diff --git a/apprise/attachment/base.py b/apprise/attachment/base.py
index 4fa70806bf..9cec8ba386 100644
--- a/apprise/attachment/base.py
+++ b/apprise/attachment/base.py
@@ -269,25 +269,26 @@ def exists(self, retrieve_if_missing=True):
         cache = self.template_args['cache']['default'] \
             if self.cache is None else self.cache
 
-        if self.download_path and os.path.isfile(self.download_path) \
-                and cache:
-
-            # We have enough reason to look further into our cached content
-            # and verify it has not expired.
-            if cache is True:
-                # return our fixed content as is; we will always cache it
-                return True
+        try:
+            if self.download_path and os.path.isfile(self.download_path) \
+                    and cache:
 
-            # Verify our cache time to determine whether we will get our
-            # content again.
-            try:
-                age_in_sec = time.time() - os.stat(self.download_path).st_mtime
-                if age_in_sec <= cache:
+                # We have enough reason to look further into our cached content
+                # and verify it has not expired.
+                if cache is True:
+                    # return our fixed content as is; we will always cache it
                     return True
 
-            except (OSError, IOError):
-                # The file is not present
-                pass
+                # Verify our cache time to determine whether we will get our
+                # content again.
+                    age_in_sec = \
+                        time.time() - os.stat(self.download_path).st_mtime
+                    if age_in_sec <= cache:
+                        return True
+
+        except (OSError, IOError):
+            # The file is not present
+            pass
 
         return False if not retrieve_if_missing else self.download()
 
diff --git a/test/test_attach_file.py b/test/test_attach_file.py
index 8c3697846d..f5ece72900 100644
--- a/test/test_attach_file.py
+++ b/test/test_attach_file.py
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ def test_attach_file():
     aa = AppriseAttachment(location=ContentLocation.HOSTED)
     assert aa.add(path) is False
 
+    response = AppriseAttachment.instantiate(path)
+    assert len(response) > 0
+
+    # Test the inability to get our file size
+    with mock.patch('os.path.getsize', side_effect=(True, OSError)):
+        assert len(response) == 0
+
 
 def test_attach_file_base64():
     """