diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py
index 64b94774..01214808 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyPushover.py
@@ -288,9 +288,8 @@ class NotifyPushover(NotifyBase):
         self.sound = NotifyPushover.default_pushover_sound \
             if not isinstance(sound, str) else sound.lower()
         if self.sound and self.sound not in PUSHOVER_SOUNDS:
-            msg = 'The sound specified ({}) is invalid.'.format(sound)
-            self.logger.warning(msg)
-            raise TypeError(msg)
+            msg = 'Using custom sound specified ({}). '.format(sound)
+            self.logger.debug(msg)
 
         # The Priority of the message
         self.priority = int(
diff --git a/test/test_plugin_pushover.py b/test/test_plugin_pushover.py
index df48e65e..667fe683 100644
--- a/test/test_plugin_pushover.py
+++ b/test/test_plugin_pushover.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ apprise_url_tests = (
     ('pover://%s' % ('a' * 30), {
         'instance': TypeError,
     }),
-    # API Key + invalid sound setting
-    ('pover://%s@%s?sound=invalid' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
-        'instance': TypeError,
+    # API Key + custom sound setting
+    ('pover://%s@%s?sound=mysound' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {
+        'instance': NotifyPushover,
     }),
     # API Key + valid alternate sound picked
     ('pover://%s@%s?sound=spacealarm' % ('u' * 30, 'a' * 30), {