diff --git a/examples/playbook/hosts b/examples/playbook/hosts
index d507a38a..2fbb50c4 100644
--- a/examples/playbook/hosts
+++ b/examples/playbook/hosts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-#localhost
-z
+localhost
diff --git a/examples/playbook/issue_113.yml b/examples/playbook/issue_113.yml
index b28396a6..c6111243 100644
--- a/examples/playbook/issue_113.yml
+++ b/examples/playbook/issue_113.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-
+---
 
 - hosts: all
+  gather_facts: false
   tasks:
+
   - name: Get auth token
     uri:
       url: "https://httpbin.org/post"
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@
     register: r_token
     no_log: false
     run_once: true
-    delegate_to: localhost
-
-
+    register: foo
 
+  - assert:
+      that: foo.status == 200
diff --git a/mitogen/core.py b/mitogen/core.py
index 57791423..ad0ef46d 100644
--- a/mitogen/core.py
+++ b/mitogen/core.py
@@ -452,6 +452,16 @@ class Importer(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return 'Importer()'
 
+    def builtin_find_module(self, fullname):
+        parent, _, modname = fullname.rpartition('.')
+        if parent:
+            path = sys.modules[parent].__path__
+        else:
+            path = None
+        fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module(modname, path)
+        if fp:
+            fp.close()
+
     def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
         if hasattr(_tls, 'running'):
             return None
@@ -473,7 +483,7 @@ class Importer(object):
                 return None
 
             try:
-                __import__(fullname, {}, {}, [''])
+                self.builtin_find_module(fullname)
                 _v and LOG.debug('%r: %r is available locally', self, fullname)
             except ImportError:
                 _v and LOG.debug('find_module(%r) returning self', fullname)
@@ -483,7 +493,7 @@ class Importer(object):
 
     def _refuse_imports(self, fullname):
         if is_blacklisted_import(self, fullname):
-            raise ImportError('Refused')
+            raise ImportError('Refused: ' + fullname)
 
         f = sys._getframe(2)
         requestee = f.f_globals['__name__']