diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6b948ef..8810f26a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,25 +79,6 @@ You may get the entire [FreePDK45 PDK here][FreePDK45].
 If you are using [SCMOS], you should install [Magic] and [Netgen].
 We have included the most recent SCN4M_SUBM design rules from [Qflow].
 
-## Docker Image
-
-**WARNING! Some OpenRAM dependency tools installed in the Docker image are out-of-date.**
-
-We have a pre-configured Ubuntu [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) image
-available that has all tools installed for the [SCMOS] process. It is
-available at [docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/vlsida/openram-ubuntu).
-Please see 
-[our README.md](https://github.com/VLSIDA/openram-docker-images/blob/master/README.md)
-for information on how to use this docker image.
-
-## Vagrant Image
-
-We have a pre-configured Ubuntu [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) image
-available that has all tools installed for the [SCMOS] process. 
-Please see 
-[our README.md](https://github.com/VLSIDA/openram-vagrant-image/blob/master/README.md)
-for information on how to use this image.
-
 # Basic Usage
 
 Once you have defined the environment, you can run OpenRAM from the command line 
@@ -142,7 +123,6 @@ python3 $OPENRAM_HOME/openram.py myconfig
 You can see all of the options for the configuration file in
 $OPENRAM\_HOME/options.py
 
-
 # Unit Tests
 
 Regression testing  performs a number of tests for all modules in OpenRAM.
diff --git a/compiler/globals.py b/compiler/globals.py
index 1fce6acd..968de520 100644
--- a/compiler/globals.py
+++ b/compiler/globals.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import re
 import copy
 import importlib
 
-VERSION = "1.1.7"
+VERSION = "1.1.8"
 NAME = "OpenRAM v{}".format(VERSION)
 USAGE = "openram.py [options] <config file>\nUse -h for help.\n"
 
@@ -295,6 +295,14 @@ def read_config(config_file, is_unit_test=True):
     dir_name = os.path.dirname(config_file)
     module_name = os.path.basename(config_file)
 
+    # Check that the module name adheres to Python's module naming conventions.
+    # This will assist the user in interpreting subsequent errors in loading
+    # the module. Valid Python module naming is described here:
+    #   https://docs.python.org/3/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-import-statement
+    if not module_name.isidentifier():
+        debug.error("Configuration file name is not a valid Python module name: "
+                    "{0}. It should be a valid identifier.".format(module_name))
+
     # Prepend the path to avoid if we are using the example config
     sys.path.insert(0, dir_name)
     # Import the configuration file of which modules to use