diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6830f33ff..24c489cfb 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 = "1.3.8.14"
+VERSION = "1.3.8.15"
 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/thirdparty/colorama/ansitowin32.py b/thirdparty/colorama/ansitowin32.py
index c8c721a13..eae181017 100644
--- a/thirdparty/colorama/ansitowin32.py
+++ b/thirdparty/colorama/ansitowin32.py
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ class AnsiToWin32(object):
             if not (err.errno == 0 and retry > 0):
                 raise
             self._write(text, retry-1)
+        except UnicodeError:
+            self.wrapped.write('?')
 
     def convert_ansi(self, paramstring, command):
         if self.convert: