diff --git a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py
index 78e9dcc63..df72514fa 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/__init__.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def update_reference_separators():
     default_separators = [
         '|'.join([
             translate('BiblesPlugin', ':', 'Verse identifier e.g. Genesis 1 : 1 = Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 1'),
-            translate('BiblesPlugin', 'v','Verse identifier e.g. Genesis 1 v 1 = Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 1'),
+            translate('BiblesPlugin', 'v', 'Verse identifier e.g. Genesis 1 v 1 = Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 1'),
             translate('BiblesPlugin', 'V', 'Verse identifier e.g. Genesis 1 V 1 = Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 1'),
             translate('BiblesPlugin', 'verse', 'Verse identifier e.g. Genesis 1 verse 1 = Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 1'),
             translate('BiblesPlugin', 'verses',
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py
index b9df92961..523bc5763 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Presentationmanager song files into the current database.
 """
 
 import os
+import re
 import chardet
 from lxml import objectify, etree
 
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ class PresentationManagerImport(SongImport):
                 # Try to detect encoding and use it
                 file = open(file_path, mode='rb')
                 encoding = chardet.detect(file.read())['encoding']
-                tree = etree.parse(file_path, parser=etree.XMLParser(recover=True, encoding=encoding))
+                file.close()
+                # Open file with detected encoding and remove encoding declaration
+                text = open(file_path, mode='r', encoding=encoding).read()
+                text = re.sub('.+\?>\n', '', text)
+                tree = etree.fromstring(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(recover=True))
             root = objectify.fromstring(etree.tostring(tree))
             self.process_song(root)