diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py
index 907a6c90f..2ae489208 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyslides.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class EasySlidesImport(SongImport):
 
     def do_import(self):
         log.info('Importing EasySlides XML file {source}'.format(source=self.import_source))
-        parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True)
+        parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True, recover=True)
         parsed_file = etree.parse(self.import_source, parser)
         xml = etree.tostring(parsed_file).decode()
         song_xml = objectify.fromstring(xml)