diff --git a/extra/beep/beep.py b/extra/beep/beep.py
index 08cd26f92..88c042d52 100644
--- a/extra/beep/beep.py
+++ b/extra/beep/beep.py
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ BEEP_WAV_FILENAME = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "beep.wav")
 
 def beep():
     try:
-        if sys.platform == "nt":
+        if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
             _win_wav_play(BEEP_WAV_FILENAME)
-        elif sys.platform == "darwin":
+        elif sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
             _mac_beep()
-        elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
+        elif sys.platform.startswith("cygwin"):
+            _cygwin_beep(BEEP_WAV_FILENAME)
+        elif any(sys.platform.startswith(_) for _ in ("linux", "freebsd")):
             _linux_wav_play(BEEP_WAV_FILENAME)
         else:
             _speaker_beep()
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ def _speaker_beep():
     except IOError:
         pass
 
+# Reference: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-09/msg00815.html
+def _cygwin_beep(filename):
+    os.system("play-sound-file '%s' 2>/dev/null" % filename)
+
 def _mac_beep():
     import Carbon.Snd
     Carbon.Snd.SysBeep(1)
@@ -57,7 +63,10 @@ def _linux_wav_play(filename):
     class struct_pa_sample_spec(ctypes.Structure):
         _fields_ = [("format", ctypes.c_int), ("rate", ctypes.c_uint32), ("channels", ctypes.c_uint8)]
 
-    pa = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libpulse-simple.so.0")
+    try:
+        pa = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libpulse-simple.so.0")
+    except OSError:
+        return
 
     wave_file = wave.open(filename, "rb")
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index cd346ea8e..2f7a618f4 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 = "1.3.9.6"
+VERSION = "1.3.9.7"
 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)