diff --git a/doc/THANKS b/doc/THANKS
index c0c954b37..1a8b12e59 100644
--- a/doc/THANKS
+++ b/doc/THANKS
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ Anthony Zboralski <anthony.zboralski@bellua.com>
 Thierry Zoller <thierry@zoller.lu>
     for reporting a couple of major bugs
 
+abc abc <biedimc@gmx.net>
+    for reporting a minor bug
+
 Brandon E. <brandonpoc@gmail.com>
     for reporting a bug
 
diff --git a/lib/core/xmldump.py b/lib/core/xmldump.py
index 8a535e77a..f7fcb0b01 100644
--- a/lib/core/xmldump.py
+++ b/lib/core/xmldump.py
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ class XMLDump:
                         self.__doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse(self.__outputFile)
                         self.__root = self.__doc.childNodes[0]
                     except ExpatError:
-                        pass
+                        self.__doc = Document()
 
                 self.__outputFP = codecs.open(self.__outputFile, "w+", conf.dataEncoding)
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class XMLDump:
                 raise sqlmapFilePathException("Wrong filename provided for saving the xml file: %s" % conf.xmlFile)
 
     def getOutputFile(self):
-        return self.__outputFile                
+        return self.__outputFile
 
     def finish(self, resultStatus, resultMsg=""):
         '''