diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songshowplus.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songshowplus.py
index d9a205e22..23aa5173b 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songshowplus.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songshowplus.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class SongShowPlusImport(SongImport):
             song_data = open(file, 'rb')
             while True:
                 block_key, = struct.unpack("I", song_data.read(4))
+                log.debug('block_key: %d' % block_key)
                 # The file ends with 4 NULL's
                 if block_key == 0:
                     break
@@ -116,7 +117,13 @@ class SongShowPlusImport(SongImport):
                     null, verse_name_length, = struct.unpack("BB", song_data.read(2))
                     verse_name = self.decode(song_data.read(verse_name_length))
                 length_descriptor_size, = struct.unpack("B", song_data.read(1))
-                log.debug(length_descriptor_size)
+                log.debug('length_descriptor_size: %d' % length_descriptor_size)
+                # In the case of song_numbers the number is in the data from the
+                # current position to the next block starts
+                if block_key == SONG_NUMBER:
+                    sn_bytes = song_data.read(length_descriptor_size - 1)
+                    self.song_number = int.from_bytes(sn_bytes, byteorder='little')
+                    continue
                 # Detect if/how long the length descriptor is
                 if length_descriptor_size == 12 or length_descriptor_size == 20:
                     length_descriptor, = struct.unpack("I", song_data.read(4))
@@ -126,8 +133,9 @@ class SongShowPlusImport(SongImport):
                     length_descriptor = 0
                 else:
                     length_descriptor, = struct.unpack("B", song_data.read(1))
-                log.debug(length_descriptor_size)
+                log.debug('length_descriptor: %d' % length_descriptor)
                 data = song_data.read(length_descriptor)
+                log.debug(data)
                 if block_key == TITLE:
                     self.title = self.decode(data)
                 elif block_key == AUTHOR:
@@ -164,8 +172,6 @@ class SongShowPlusImport(SongImport):
                         self.ssp_verse_order_list.append(verse_tag)
                 elif block_key == SONG_BOOK:
                     self.song_book_name = self.decode(data)
-                elif block_key == SONG_NUMBER:
-                    self.song_number = ord(data)
                 elif block_key == CUSTOM_VERSE:
                     verse_tag = self.to_openlp_verse_tag(verse_name)
                     self.add_verse(self.decode(data), verse_tag)
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songshowplusimport.py b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songshowplusimport.py
index ec86eca07..a96f21a47 100644
--- a/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songshowplusimport.py
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_songshowplusimport.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class TestSongShowPlusFileImport(SongImportTestHelper):
                          self.load_external_result_data(os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'Beautiful Garden Of Prayer.json')))
         self.file_import([os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'a mighty fortress is our god.sbsong')],
                          self.load_external_result_data(os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'a mighty fortress is our god.json')))
+        self.file_import([os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'cleanse-me.sbsong')],
+                         self.load_external_result_data(os.path.join(TEST_PATH, 'cleanse-me.json')))
 
 
 class TestSongShowPlusImport(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/resources/songshowplussongs/cleanse-me.json b/tests/resources/songshowplussongs/cleanse-me.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c88b434f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/songshowplussongs/cleanse-me.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+    "authors": [
+        "J. Edwin Orr"
+    ],
+    "ccli_number": 56307,
+    "comments": "",
+    "copyright": "Public Domain ",
+    "song_book_name": "",
+    "song_number": 438,
+    "title": "Cleanse Me [438]",
+    "topics": [
+        "Cleansing",
+        "Communion",
+        "Consecration",
+        "Holiness",
+        "Holy Spirit",
+        "Revival"
+    ],
+    "verse_order_list": [],
+    "verses": [
+        [
+            "Search me, O God,\r\nAnd know my heart today;\r\nTry me, O Savior,\r\nKnow my thoughts, I pray.\r\nSee if there be\r\nSome wicked way in me;\r\nCleanse me from every sin\r\nAnd set me free.",
+            "v1"
+        ],
+        [
+            "I praise Thee, Lord,\r\nFor cleansing me from sin;\r\nFulfill Thy Word,\r\nAnd make me pure within.\r\nFill me with fire\r\nWhere once I burned with shame;\r\nGrant my desire\r\nTo magnify Thy name.",
+            "v2"
+        ],
+        [
+            "Lord, take my life,\r\nAnd make it wholly Thine;\r\nFill my poor heart\r\nWith Thy great love divine.\r\nTake all my will,\r\nMy passion, self and pride;\r\nI now surrender, Lord\r\nIn me abide.",
+            "v3"
+        ],
+        [
+            "O Holy Ghost,\r\nRevival comes from Thee;\r\nSend a revival,\r\nStart the work in me.\r\nThy Word declares\r\nThou wilt supply our need;\r\nFor blessings now,\r\nO Lord, I humbly plead.",
+            "v4"
+        ]
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/resources/songshowplussongs/cleanse-me.sbsong b/tests/resources/songshowplussongs/cleanse-me.sbsong
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa9915f8e
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