diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ffeaa624c..04c5a0ec2 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.5.93"
+VERSION = "1.0.5.94"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")
diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 54b99988b..1667bb5d4 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -258,15 +258,16 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
 
             page = data.read()
         except Exception, msg:
-            errMsg = "detected invalid data for declared content "
-            errMsg += "encoding '%s' ('%s')" % (contentEncoding, msg)
-            singleTimeLogMessage(errMsg, logging.ERROR)
+            if "<html" not in page:  # in some cases, invalid "Content-Encoding" appears for plain HTML (should be ignored)
+                errMsg = "detected invalid data for declared content "
+                errMsg += "encoding '%s' ('%s')" % (contentEncoding, msg)
+                singleTimeLogMessage(errMsg, logging.ERROR)
 
-            warnMsg = "turning off page compression"
-            singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
+                warnMsg = "turning off page compression"
+                singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
 
-            kb.pageCompress = False
-            raise SqlmapCompressionException
+                kb.pageCompress = False
+                raise SqlmapCompressionException
 
     if not conf.charset:
         httpCharset, metaCharset = None, None