diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f518021..094dc16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### [0.8.1](Unreleased)
 
 #### Fixed
+- fix: error when there is __init__.py in the migration folder (#272)
 - Setting null=false on m2m field causes migration to fail. (#334)
 - Fix NonExistentKey when running `aerich init` without `[tool]` section in config file. (#284)
 - Fix configuration file reading error when containing Chinese characters. (#286)
diff --git a/aerich/migrate.py b/aerich/migrate.py
index 5429ac8..3158b93 100644
--- a/aerich/migrate.py
+++ b/aerich/migrate.py
@@ -54,10 +54,18 @@ class Migrate:
 
     @classmethod
     def get_all_version_files(cls) -> List[str]:
-        return sorted(
-            filter(lambda x: x.endswith("py"), os.listdir(cls.migrate_location)),
-            key=lambda x: int(x.split("_")[0]),
-        )
+        def get_file_version(file_name: str) -> str:
+            return file_name.split("_")[0]
+
+        def is_version_file(file_name: str) -> bool:
+            if not file_name.endswith("py"):
+                return False
+            if "_" not in file_name:
+                return False
+            return get_file_version(file_name).isdigit()
+
+        files = filter(is_version_file, os.listdir(cls.migrate_location))
+        return sorted(files, key=lambda x: int(get_file_version(x)))
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_model(cls, model: str) -> Type[Model]:
diff --git a/tests/test_migrate.py b/tests/test_migrate.py
index 1f7802a..6cb1d33 100644
--- a/tests/test_migrate.py
+++ b/tests/test_migrate.py
@@ -1054,6 +1054,30 @@ def test_sort_all_version_files(mocker):
     ]
 
 
+def test_sort_files_containing_non_migrations(mocker):
+    mocker.patch(
+        "os.listdir",
+        return_value=[
+            "1_datetime_update.py",
+            "11_datetime_update.py",
+            "10_datetime_update.py",
+            "2_datetime_update.py",
+            "not_a_migration.py",
+            "999.py",
+            "123foo_not_a_migration.py",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    Migrate.migrate_location = "."
+
+    assert Migrate.get_all_version_files() == [
+        "1_datetime_update.py",
+        "2_datetime_update.py",
+        "10_datetime_update.py",
+        "11_datetime_update.py",
+    ]
+
+
 async def test_empty_migration(mocker, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     mocker.patch("os.listdir", return_value=[])
     Migrate.app = "foo"