diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index de7f13428..39bb79183 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.3.69"
+VERSION = "1.3.3.70"
 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/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index aa8e89a98..03b2c1115 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ class Connect(object):
                 raise SqlmapConnectionException(warnMsg)
 
         finally:
-            if isinstance(six.binary_type):
+            if isinstance(page, six.binary_type):
                 if HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE in (responseHeaders or {}) and not re.search(TEXT_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEX, responseHeaders[HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE]):
-                    page = unicode(page, errors="ignore")
+                    page = six.text_type(page, errors="ignore")
                 else:
                     page = getUnicode(page)