diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 89d31f23a..520d2a79e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.7.4.10"
+VERSION = "1.7.4.11"
 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/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index edad7efa7..f35db5504 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ def main():
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
+        elif all(_ in excMsg for _ in ("FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory", "cwd = os.getcwd()")):
+            errMsg = "invalid runtime environment ('%s')" % excMsg.split("Error: ")[-1].strip()
+            logger.critical(errMsg)
+            raise SystemExit
+
         elif all(_ in excMsg for _ in ("PermissionError: [WinError 5]", "multiprocessing")):
             errMsg = "there is a permission problem in running multiprocessing on this system. "
             errMsg += "Please rerun with '--disable-multi'"