diff --git a/doc/COPYING b/doc/COPYING
index 3fc1d5ad6..8854b1339 100644
--- a/doc/COPYING
+++ b/doc/COPYING
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ to know exactly what a program is going to do before they run it.
 Source code also allows you to fix bugs and add new features. You are
 highly encouraged to send your changes to dev@sqlmap.org for possible
 incorporation into the main distribution. By sending these changes to the
-sqlmap developers, to the mailing lists, or via Git pull request, checking
-them into the sqlmap source code repository, it is understood (unless you
-specify otherwise) that you are offering the sqlmap project the unlimited,
-non-exclusive right to reuse, modify, and relicense the code. sqlmap will
-always be available Open Source, but this is important because the
-inability to relicense code has caused devastating problems for other Free
-Software projects (such as KDE and NASM). If you wish to specify special
-license conditions of your contributions, just say so when you send them.
+sqlmap developers or via Git pull request, checking them into the sqlmap
+source code repository, it is understood (unless you specify otherwise)
+that you are offering the sqlmap project the unlimited, non-exclusive
+right to reuse, modify, and relicense the code. sqlmap will always be
+available Open Source, but this is important because the inability to
+relicense code has caused devastating problems for other Free Software
+projects (such as KDE and NASM). If you wish to specify special license
+conditions of your contributions, just say so when you send them.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ca554057d..fe3bb95c3 100755
--- 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 = "1.1.4.30"
+VERSION = "1.1.4.31"
 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/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index da046bd42..76be6dd71 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dd19b4d930d418f8aef498941346ab2d  lib/core/option.py
 d8e9250f3775119df07e9070eddccd16  lib/core/replication.py
 785f86e3f963fa3798f84286a4e83ff2  lib/core/revision.py
 40c80b28b3a5819b737a5a17d4565ae9  lib/core/session.py
-23096621eef7b9a23f32d6164c2be324  lib/core/settings.py
+44b7c1ae1471b223e97e5b741ae725a2  lib/core/settings.py
 d91291997d2bd2f6028aaf371bf1d3b6  lib/core/shell.py
 2ad85c130cc5f2b3701ea85c2f6bbf20  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 2571146b71f487a3d11867746c033e40  lib/core/target.py