diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index e2ced30fd..640b04cc4 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -4700,18 +4700,19 @@ def decodeDbmsHexValue(value, raw=False):
             else:
                 retVal = decodeHex(value)
 
-            if not kb.binaryField and not raw:
-                if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL) and value.startswith("0x"):
-                    try:
-                        retVal = retVal.decode("utf-16-le")
-                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                        pass
+            if not raw:
+                if not kb.binaryField:
+                    if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL) and value.startswith("0x"):
+                        try:
+                            retVal = retVal.decode("utf-16-le")
+                        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                            pass
 
-                elif Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.HSQLDB, DBMS.H2):
-                    try:
-                        retVal = retVal.decode("utf-16-be")
-                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                        pass
+                    elif Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.HSQLDB, DBMS.H2):
+                        try:
+                            retVal = retVal.decode("utf-16-be")
+                        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                            pass
 
                 if not isinstance(retVal, six.text_type):
                     retVal = getUnicode(retVal, conf.encoding or UNICODE_ENCODING)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 316073349..f2c3b2b8d 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 = "1.3.10.7"
+VERSION = "1.3.10.8"
 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)