diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/manager.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/manager.py
index ff9231fe2..dc275cc98 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/manager.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/manager.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class SongManager():
         settings.beginGroup(u'songs')
         self.db_url = u''
         db_type = unicode(
-            settings.value(u'songs/db type', u'sqlite').toString())
+            settings.value(u'songs/db type', QtCore.QVariant(u'sqlite')).toString())
         if db_type == u'sqlite':
             self.db_url = u'sqlite:///%s/songs.sqlite' % \
                 AppLocation.get_section_data_path(u'songs')