diff --git a/terminatorlib/plugins/activitywatch.py b/terminatorlib/plugins/activitywatch.py
index de474a08..6743233f 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/plugins/activitywatch.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/plugins/activitywatch.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ try:
     # This is inside this try so we only make the plugin available if pynotify
     #  is present on this computer.
     AVAILABLE = ['ActivityWatch', 'InactivityWatch']
-except ImportError:
-    err(_('ActivityWatch plugin unavailable: please install python-notify'))
+except (ImportError, ValueError):
+    err('ActivityWatch plugin unavailable as we cannot import Notify')
 
 config = Config()
 inactive_period = float(config.plugin_get('InactivityWatch', 'inactive_period',
diff --git a/terminatorlib/window.py b/terminatorlib/window.py
index e27bc1b3..d2e558d3 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/window.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/window.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ if display_manager() == 'X11':
         gi.require_version('Keybinder', '3.0')
         from gi.repository import Keybinder
         Keybinder.init()
-    except ImportError:
-        err('Warning: python-keybinder is not installed. This means the \
+    except (ImportError, ValueError):
+        err('Unable to load Keybinder module. This means the \
 hide_window shortcut will be unavailable')
 
 # pylint: disable-msg=R0904