diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e4703e784..d9a5aa20b 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.10.30"
+VERSION = "1.0.10.31"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 076eff09e..9bed96fea 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         for i in xrange(len(argv)):
             if argv[i] == "-hh":
                 argv[i] = "-h"
+            elif len(argv[i]) > 1 and all(ord(_) in xrange(0x2018, 0x2020) for _ in (argv[i][0], argv[i][-1])):
+                dataToStdout("[!] copy-pasting illegal (non-console) quote characters from Internet is, well, illegal (%s)\n" % argv[i])
+                raise SystemExit
             elif re.search(r"\A-\w=.+", argv[i]):
                 dataToStdout("[!] potentially miswritten (illegal '=') short option detected ('%s')\n" % argv[i])
                 raise SystemExit
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 9e68e63bc..ec63229e7 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 5ef56abb8671c2ca6ceecb208258e360  lib/core/replication.py
 99a2b496b9d5b546b335653ca801153f  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-fd1daa69e8fc948998a94257d22e610f  lib/core/settings.py
+2f3e42f732f34fc56d046f8753eca3a2  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 c3ace7874a536d801f308cf1fd03df99  lib/core/target.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ d43f059747ffd48952922c94152e2a07  lib/core/testing.py
 8485a3cd94c0a5af2718bad60c5f1ae5  lib/core/wordlist.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  lib/__init__.py
 c1288bc4ce5651dbdd82d4a9435fdc03  lib/parse/banner.py
-6a597705e0de5f065e0b12711463be36  lib/parse/cmdline.py
+2debb66e5bd9cf9207b067189402e1e6  lib/parse/cmdline.py
 8ec4d4f02634834701f8258726f2e511  lib/parse/configfile.py
 fe4e2152292587928edb94c9a4d311ff  lib/parse/handler.py
 8e6bfb13e5a34b2610f3ff23467a34cf  lib/parse/headers.py