diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index bc485e49a..743270bd4 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1200,6 +1200,7 @@ def setPaths(rootPath):
     paths.SQLMAP_XML_PAYLOADS_PATH = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_XML_PATH, "payloads")
 
     _ = os.path.join(os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser("~")), ".sqlmap")
+    paths.SQLMAP_HOME_PATH = _
     paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH = getUnicode(paths.get("SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH", os.path.join(_, "output")), encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding() or UNICODE_ENCODING)
     paths.SQLMAP_DUMP_PATH = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH, "%s", "dump")
     paths.SQLMAP_FILES_PATH = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH, "%s", "files")
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 294785e1e..27273c3a4 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -1566,6 +1566,7 @@ def _createTemporaryDirectory():
                 os.makedirs(conf.tmpDir)
 
             _ = os.path.join(conf.tmpDir, randomStr())
+
             open(_, "w+b").close()
             os.remove(_)
 
@@ -1581,16 +1582,19 @@ def _createTemporaryDirectory():
         try:
             if not os.path.isdir(tempfile.gettempdir()):
                 os.makedirs(tempfile.gettempdir())
-        except IOError, ex:
-            errMsg = "there has been a problem while accessing "
-            errMsg += "system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please " % getSafeExString(ex)
-            errMsg += "make sure that there is enough disk space left. If problem persists, "
-            errMsg += "try to set environment variable 'TEMP' to a location "
-            errMsg += "writeable by the current user"
-            raise SqlmapSystemException, errMsg
+        except (OSError, IOError), ex:
+            warnMsg = "there has been a problem while accessing "
+            warnMsg += "system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please " % getSafeExString(ex)
+            warnMsg += "make sure that there is enough disk space left. If problem persists, "
+            warnMsg += "try to set environment variable 'TEMP' to a location "
+            warnMsg += "writeable by the current user"
+            logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
     if "sqlmap" not in (tempfile.tempdir or "") or conf.tmpDir and tempfile.tempdir == conf.tmpDir:
-        tempfile.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmap", suffix=str(os.getpid()))
+        try:
+            tempfile.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmap", suffix=str(os.getpid()))
+        except (OSError, IOError), ex:
+            tempfile.tempdir = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_HOME_PATH, "tmp", "sqlmap%s%d" % (randomStr(6), os.getpid()))
 
     kb.tempDir = tempfile.tempdir
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 056e3572a..95926a3ea 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 = "1.0.9.28"
+VERSION = "1.0.9.29"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 5c0c22923..01719d199 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  extra/sqlharvest/__init__.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  lib/controller/__init__.py
 ed9303846f0bc63a9c518a7164301f80  lib/core/agent.py
 eb0bd28b0bd9fbf67dcc3119116df377  lib/core/bigarray.py
-d11993cd69f919216a9e4d54c77bb020  lib/core/common.py
+33b28a65ab1a9467203f63d798fd9ddf  lib/core/common.py
 5680d0c446a3bed5c0f2a0402d031557  lib/core/convert.py
 e77cca1cb063016f71f6e6bdebf4ec73  lib/core/data.py
 1d042f0bc0557d3fd564ea5a46deb77e  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ e4aec2b11c1ad6039d0c3dbbfbc5eb1a  lib/core/exception.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  lib/core/__init__.py
 91c514013daa796e2cdd940389354eac  lib/core/log.py
 b9779615206791e6ebbaa84947842b49  lib/core/optiondict.py
-1c6b49baa9aaac11b9e85be274ce2ecc  lib/core/option.py
+fc390372373b5471b75145f6af4f11bd  lib/core/option.py
 1e8948dddbd12def5c2af52530738059  lib/core/profiling.py
 e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 5ef56abb8671c2ca6ceecb208258e360  lib/core/replication.py
 99a2b496b9d5b546b335653ca801153f  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-3808e1bfe1652f1b7579660e1f71262f  lib/core/settings.py
+cd9b01d243acb9c70401c7456ad29567  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 0bc2fae1dec18cdd11954b22358293f2  lib/core/target.py