diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py
index 8dc7deb5e..4771ce7ce 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 """
 The :mod:`songbeamer` module provides the functionality for importing SongBeamer songs into the OpenLP database.
 """
-import chardet
-import codecs
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ class SongBeamerImport(SongImport):
                 # The encoding should only be ANSI (cp1252), UTF-8, Unicode, Big-Endian-Unicode.
                 # So if it doesn't start with 'u' we default to cp1252. See:
                 # https://forum.songbeamer.com/viewtopic.php?p=419&sid=ca4814924e37c11e4438b7272a98b6f2
-                if self.input_file_encoding.lower().startswith('u'):
+                if not self.input_file_encoding.lower().startswith('u'):
                     self.input_file_encoding = 'cp1252'
                 infile = open(import_file, 'rt', encoding=self.input_file_encoding)
                 song_data = infile.readlines()
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songbeamerimport.py b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songbeamerimport.py
index 0e3ff059d..7a9266b44 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songbeamerimport.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songbeamerimport.py
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class TestSongBeamerFileImport(SongImportTestHelper):
         self.file_import([os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'Lobsinget dem Herrn.sng')],
                          self.load_external_result_data(os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'Lobsinget dem Herrn.json')))
 
+    def test_cp1252_encoded_file(self):
+        """
+        Test that a CP1252 encoded file get's decoded properly.
+        """
+        self.file_import([os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'cp1252song.sng')],
+                         self.load_external_result_data(os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'cp1252song.json')))
+
 
 class TestSongBeamerImport(TestCase):
     """
diff --git a/tests/resources/songbeamersongs/cp1252song.json b/tests/resources/songbeamersongs/cp1252song.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e92d7038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/songbeamersongs/cp1252song.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+"title": "Some Song",
+ "authors": ["Author"],
+ "verses" : [
+   ["Here are a couple of \"weird\" chars’’’.\n", "v"],
+   ["Here is another one….\n\n", "v"]
+ ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/resources/songbeamersongs/cp1252song.sng b/tests/resources/songbeamersongs/cp1252song.sng
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1288e731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/songbeamersongs/cp1252song.sng
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#LangCount=1
+#Editor=SongBeamer 4.28a
+#Version=3
+#Format=F/K//
+#TitleFormat=U
+#Title=Some Song
+#Author=Author
+#Melody=Author
+#(c)=No copyright
+#CCLI=0000000000
+---
+Here are a couple of "weird" chars’’’.
+---
+Here is another one….
+