diff --git a/modules/plex.py b/modules/plex.py
index 950be3ae..ada0a7b2 100644
--- a/modules/plex.py
+++ b/modules/plex.py
@@ -1837,8 +1837,9 @@ class Plex(Library):
                 has_match = False
                 for reg in filter_data:
                     for name in attrs:
-                        if re.compile(reg).search(name):
-                            has_match = True
+                        if isinstance(name, str):
+                            if re.compile(reg).search(name):
+                                has_match = True
                 if has_match is False:
                     return False
             elif (not list(set(filter_data) & set(attrs)) and modifier == "") \
diff --git a/plex_meta_manager.py b/plex_meta_manager.py
index 29e8f952..5be0f7cd 100644
--- a/plex_meta_manager.py
+++ b/plex_meta_manager.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def start(attrs):
     required_version = None
     if not is_docker and not is_linuxserver:
         try:
-            with open("requirements.txt", "r") as file:
+            with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "requirements.txt")), "r") as file:
                 required_version = next(ln.strip()[9:] for ln in file.readlines() if ln.strip().startswith("PlexAPI=="))
         except FileNotFoundError:
             logger.error("    File Error: requirements.txt not found")