diff --git a/src/extension/debugger/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.ts b/src/extension/debugger/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.ts
index aac0d2e9..ae836d2b 100644
--- a/src/extension/debugger/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.ts
+++ b/src/extension/debugger/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,17 @@ export class PythonInlineValueProvider implements InlineValuesProvider {
             'self',
         ];
 
-        const pythonVariables: any[] = variablesRequest.variables
+        let includeTypes = ['int', 'float', 'str', 'list', 'dict', 'tuple', 'set', 'bool'];
+
+        const pythonVariables = variablesRequest.variables
             .filter((variable: any) => variable.type)
-            .map((variable: any) => variable.name);
+            .reduce((acc: { [key: string]: any }, variable: any) => {
+                acc[variable.name] = {
+                    type: variable.type,
+                    variablesReference: variable.variablesReference,
+                };
+                return acc;
+            }, {});
 
         let variableRegex = new RegExp(
             '(?:[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\.)*' + //match any number of variable names separated by '.'
@@ -91,13 +99,26 @@ export class PythonInlineValueProvider implements InlineValuesProvider {
                 if (pythonKeywords.includes(varName)) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if (pythonVariables.includes(varName.split('.')[0])) {
+                let baseVarName = varName.split('.')[0];
+                if (pythonVariables.hasOwnProperty(baseVarName)) {
                     if (varName.includes('.')) {
-                        const rng = new Range(l, match.index, l, match.index + varName.length);
-                        allValues.push(new InlineValueEvaluatableExpression(rng, varName));
+                        //Find variable name in the variable children
+                        let foundVariable = (
+                            await customRequest('variables', {
+                                variablesReference: pythonVariables[baseVarName].variablesReference,
+                            })
+                        ).variables.find((variable: any) => variable.evaluateName === varName);
+                        //Check the type of the variable before adding to the inline values
+                        if (foundVariable && includeTypes.includes(foundVariable.type)) {
+                            const rng = new Range(l, match.index, l, match.index + varName.length);
+                            allValues.push(new InlineValueEvaluatableExpression(rng, varName));
+                        }
                     } else {
-                        const rng = new Range(l, match.index, l, match.index + varName.length);
-                        allValues.push(new InlineValueVariableLookup(rng, varName, false));
+                        //Check the type of the variable before adding to the inline values
+                        if (includeTypes.includes(pythonVariables[baseVarName].type)) {
+                            const rng = new Range(l, match.index, l, match.index + varName.length);
+                            allValues.push(new InlineValueVariableLookup(rng, varName, false));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/extension/extensionInit.ts b/src/extension/extensionInit.ts
index 08db7f16..976e3405 100644
--- a/src/extension/extensionInit.ts
+++ b/src/extension/extensionInit.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export async function registerDebugger(context: IExtensionContext): Promise<IExt
 
     context.subscriptions.push(
         workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration((event: ConfigurationChangeEvent) => {
-            if (event.affectsConfiguration('debugpy')) {
+            if (event.affectsConfiguration('debugpy.showPythonInlineValues')) {
                 const showInlineValues = getConfiguration('debugpy').get<boolean>('showPythonInlineValues', false);
                 if (!showInlineValues) {
                     registerInlineValuesProviderDisposable.dispose();
diff --git a/src/test/unittest/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.unit.test.ts b/src/test/unittest/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.unit.test.ts
index 9cbdf287..53ca560c 100644
--- a/src/test/unittest/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/unittest/inlineValue/pythonInlineValueProvider.unit.test.ts
@@ -202,14 +202,35 @@ suite('Debugging - pythonInlineProvider', () => {
     });
 
     test('ProvideInlineValues function should return all the vars in the python file with self in class', async () => {
+        customRequestStub
+            .withArgs('variables', sinon.match.any)
+            .onFirstCall()
+            .resolves({
+                variables: [
+                    {
+                        name: 'self',
+                        value: '<__main__.Person object at 0x10b223310>',
+                        type: 'Person',
+                        evaluateName: 'self',
+                        variablesReference: 5,
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
         customRequestStub.withArgs('variables', sinon.match.any).resolves({
             variables: [
                 {
-                    name: 'self',
-                    value: '<__main__.Person object at 0x10b223310>',
-                    type: 'Person',
-                    evaluateName: 'self',
-                    variablesReference: 5,
+                    name: 'name',
+                    value: "'John'",
+                    type: 'str',
+                    evaluateName: 'self.name',
+                    variablesReference: 0,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'age',
+                    value: '25',
+                    type: 'int',
+                    evaluateName: 'self.age',
+                    variablesReference: 0,
                 },
             ],
         });
@@ -278,15 +299,46 @@ suite('Debugging - pythonInlineProvider', () => {
         expect(result).to.deep.equal(expected);
     });
 
-    test('ProvideInlineValues function should return all the vars in the python file with class variables', async () => {
+    test('ProvideInlineValues function should return the vars in the python file with readable class variables', async () => {
+        customRequestStub
+            .withArgs('variables', sinon.match.any)
+            .onFirstCall()
+            .resolves({
+                variables: [
+                    {
+                        name: 'person1',
+                        value: '<__main__.Person object at 0x1085c92b0>',
+                        type: 'Person',
+                        evaluateName: 'person1',
+                        variablesReference: 7,
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
         customRequestStub.withArgs('variables', sinon.match.any).resolves({
             variables: [
                 {
-                    name: 'person1',
-                    value: '<__main__.Person object at 0x1085c92b0>',
-                    type: 'Person',
-                    evaluateName: 'person1',
-                    variablesReference: 7,
+                    name: 'age',
+                    value: '30',
+                    type: 'int',
+                    evaluateName: 'person1.age',
+                    variablesReference: 0,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'id',
+                    value: '1',
+                    type: 'int',
+                    evaluateName: 'person1.id',
+                    variablesReference: 0,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'name',
+                    value: "'John Doe'",
+                    type: 'str',
+                    evaluateName: 'person1.name',
+                    variablesReference: 0,
+                    presentationHint: {
+                        attributes: ['rawString'],
+                    },
                 },
             ],
         });
@@ -299,33 +351,6 @@ suite('Debugging - pythonInlineProvider', () => {
 
         const result = await inlineValueProvider.provideInlineValues(document, viewPort, context);
         const expected = [
-            {
-                range: {
-                    c: {
-                        c: 9,
-                        e: 0,
-                    },
-                    e: {
-                        c: 9,
-                        e: 7,
-                    },
-                },
-                variableName: 'person1',
-                caseSensitiveLookup: false,
-            },
-            {
-                range: {
-                    c: {
-                        c: 10,
-                        e: 0,
-                    },
-                    e: {
-                        c: 10,
-                        e: 13,
-                    },
-                },
-                expression: 'person1.greet',
-            },
             {
                 range: {
                     c: {