diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index e877dde50..86d6c17c1 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ def initCommonOutputs():
                     if line not in kb.commonOutputs[key]:
                         kb.commonOutputs[key].add(line)
 
-def getFileItems(filename, commentPrefix='#', unicode_=True, lowercase=False, unique=False):
+def getFileItems(filename, commentPrefix='#', unicoded=True, lowercase=False, unique=False):
     """
     Returns newline delimited items contained inside file
     """
@@ -2169,20 +2169,14 @@ def getFileItems(filename, commentPrefix='#', unicode_=True, lowercase=False, un
     checkFile(filename)
 
     try:
-        with openFile(filename, 'r', errors="ignore") if unicode_ else open(filename, 'r') as f:
-            for line in (f.readlines() if unicode_ else f.xreadlines()):  # xreadlines doesn't return unicode strings when codec.open() is used
+        with openFile(filename, 'r', errors="ignore") if unicoded else open(filename, 'r') as f:
+            for line in (f.readlines() if unicoded else f.xreadlines()):  # xreadlines doesn't return unicode strings when codec.open() is used
                 if commentPrefix:
                     if line.find(commentPrefix) != -1:
                         line = line[:line.find(commentPrefix)]
 
                 line = line.strip()
 
-                if not unicode_:
-                    try:
-                        line = str.encode(line)
-                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                        continue
-
                 if line:
                     if lowercase:
                         line = line.lower()
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b5c9b9118..0c6fe1193 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 = "1.2.5.7"
+VERSION = "1.2.5.8"
 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/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index a882f5753..c6b255667 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ c7443613a0a2505b1faec931cee2a6ef  lib/controller/handler.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/controller/__init__.py
 b1990c7805943f0c973a853bba981d96  lib/core/agent.py
 fd8f239e259afaf5f24bcf34a0ad187f  lib/core/bigarray.py
-f42e346d33199b4f663cff6efe2be775  lib/core/common.py
+2e81c8be79eb98227affcfd7bd25c702  lib/core/common.py
 0d082da16c388b3445e656e0760fb582  lib/core/convert.py
 9f87391b6a3395f7f50830b391264f27  lib/core/data.py
 72016ea5c994a711a262fd64572a0fcd  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ c9a56e58984420a5abb7a3f7aadc196d  lib/core/optiondict.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-a71c8f980be88d8e953631e387a97b96  lib/core/settings.py
+f49b5204228e41b1cfab5ba231272f09  lib/core/settings.py
 0dfc2ed40adf72e302291f6ecd4406f6  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 6306284edcccc185b2df085438572b0d  lib/core/target.py