diff --git a/elodie/media/base.py b/elodie/media/base.py
index 702a289..73b662a 100644
--- a/elodie/media/base.py
+++ b/elodie/media/base.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Base(object):
         if(not self.is_valid()):
             return None
 
-        if(self.metadata is not None and update_cache is False):
+        if(isinstance(self.metadata, dict) and update_cache is False):
             return self.metadata
 
         source = self.source
diff --git a/elodie/media/text.py b/elodie/media/text.py
index 8cd1aa5..a5b5ed5 100644
--- a/elodie/media/text.py
+++ b/elodie/media/text.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class Text(Base):
 
     def get_album(self):
         self.parse_metadata_line()
-        if not self.metadata_line or 'album' not in self.metadata_line:
+        if(not isinstance(self.metadata_line, dict) or
+                'album' not in self.metadata_line):
             return None
 
         return self.metadata_line['album']
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ class Text(Base):
         self.parse_metadata_line()
 
         # We return the value if found in metadata
-        if self.metadata_line and 'date_taken' in self.metadata_line:
+        if(isinstance(self.metadata_line, dict) and
+                'date_taken' in self.metadata_line):
             return time.gmtime(self.metadata_line['date_taken'])
 
         # If there's no date_taken in the metadata we return
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ class Text(Base):
     def get_title(self):
         self.parse_metadata_line()
 
-        if not self.metadata_line or 'title' not in self.metadata_line:
+        if(not isinstance(self.metadata_line, dict) or
+                'title' not in self.metadata_line):
             return None
 
         return self.metadata_line['title']
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ class Text(Base):
         return status
 
     def parse_metadata_line(self):
-        if self.metadata_line:
+        if isinstance(self.metadata_line, dict):
             return self.metadata_line
 
         source = self.source
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ class Text(Base):
         # Check if self.metadata_line is set and use that instead
         metadata_line = {}
         has_metadata = False
-        if self.metadata_line:
+        if isinstance(self.metadata_line, dict):
             metadata_line = self.metadata_line
             has_metadata = True
 
diff --git a/elodie/media/video.py b/elodie/media/video.py
index d5652d4..c4b517d 100644
--- a/elodie/media/video.py
+++ b/elodie/media/video.py
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ class Video(Media):
             #   clobbers it
             source_media = Base.get_class_by_file(source, [self.__class__])
             source_metadata = source_media.get_metadata()
-            if(source_metadata['album'] is not None):
+            if(isinstance(source_metadata, dict) and
+                    source_metadata['album'] is not None):
                 check_media.set_album(source_metadata['album'])
 
             # Copy file information from original source to temporary file
diff --git a/elodie/tests/media/text_test.py b/elodie/tests/media/text_test.py
index 4e82e7c..2cc5bdd 100644
--- a/elodie/tests/media/text_test.py
+++ b/elodie/tests/media/text_test.py
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ def test_get_date_taken():
 
     assert date_taken == helper.time_convert((2016, 4, 7, 11, 15, 26, 3, 98, 0)), date_taken
 
+def test_get_date_taken_from_invalid():
+    origin = helper.get_file('valid-without-header.txt')
+    text = Text(origin)
+    text.get_metadata()
+
+    date_taken = text.get_date_taken()
+
+    seconds_since_epoch = min(
+        os.path.getmtime(origin),
+        os.path.getctime(origin)
+    )
+    expected_date_taken = time.gmtime(seconds_since_epoch)
+
+    assert date_taken == expected_date_taken, date_taken
+
 def test_set_album():
     temporary_folder, folder = helper.create_working_folder()