefered way to handle locale sort key, we fallback to locale.strxfrm which will work in most cases.
+    global ICU_COLLATOR
+    try:
+        if ICU_COLLATOR is None:
+            import icu
+            language = LanguageManager.get_language()
+            icu_locale = icu.Locale(language)
+            ICU_COLLATOR = icu.Collator.createInstance(icu_locale)
+        return ICU_COLLATOR.getSortKey(string)
+    except:
+        return locale.strxfrm(string).encode()
+
+
+def get_natural_key(string):
+    """
+    Generate a key for locale aware natural string sorting.
+
+    :param string: string to be sorted by
+    Returns a list of string compare keys and integers.
+    """
+    key = DIGITS_OR_NONDIGITS.findall(string)
+    key = [int(part) if part.isdigit() else get_locale_key(part) for part in key]
+    # Python 3 does not support comparison of different types anymore. So make sure, that we do not compare str
+    # and int.
+    if string and string[0].isdigit():
+        return [b''] + key
+    return key
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py b/openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py
index e2aadf280..ce26ae808 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common import AppLocation, Settings, SlideLimits, UiStrings, translate
 from openlp.core.lib import ColorButton, SettingsTab, build_icon
-from openlp.core.utils import format_time, get_images_filter
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import format_time
+from openlp.core.utils import get_images_filter
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
index 6db34022b..129d24ca1 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ from openlp.core.common.actions import ActionList, CategoryOrder
 from openlp.core.lib import OpenLPToolbar, ServiceItem, ItemCapabilities, PluginStatus, build_icon
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box, create_widget_action, find_and_set_in_combo_box
 from openlp.core.ui import ServiceNoteForm, ServiceItemEditForm, StartTimeForm
-from openlp.core.utils import delete_file, split_filename, format_time
+from openlp.core.utils import delete_file, split_filename
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import format_time
 
 
 class ServiceManagerList(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
index fdf87e528..fc632d61d 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ from openlp.core.lib import FileDialog, ImageSource, OpenLPToolbar, ValidationEr
 from openlp.core.lib.theme import ThemeXML, BackgroundType
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box, create_widget_action
 from openlp.core.ui import FileRenameForm, ThemeForm
-from openlp.core.utils import delete_file, get_locale_key, get_filesystem_encoding
+from openlp.core.utils import delete_file, get_filesystem_encoding
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 
 
 class Ui_ThemeManager(object):
diff --git a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
index 800eec557..3cd1b0295 100644
--- a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 """
 The :mod:`openlp.core.utils` module provides the utility libraries for OpenLP.
 """
-import locale
 import logging
 import os
 import platform
@@ -463,62 +462,6 @@ def get_uno_instance(resolver, connection_type='pipe'):
     else:
         return resolver.resolve('uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext')
 
-
-def format_time(text, local_time):
-    """
-    Workaround for Python built-in time formatting function time.strftime().
-
-    time.strftime() accepts only ascii characters. This function accepts
-    unicode string and passes individual % placeholders to time.strftime().
-    This ensures only ascii characters are passed to time.strftime().
-
-    :param text:  The text to be processed.
-    :param local_time: The time to be used to add to the string.  This is a time object
-    """
-    def match_formatting(match):
-        """
-        Format the match
-        """
-        return local_time.strftime(match.group())
-    return re.sub('\%[a-zA-Z]', match_formatting, text)
-
-
-def get_locale_key(string):
-    """
-    Creates a key for case insensitive, locale aware string sorting.
-
-    :param string: The corresponding string.
-    """
-    string = string.lower()
-    # ICU is the prefered way to handle locale sort key, we fallback to locale.strxfrm which will work in most cases.
-    global ICU_COLLATOR
-    try:
-        if ICU_COLLATOR is None:
-            import icu
-            from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import LanguageManager
-            language = LanguageManager.get_language()
-            icu_locale = icu.Locale(language)
-            ICU_COLLATOR = icu.Collator.createInstance(icu_locale)
-        return ICU_COLLATOR.getSortKey(string)
-    except:
-        return locale.strxfrm(string).encode()
-
-
-def get_natural_key(string):
-    """
-    Generate a key for locale aware natural string sorting.
-
-    :param string: string to be sorted by
-    Returns a list of string compare keys and integers.
-    """
-    key = DIGITS_OR_NONDIGITS.findall(string)
-    key = [int(part) if part.isdigit() else get_locale_key(part) for part in key]
-    # Python 3 does not support comparison of different types anymore. So make sure, that we do not compare str
-    # and int.
-    if string and string[0].isdigit():
-        return [b''] + key
-    return key
-
 __all__ = ['get_application_version', 'check_latest_version',
            'get_filesystem_encoding', 'get_web_page', 'get_uno_command', 'get_uno_instance',
-           'delete_file', 'clean_filename', 'format_time', 'get_locale_key', 'get_natural_key']
+           'delete_file', 'clean_filename']
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/forms/bibleimportform.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/forms/bibleimportform.py
index 52417f2ef..676801eb8 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/forms/bibleimportform.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/forms/bibleimportform.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from openlp.core.common import AppLocation, Settings, UiStrings, translate
 from openlp.core.lib.db import delete_database
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box
 from openlp.core.ui.wizard import OpenLPWizard, WizardStrings
-from openlp.core.utils import get_locale_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.manager import BibleFormat
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.db import BiblesResourcesDB, clean_filename
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.http import CWExtract, BGExtract, BSExtract
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py
index 94937e61b..cd728a68b 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from openlp.core.lib import MediaManagerItem, ItemCapabilities, ServiceItemConte
 from openlp.core.lib.searchedit import SearchEdit
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import set_case_insensitive_completer, create_horizontal_adjusting_combo_box, \
     critical_error_message_box, find_and_set_in_combo_box, build_icon
-from openlp.core.utils import get_locale_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.forms.bibleimportform import BibleImportForm
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.forms.editbibleform import EditBibleForm
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib import LayoutStyle, DisplayStyle, VerseReferenceList, get_reference_separator, \
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/custom/lib/db.py b/openlp/plugins/custom/lib/db.py
index 743822072..62ec1f408 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/custom/lib/db.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/custom/lib/db.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import Column, Table, types
 from sqlalchemy.orm import mapper
 
