diff --git a/util/import_photos.py b/util/import_photos.py
index d405f8e..84978a4 100644
--- a/util/import_photos.py
+++ b/util/import_photos.py
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ def process_pictures():
     Return a dict for each image processed for database collection.
     """
     # walk every pic
+    # We only care about files in the root of the path
+    # Ignore any nested directories
+    (root, _, filenames) = next(walk(argv[1], topdown=True), (None, None, []))
+    for filename in filenames:
+        # skip any non-image files
+        if not filetype.image_match(path.join(root, filename)):
+            continue
     # process it with imagemagick
     # move them to the processed folder
     # update the database