diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py
index b7afeef9e..3137e2baa 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ class EasySlidesImport(SongImport):
         try:
             self.parse_author(str(writer))
         except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
-            print(e)
             log.exception('Unicode decode error while decoding Writer')
             self._success = False