diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/zionworximport.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/zionworximport.py
index bf68cdf3d..8f83c4509 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/zionworximport.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/zionworximport.py
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ class ZionWorxImport(SongImport):
         """
         Receive a CSV file (from a ZionWorx database dump) to import.
         """
+        # Used to strip control chars (10=LF, 13=CR, 127=DEL)
+        self.control_chars_map = dict.fromkeys(
+            range(10) + [11, 12] + range(14,32) + [127])
         with open(self.importSource, 'rb') as songs_file:
             fieldnames = [u'SongNum', u'Title1', u'Title2', u'Lyrics',
                 u'Writer', u'Copyright', u'Keywords', u'DefaultStyle']
@@ -131,9 +134,9 @@ class ZionWorxImport(SongImport):
 
     def _decode(self, str):
         """
-        Decodes CSV input to unicode.
-
-        This encoding choice seems OK. ZionWorx has no option for setting the
-        encoding for its songs, so we assume encoding is always the same.
+        Decodes CSV input to unicode, stripping all control characters (except
+        new lines).
         """
-        return unicode(str, u'cp1252')
+        # This encoding choice seems OK. ZionWorx has no option for setting the
+        # encoding for its songs, so we assume encoding is always the same.
+        return unicode(str, u'cp1252').translate(self.control_chars_map)