diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 1c05b253d..1ef78a367 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -430,7 +430,11 @@ def _setStdinPipeTargets():
                 return self.next()
 
             def next(self):
-                line = next(conf.stdinPipe)
+                try:
+                    line = next(conf.stdinPipe)
+                except (IOError, OSError):
+                    line = None
+
                 if line:
                     match = re.search(r"\b(https?://[^\s'\"]+|[\w.]+\.\w{2,3}[/\w+]*\?[^\s'\"]+)", line, re.I)
                     if match:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index a476190c7..160a52fa1 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.4.12.41"
+VERSION = "1.4.12.42"
 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)