diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5a120db9..a4f08195f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-11-26 Jim Sack <jgsack@san.rr.com>
+	* src/plugins/ReadPkg.py : #1096 add isfile() before remove()
+        Note: this may be part a larger "relative path" problem 
+
 2007-11-25 Jim Sack <jgsack@san.rr.com>
 	* src/Utils.py : add get_empty_tempdir() and rm_tempdir()
 	* src/ArgHandler.py : use get_empty_tempdir, etc
diff --git a/src/plugins/ReadPkg.py b/src/plugins/ReadPkg.py
index 9f3b41540..abe4c1b97 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ReadPkg.py
+++ b/src/plugins/ReadPkg.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ def impData(database, name, cb=None, cl=0):
     else:    # tempdir exists and writable -- clean it up if not empty
         files = os.listdir(tmpdir_path) ;
         for filename in files:
-            os.remove(os.path.join(tmpdir_path, filename))
+             if os.path.isfile(filename):
+                os.remove(os.path.join(tmpdir_path, filename))
 
     try:
         archive = tarfile.open(name)
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ def impData(database, name, cb=None, cl=0):
     importer = gramps_db_reader_factory(const.APP_GRAMPS_XML)
     importer(database, imp_db_name, cb)
 
+    # (it's not really a "tempdir" --Note this code may be in-flux?)
     # Clean up tempdir after ourselves
     #     THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED, because now we want to keep images
     #     stay after the import is over. Just delete the XML file.