diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 3812cc5e7..f5113fe97 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -114,14 +114,13 @@ def __urllib2Opener():
 
     # Reference: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec8.html
     if conf.keepAlive:
+        warnMsg = "persistent HTTP(s) connections, Keep-Alive, has "
+        warnMsg += "been disabled because of it's incompatibility "
+
         if conf.proxy:
-            warnMsg = "persistent HTTP(s) connections, Keep-Alive, has "
-            warnMsg += "been disabled because of it's incompatibility "
             warnMsg += "with HTTP(s) proxy"
             logger.warn(warnMsg)
         elif conf.aType:
-            warnMsg = "persistent HTTP(s) connections, Keep-Alive, has "
-            warnMsg += "been disabled because of it's incompatibility "
             warnMsg += "with authentication methods"
             logger.warn(warnMsg)
         else:
@@ -507,38 +506,6 @@ def __setWriteFile():
 
     conf.wFileType = getFileType(conf.wFile)
 
-def __setUnion():
-    if isinstance(conf.uCols, basestring) and conf.uChar != "1-20":
-        debugMsg = "setting the UNION query SQL injection range of columns"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
-
-        if "-" not in conf.uCols or len(conf.uCols.split("-")) != 2:
-            raise sqlmapSyntaxException, "--union-cols must be a range with hyphon (e.g. 1-10)"
-
-        conf.uCols = conf.uCols.replace(" ", "")
-        conf.uColsStart, conf.uColsStop = conf.uCols.split("-")
-
-        if not conf.uColsStart.isdigit() or not conf.uColsStop.isdigit():
-            raise sqlmapSyntaxException, "--union-cols must be a range of integers"
-
-        conf.uColsStart = int(conf.uColsStart)
-        conf.uColsStop = int(conf.uColsStop)
-
-        if conf.uColsStart > conf.uColsStop:
-            errMsg = "--union-cols range has to be from lower to "
-            errMsg += "higher number of columns"
-            raise sqlmapSyntaxException, errMsg
-
-    if isinstance(conf.uChar, basestring) and conf.uChar != "NULL":
-        debugMsg = "setting the UNION query SQL injection character to '%s'" % conf.uChar
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
-
-        if not conf.uChar.isdigit() and ( not conf.uChar.startswith("'") or not conf.uChar.endswith("'") ):
-            debugMsg = "forcing the UNION query SQL injection character to '%s'" % conf.uChar
-            logger.debug(debugMsg)
-
-            conf.uChar = "'%s'" % conf.uChar
-
 def __setOS():
     """
     Force the back-end DBMS operating system option.
@@ -1406,7 +1373,6 @@ def init(inputOptions=advancedDict()):
         __setHTTPAuthentication()
         __setHTTPProxy()
         __setSafeUrl()
-        __setUnion()
         __setGoogleDorking()
         __urllib2Opener()
         __findPageForms()
diff --git a/lib/core/threads.py b/lib/core/threads.py
index aa78a83fd..9dec6557b 100644
--- a/lib/core/threads.py
+++ b/lib/core/threads.py
@@ -36,4 +36,3 @@ def getCurrentThreadData():
     if threadUID not in kb.threadData:
         kb.threadData[threadUID] = ThreadData()
     return kb.threadData[threadUID]
-
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 131ae4b62..f3f29de61 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ class Connect:
 
         if kb.testMode:
             kb.testQueryCount += 1
+
             if conf.cj:
                 conf.cj.clear()
 
diff --git a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
index 4935086b5..486a37b8d 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
@@ -320,13 +320,14 @@ def bisection(payload, expression, length=None, charsetType=None, firstChar=None
                             if (endCharIndex - startCharIndex == conf.progressWidth) and (endCharIndex < length-1):
                                 output = output[:-2] + '..'
 
-                            output += '_' * (min(length, conf.progressWidth) - len(output))
-                            status = ' %d/%d (%d%s)' % (count, length, round(100.0*count/length), '%')
-                            output += status if count != length else " "*len(status)
+                            if conf.verbose in (1, 2) and not showEta:
+                                output += '_' * (min(length, conf.progressWidth) - len(output))
+                                status = ' %d/%d (%d%s)' % (count, length, round(100.0*count/length), '%')
+                                output += status if count != length else " "*len(status)
 
-                            iolock.acquire()
-                            dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), filterControlChars(output)))
-                            iolock.release()
+                                iolock.acquire()
+                                dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), filterControlChars(output)))
+                                iolock.release()
 
                 if not kb.threadContinue:
                     if int(threading.currentThread().getName()) == numThreads - 1:
diff --git a/plugins/generic/enumeration.py b/plugins/generic/enumeration.py
index 33dfc1398..ff4ec0a1e 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/enumeration.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/enumeration.py
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ class Enumeration:
 
         if bruteForce:
             resumeAvailable = False
+
             for db, table in kb.brute.tables:
                 if db == conf.db:
                     resumeAvailable = True
@@ -919,6 +920,7 @@ class Enumeration:
 
         if bruteForce:
             resumeAvailable = False
+
             for db, table, colName, colType in kb.brute.columns:
                 if db == conf.db and table == conf.tbl:
                     resumeAvailable = True
@@ -931,6 +933,7 @@ class Enumeration:
                         columns[colName] = colType
 
                 kb.data.cachedColumns[conf.db] = {conf.tbl: columns}
+
                 return kb.data.cachedColumns
 
             message = "do you want to use common columns existance check? [Y/n/q]"