diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 00e91749e..cdf15d46f 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-cb6215dcc72a0c30a1943c2c4669d68feefba3e08e20771e3caa4f56628a2acb  lib/core/settings.py
+b63ca0a001ddca7f8b0c29046e1c79d0d394fb4026c24321d7dd8d530f19dd91  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ cfd4857ce17e0a2da312c18dcff28aefaa411f419b4e383b202601c42de40eec  lib/parse/head
 8baab6407b129985bf0acbea17c6a02d3a1b33b81fc646ce6c780d77fe2cc854  lib/parse/payloads.py
 d7082e4a5937f65cbb4862701bad7d4fbc096a826621ba7eab92e52e48ebd6d7  lib/parse/sitemap.py
 0f52f3c1d1f1322a91c98955bd8dc3be80964d8b3421d453a0e73a523c9cfcbf  lib/request/basicauthhandler.py
-18cb22d4dabdcc8e3381baf66edd52e74ad2d2067d0116e134a94ffc950c054e  lib/request/basic.py
+48bdb0f5f05ece57e6e681801f7ed765739ebe537f9fa5a0465332d4f3f91c06  lib/request/basic.py
 fdb4a9f2ca9d01480c3eb115f6fdf8d89f8ff0506c56a223421b395481527670  lib/request/chunkedhandler.py
 bb8a06257d170b268c66dcbd3c0fbe013de52eed1e63bb68caa112af5b9f8ca9  lib/request/comparison.py
 cfa172dbc459a3250db7fbaadb62b282b62d56b4f290c585d3abec01597fcd40  lib/request/connect.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 676e758c2..b905d8111 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.7.4"
+VERSION = "1.9.7.5"
 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/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 26c6ba307..31fd1854c 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def processResponse(page, responseHeaders, code=None, status=None):
                             kb.identifiedWafs.add(waf)
                             errMsg = "WAF/IPS identified as '%s'" % identYwaf.format_name(waf)
                             singleTimeLogMessage(errMsg, logging.CRITICAL)
-            except SystemError as ex:
+            except Exception as ex:
                 singleTimeWarnMessage("internal error occurred in WAF/IPS detection ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex))
 
     if kb.originalPage is None: