diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 89be99eae..64ff9fa6c 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.1.12.6"
+VERSION = "1.1.12.7"
 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)
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ DUMMY_USER_PREFIX = "__dummy__"
 # Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1
 DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING = "iso-8859-1"
 
+try:
+    unicode(DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING, DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING)
+except LookupError:
+    DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING = "utf8"
+
 # URL used in dummy runs
 DUMMY_URL = "http://foo/bar?id=1"
 
diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 477a8d849..424b5bf74 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
 
         metaCharset = checkCharEncoding(extractRegexResult(META_CHARSET_REGEX, page))
 
-        if (any((httpCharset, metaCharset)) and not all((httpCharset, metaCharset)))\
-            or (httpCharset == metaCharset and all((httpCharset, metaCharset))):
+        if (any((httpCharset, metaCharset)) and not all((httpCharset, metaCharset))) or (httpCharset == metaCharset and all((httpCharset, metaCharset))):
             kb.pageEncoding = httpCharset or metaCharset  # Reference: http://bytes.com/topic/html-css/answers/154758-http-equiv-vs-true-header-has-precedence
             debugMsg = "declared web page charset '%s'" % kb.pageEncoding
             singleTimeLogMessage(debugMsg, logging.DEBUG, debugMsg)
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index d0c89e74e..ee3376ba1 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ f872699e948d0692ce11b54781da814c  lib/core/log.py
 760d9df2a27ded29109b390ab202e72d  lib/core/replication.py
 a2466b62e67f8b31736bac4dac590e51  lib/core/revision.py
 02d4762140a72fd44668d3dab5eabda9  lib/core/session.py
-c56f644ba673e1ac93ba180b1283bcc1  lib/core/settings.py
+337545ac8dad16abc298b71b1d1c4364  lib/core/settings.py
 35bffbad762eb9e03db9e93b1c991103  lib/core/shell.py
 a59ec28371ae067a6fdd8f810edbee3d  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 d93501771b41315f9fb949305b6ed257  lib/core/target.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ e07930095e56de11c297d7ac1a1706f2  lib/parse/html.py
 d8d9bcf9e7107a5e2cf2dd10f115ac28  lib/parse/payloads.py
 2b87577dc6d3609e96fc1e049def5b4f  lib/parse/sitemap.py
 d2f13a0e2fef5273d419d06e516122e1  lib/request/basicauthhandler.py
-9ef264b5c0f9e7989b8c2ab91d40400d  lib/request/basic.py
+4f8b3d682093fc577592e85999400149  lib/request/basic.py
 28348595147a731677c8bef470c6f57a  lib/request/comparison.py
 ae823462aad7cd1081e6609192ba3109  lib/request/connect.py
 ad6f76839408d827abfcdc57813f8518  lib/request/direct.py