diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyNtfy.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyNtfy.py
index 87587c04..2aaae201 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyNtfy.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyNtfy.py
@@ -453,10 +453,6 @@ class NotifyNtfy(NotifyBase):
             'User-Agent': self.app_id,
         }
 
-        # Some default values for our request object to which we'll update
-        # depending on what our payload is
-        files = None
-
         # See https://ntfy.sh/docs/publish/#publish-as-json
         data = {}
 
@@ -494,11 +490,23 @@ class NotifyNtfy(NotifyBase):
             data['topic'] = topic
             virt_payload = data
 
+            if self.attach:
+                virt_payload['attach'] = self.attach
+
+                if self.filename:
+                    virt_payload['filename'] = self.filename
+
         else:
             # Point our payload to our parameters
             virt_payload = params
             notify_url += '/{topic}'.format(topic=topic)
 
+            # Prepare our Header
+            virt_payload['filename'] = attach.name
+
+            with open(attach.path, 'rb') as fp:
+                data = fp.read()
+
         if image_url:
             headers['X-Icon'] = image_url
 
@@ -523,18 +531,6 @@ class NotifyNtfy(NotifyBase):
         if self.__tags:
             headers['X-Tags'] = ",".join(self.__tags)
 
-        if isinstance(attach, AttachBase):
-            # Prepare our Header
-            params['filename'] = attach.name
-
-            # prepare our files object
-            files = {'file': (attach.name, open(attach.path, 'rb'))}
-
-        elif self.attach is not None:
-            data['attach'] = self.attach
-            if self.filename is not None:
-                data['filename'] = self.filename
-
         self.logger.debug('ntfy POST URL: %s (cert_verify=%r)' % (
             notify_url, self.verify_certificate,
         ))
@@ -547,13 +543,18 @@ class NotifyNtfy(NotifyBase):
         # Default response type
         response = None
 
+        if data:
+            data = data if attach else dumps(data)
+
+        else:  # not data:
+            data = None
+
         try:
             r = requests.post(
                 notify_url,
                 params=params if params else None,
-                data=dumps(data) if data else None,
+                data=data,
                 headers=headers,
-                files=files,
                 auth=auth,
                 verify=self.verify_certificate,
                 timeout=self.request_timeout,
@@ -608,7 +609,6 @@ class NotifyNtfy(NotifyBase):
                     notify_url) + 'notification.'
             )
             self.logger.debug('Socket Exception: %s' % str(e))
-            return False, response
 
         except (OSError, IOError) as e:
             self.logger.warning(
@@ -616,13 +616,8 @@ class NotifyNtfy(NotifyBase):
                     attach.name if isinstance(attach, AttachBase)
                     else virt_payload))
             self.logger.debug('I/O Exception: %s' % str(e))
-            return False, response
 
-        finally:
-            # Close our file (if it's open) stored in the second element
-            # of our files tuple (index 1)
-            if files:
-                files['file'][1].close()
+        return False, response
 
     def url(self, privacy=False, *args, **kwargs):
         """