diff --git a/apprise/utils.py b/apprise/utils.py
index 60db30b1..561a5a23 100644
--- a/apprise/utils.py
+++ b/apprise/utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@ def import_module(path, name):
 
     except Exception as e:
         # module isn't loadable
-        del sys.modules[name]
+        try:
+            del sys.modules[name]
+
+        except KeyError:
+            # nothing to clean up
+            pass
+
         module = None
 
         logger.debug(
@@ -200,6 +206,9 @@ UUID4_RE = re.compile(
     r'[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}',
     re.IGNORECASE)
 
+# Validate if we're a loadable Python file or not
+VALID_PYTHON_FILE_RE = re.compile(r'.+\.py(o|c)?$', re.IGNORECASE)
+
 # validate_regex() utilizes this mapping to track and re-use pre-complied
 # regular expressions
 REGEX_VALIDATE_LOOKUP = {}
@@ -1565,6 +1574,11 @@ def module_detection(paths, cache=True):
         # Since our plugin name can conflict (as a module) with another
         # we want to generate random strings to avoid steping on
         # another's namespace
+        if not (path and VALID_PYTHON_FILE_RE.match(path)):
+            # Ignore file/module type
+            logger.trace('Plugin Scan: Skipping %s', path)
+            return None
+
         module_name = hashlib.sha1(path.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
         module_pyname = "{prefix}.{name}".format(
             prefix='apprise.custom.module', name=module_name)
diff --git a/test/test_apprise_utils.py b/test/test_apprise_utils.py
index 6cf2eb3d..14cb6a5f 100644
--- a/test/test_apprise_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_apprise_utils.py
@@ -2015,6 +2015,21 @@ def test_parse_list():
     ])
 
 
+def test_import_module(tmpdir):
+    """utils: imort_module testing
+    """
+    # Prepare ourselves a file to work with
+    bad_file_base = tmpdir.mkdir('a')
+    bad_file = bad_file_base.join('README.md')
+    bad_file.write(cleandoc("""
+    I'm a README file, not a Python one.
+
+    I can't be loaded
+    """))
+    assert utils.import_module(str(bad_file), 'invalidfile1') is None
+    assert utils.import_module(str(bad_file_base), 'invalidfile2') is None
+
+
 def test_module_detection(tmpdir):
     """utils: test_module_detection() testing
     """
@@ -2041,13 +2056,20 @@ def test_module_detection(tmpdir):
         pass
     """))
 
+    notify_ignore = notify_hook_a_base.join('README.md')
+    notify_ignore.write(cleandoc("""
+    We're not a .py file, so this file gets gracefully skipped
+    """))
+
     # Not previously loaded
     assert 'clihook' not in common.NOTIFY_SCHEMA_MAP
 
     # load entry by string
     utils.module_detection(str(notify_hook_a))
+    utils.module_detection(str(notify_ignore))
+    utils.module_detection(str(notify_hook_a_base))
 
-    assert len(utils.PATHS_PREVIOUSLY_SCANNED) == 1
+    assert len(utils.PATHS_PREVIOUSLY_SCANNED) == 3
     assert len(common.NOTIFY_CUSTOM_MODULE_MAP) == 1
 
     # Now loaded
@@ -2057,7 +2079,7 @@ def test_module_detection(tmpdir):
     utils.module_detection([str(notify_hook_a)])
 
     # No changes to our path
-    assert len(utils.PATHS_PREVIOUSLY_SCANNED) == 1
+    assert len(utils.PATHS_PREVIOUSLY_SCANNED) == 3
     assert len(common.NOTIFY_CUSTOM_MODULE_MAP) == 1
 
     # Reset our variables for the next test