diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
index e104f4022..99b0e8bc7 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/__init__.py
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ def get_text_file_string(text_file):
     content_string = None
     try:
         file_handle = open(text_file, u'r')
+        if not file_handle.read(3) == '\xEF\xBB\xBF':
+            # no BOM was found
+            file_handle.seek(0)
         content = file_handle.read()
         content_string = content.decode(u'utf-8')
     except (IOError, UnicodeError):
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/csvbible.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/csvbible.py
index 6735a7344..55feae7d4 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/csvbible.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/csvbible.py
@@ -28,17 +28,7 @@
 The :mod:`cvsbible` modules provides a facility to import bibles from a set of
 CSV files.
 
-The module expects two mandatory files containing the books and the verses and
-will accept an optional third file containing the testaments.
-
-The format of the testament file is:
-
-    <testament_id>,<testament_name>
-
-    For example:
-
-        1,Old Testament
-        2,New Testament
+The module expects two mandatory files containing the books and the verses.
 
 The format of the books file is:
 
@@ -110,6 +100,9 @@ class CSVBible(BibleDB):
         try:
             details = get_file_encoding(self.booksfile)
             books_file = open(self.booksfile, 'r')
+            if not books_file.read(3) == '\xEF\xBB\xBF':
+                # no BOM was found
+                books_file.seek(0)
             books_reader = csv.reader(books_file, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
             for line in books_reader:
                 if self.stop_import_flag:
@@ -144,6 +137,9 @@ class CSVBible(BibleDB):
             book_ptr = None
             details = get_file_encoding(self.versesfile)
             verse_file = open(self.versesfile, 'rb')
+            if not verse_file.read(3) == '\xEF\xBB\xBF':
+                # no BOM was found
+                verse_file.seek(0)
             verse_reader = csv.reader(verse_file, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
             for line in verse_reader:
                 if self.stop_import_flag:
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/osis.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/osis.py
index b802cda85..d4d797513 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/osis.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/osis.py
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ class OSISBible(BibleDB):
             fbibles = open(filepath, u'r')
             for line in fbibles:
                 book = line.split(u',')
-                self.books[book[0]] = (book[1].lstrip().rstrip(),
-                    book[2].lstrip().rstrip())
+                self.books[book[0]] = (book[1].strip(), book[2].strip())
         except IOError:
             log.exception(u'OSIS bible import failed')
         finally:
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/cclifileimport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/cclifileimport.py
index 624256290..e9b1aa925 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/cclifileimport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/cclifileimport.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class CCLIFileImport(SongImport):
                     details = chardet.detect(detect_content)
                 detect_file.close()
                 infile = codecs.open(filename, u'r', details['encoding'])
+                if not infile.read(3) == '\xEF\xBB\xBF':
+                    # not UTF or no BOM was found
+                    infile.seek(0)
                 lines = infile.readlines()
                 infile.close()
                 ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]