 from openlp.core.lib.db import BaseModel, init_db
-from openlp.core.utils import get_locale_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 
 
 class CustomSlide(BaseModel):
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py
index 248da94ea..c57442156 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ from openlp.core.common import Registry, AppLocation, Settings, UiStrings, check
 from openlp.core.lib import ItemCapabilities, MediaManagerItem, ServiceItemContext, StringContent, TreeWidgetWithDnD,\
     build_icon, check_item_selected, create_thumb, validate_thumb
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import create_widget_action, critical_error_message_box
-from openlp.core.utils import delete_file, get_locale_key, get_images_filter
+from openlp.core.utils import delete_file, get_images_filter
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 from openlp.plugins.images.forms import AddGroupForm, ChooseGroupForm
 from openlp.plugins.images.lib.db import ImageFilenames, ImageGroups
 
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py
index 09b32b308..dfe6f1fa4 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from openlp.core.lib import ItemCapabilities, MediaManagerItem, MediaType, Servi
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box, create_horizontal_adjusting_combo_box
 from openlp.core.ui import DisplayController, Display, DisplayControllerType
 from openlp.core.ui.media import get_media_players, set_media_players, parse_optical_path, format_milliseconds
-from openlp.core.utils import get_locale_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 from openlp.core.ui.media.vlcplayer import get_vlc
 
 if get_vlc() is not None:
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py
index b2ece3e67..b64c552b8 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from openlp.core.common import Registry, Settings, UiStrings, translate
 from openlp.core.lib import MediaManagerItem, ItemCapabilities, ServiceItemContext,\
     build_icon, check_item_selected, create_thumb, validate_thumb
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box, create_horizontal_adjusting_combo_box
-from openlp.core.utils import get_locale_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key
 from openlp.plugins.presentations.lib import MessageListener
 from openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.pdfcontroller import PDF_CONTROLLER_FILETYPES
 
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/db.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/db.py
index 8fc6e1a4a..5ea35d6b6 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/db.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/db.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import mapper, relation, reconstructor
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import func, text
 
 from openlp.core.lib.db import BaseModel, init_db
-from openlp.core.utils import get_natural_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_natural_key
 from openlp.core.lib import translate
 
 
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py
index b84e557c2..d724bfaf2 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from openlp.core.common import Registry, AppLocation, Settings, check_directory_
 from openlp.core.lib import MediaManagerItem, ItemCapabilities, PluginStatus, ServiceItemContext, \
     check_item_selected, create_separated_list
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import create_widget_action
-from openlp.core.utils import get_natural_key
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_natural_key
 from openlp.plugins.songs.forms.editsongform import EditSongForm
 from openlp.plugins.songs.forms.songmaintenanceform import SongMaintenanceForm
 from openlp.plugins.songs.forms.songimportform import SongImportForm
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py
index 70fe6e943..1df0bcedc 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_init.py
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 """
 Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
 """
-import os
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from openlp.core.common import add_actions
-from tests.functional import MagicMock, patch
+from tests.functional import MagicMock
 
