diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/rendermanager.py b/openlp/core/lib/rendermanager.py
index d35495dbc..034abff49 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/rendermanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/rendermanager.py
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@ class RenderManager(object):
         self.renderer.set_theme(themedata)
         self.build_text_rectangle(themedata)
         self.renderer.set_frame_dest(self.width, self.height, True)
-        verse = []
-        verse.append(u'Amazing Grace!')
-        verse.append(u'How sweet the sound')
-        verse.append(u'To save a wretch like me;')
-        verse.append(u'I once was lost but now am found,')
-        verse.append(u'Was blind, but now I see.')
+        verse = u'Amazing Grace!\n'\
+        'How sweet the sound\n'\
+        'To save a wretch like me;\n'\
+        'I once was lost but now am found,\n'\
+        'Was blind, but now I see.'
         footer = []
         footer.append(u'Amazing Grace (John Newton)' )
         footer.append(u'Public Domain')
         footer.append(u'CCLI xxx')
-        return self.renderer.generate_frame_from_lines(verse, footer)
+        formatted = self.renderer.format_slide(verse, False)
+        return self.renderer.generate_frame_from_lines(formatted[0], footer)
 
     def format_slide(self, words):
         """
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
index 69983764d..a72d242d7 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ServiceItem(object):
                         lines += line + u'\n'
                     title = lines.split(u'\n')[0]
                     self._display_frames.append({u'title': title, u'text': lines})
-                log.info(u'Formatting took %4s' % (time.time() - before))
+                log.log(15, u'Formatting took %4s' % (time.time() - before))
         elif self.service_item_type == ServiceItemType.Image:
             for slide in self._raw_frames:
                 slide[u'image'] = \
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py b/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
index 8208056f7..b5d02a4fe 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ class SlideController(QtGui.QWidget):
         """
         Blank the screen.
         """
-        if self.serviceItem.is_command():
+        if self.serviceItem and self.serviceItem.is_command():
             if blanked:
                 Receiver().send_message(u'%s_blank'% self.serviceItem.name.lower())
             else: