diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index eb4c1d909..7dfdba40b 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 = "1.4.12.24"
+VERSION = "1.4.12.25"
 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 3eb4846fa..843443052 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
                             found = True
                     if not found:
                         get_groups(parser).remove(group)
-            elif '=' in argv[i] and not argv[i].startswith('-') and argv[i].split('=')[0] in longOptions and re.search(r"\A-\w\Z", argv[i - 1]) is None:
+            elif '=' in argv[i] and not argv[i].startswith('-') and argv[i].split('=')[0] in longOptions and re.search(r"\A-{1,2}\w", argv[i - 1]) is None:
                 dataToStdout("[!] detected usage of long-option without a starting hyphen ('%s')\n" % argv[i])
                 raise SystemExit