 
 class TestInit(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_languagemanager.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_languagemanager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fe7d543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core_common/test_languagemanager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=120 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+
+###############################################################################
+# OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection                                      #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2016 OpenLP Developers                                   #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it     #
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free  #
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.                              #
+#                                                                             #
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT #
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or       #
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for    #
+# more details.                                                               #
+#                                                                             #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along     #
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59  #
+# Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA                          #
+###############################################################################
+"""
+Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
+"""
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from tests.functional import patch
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key, get_natural_key
+
+
+class TestLanguageManager(TestCase):
+    """
+    A test suite to test out various methods around the common __init__ class.
+    """
+
+    def get_locale_key_test(self):
+        """
+        Test the get_locale_key(string) function
+        """
+        with patch('openlp.core.common.languagemanager.LanguageManager.get_language') as mocked_get_language:
+            # GIVEN: The language is German
+            # 0x00C3 (A with diaresis) should be sorted as "A". 0x00DF (sharp s) should be sorted as "ss".
+            mocked_get_language.return_value = 'de'
+            unsorted_list = ['Auszug', 'Aushang', '\u00C4u\u00DFerung']
+
+            # WHEN: We sort the list and use get_locale_key() to generate the sorting keys
+            sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=get_locale_key)
+
+            # THEN: We get a properly sorted list
+            self.assertEqual(['Aushang', '\u00C4u\u00DFerung', 'Auszug'], sorted_list,
+                             'Strings should be sorted properly')
+
+    def get_natural_key_test(self):
+        """
+        Test the get_natural_key(string) function
+        """
+        with patch('openlp.core.common.languagemanager.LanguageManager.get_language') as mocked_get_language:
+            # GIVEN: The language is English (a language, which sorts digits before letters)
+            mocked_get_language.return_value = 'en'
+            unsorted_list = ['item 10a', 'item 3b', '1st item']
+
+            # WHEN: We sort the list and use get_natural_key() to generate the sorting keys
+            sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=get_natural_key)
+
+            # THEN: We get a properly sorted list
+            self.assertEqual(['1st item', 'item 3b', 'item 10a'], sorted_list, 'Numbers should be sorted naturally')
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_utils.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_utils.py
index fd033cd88..0c4234a3d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_utils.py
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
 import os
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from openlp.core.utils import clean_filename, delete_file, get_filesystem_encoding, get_locale_key, \
-    get_natural_key, split_filename, _get_user_agent, get_web_page, get_uno_instance
+from openlp.core.utils import clean_filename, delete_file, get_filesystem_encoding, \
+    split_filename, _get_user_agent, get_web_page, get_uno_instance
+from openlp.core.common.languagemanager import get_locale_key, get_natural_key
 
 from tests.functional import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -179,38 +180,6 @@ class TestUtils(TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(mocked_log.exception.call_count, 1)
             self.assertFalse(result, 'delete_file should return False when os.remove raises an OSError')
 
-    def get_locale_key_test(self):
-        """
-        Test the get_locale_key(string) function
-        """
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.languagemanager.LanguageManager.get_language') as mocked_get_language:
-            # GIVEN: The language is German
-            # 0x00C3 (A with diaresis) should be sorted as "A". 0x00DF (sharp s) should be sorted as "ss".
-            mocked_get_language.return_value = 'de'
-            unsorted_list = ['Auszug', 'Aushang', '\u00C4u\u00DFerung']
-
-            # WHEN: We sort the list and use get_locale_key() to generate the sorting keys
-            sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=get_locale_key)
-
-            # THEN: We get a properly sorted list
-            self.assertEqual(['Aushang', '\u00C4u\u00DFerung', 'Auszug'], sorted_list,
-                             'Strings should be sorted properly')
-
-    def get_natural_key_test(self):
-        """
-        Test the get_natural_key(string) function
-        """
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.languagemanager.LanguageManager.get_language') as mocked_get_language:
-            # GIVEN: The language is English (a language, which sorts digits before letters)
-            mocked_get_language.return_value = 'en'
-            unsorted_list = ['item 10a', 'item 3b', '1st item']
-
-            # WHEN: We sort the list and use get_natural_key() to generate the sorting keys
-            sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=get_natural_key)
-
-            # THEN: We get a properly sorted list
-            self.assertEqual(['1st item', 'item 3b', 'item 10a'], sorted_list, 'Numbers should be sorted naturally')
-
     def get_uno_instance_pipe_test(self):
         """
         Test that when the UNO connection type is "pipe" the resolver is given the "pipe" URI