diff --git a/lib/core/gui.py b/lib/core/gui.py
index 277fc0056..297677fa5 100644
--- a/lib/core/gui.py
+++ b/lib/core/gui.py
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2019 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
+import re
+import tkinter as tk
 import webbrowser
 
+from lib.core.defaults import defaults
 from lib.core.settings import DEV_EMAIL_ADDRESS
 from lib.core.settings import ISSUES_PAGE
 from lib.core.settings import GIT_PAGE
@@ -14,14 +17,9 @@ from lib.core.settings import SITE
 from lib.core.settings import VERSION_STRING
 from lib.core.settings import WIKI_PAGE
 from thirdparty.six.moves import tkinter_messagebox as _tkinter_messagebox
+from tkinter import ttk
 
 def runGui(parser):
-    import re
-    import tkinter as tk
-    from tkinter import ttk
-
-    from lib.core.defaults import defaults
-
     # Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/985umy/limit_user_input_to_only_int_with_tkinter/e4dj9k9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
     class ConstrainedEntry(tk.Entry):
         def __init__(self, master=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 4b2940af3..42927c58e 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 = "1.3.11.88"
+VERSION = "1.3.11.89"
 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/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index dfd3ed939..6fa1334df 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ from lib.core.dicts import DEPRECATED_OPTIONS
 from lib.core.enums import AUTOCOMPLETE_TYPE
 from lib.core.exception import SqlmapShellQuitException
 from lib.core.exception import SqlmapSyntaxException
-from lib.core.gui import runGui
 from lib.core.option import _createHomeDirectories
 from lib.core.settings import BASIC_HELP_ITEMS
 from lib.core.settings import DUMMY_URL
@@ -863,6 +862,8 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         checkOldOptions(argv)
 
         if "--gui" in argv:
+            from lib.core.gui import runGui
+
             runGui(parser)
 
         elif "--sqlmap-shell" in argv: