diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 96da79346..c3b2be518 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -1469,6 +1469,7 @@ def __setKnowledgeBaseAttributes(flushAll=True):
     kb.endDetection = False
     kb.explicitSettings = set()
     kb.errorIsNone = True
+    kb.fileReadMode = False
     kb.forcedDbms = None
     kb.headersFp = {}
     kb.heuristicTest = None
diff --git a/lib/techniques/error/use.py b/lib/techniques/error/use.py
index 7b89ea01c..37ffdc252 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/error/use.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/error/use.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def __oneShotErrorUse(expression, field):
                     warnMsg += trimmed
                     logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
-            if any(map(lambda dbms: Backend.isDbms(dbms), [DBMS.MYSQL, DBMS.MSSQL])):
+            if any(Backend.isDbms(dbms) for dbms in (DBMS.MYSQL, DBMS.MSSQL)):
                 if offset == 1:
                     retVal = output
                 else:
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ def __oneShotErrorUse(expression, field):
                     offset += chunk_length
                 else:
                     break
+                if kb.fileReadMode and output:
+                    _ = output
+                    try:
+                        _ = safecharencode(output.decode("hex")).replace(r"\n", "\n")
+                    except:
+                        pass
+                    finally:
+                        dataToStdout(_)
             else:
                 retVal = output
                 break
@@ -161,7 +169,9 @@ def __errorFields(expression, expressionFields, expressionFieldsList, expected=N
         if not kb.threadContinue:
             return None
 
-        if output is not None and not (threadData.resumed and kb.suppressResumeInfo):
+        if kb.fileReadMode:
+            print
+        elif output is not None and not (threadData.resumed and kb.suppressResumeInfo):
             dataToStdout("[%s] [INFO] %s: %s\r\n" % (time.strftime("%X"), "resumed" if threadData.resumed else "retrieved", safecharencode(output)))
 
         if isinstance(num, int):
diff --git a/plugins/generic/filesystem.py b/plugins/generic/filesystem.py
index dec9463b7..b5cc76812 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/filesystem.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/filesystem.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.common import randomStr
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.convert import hexdecode
 from lib.core.data import conf
+from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.enums import DBMS
 from lib.core.enums import CHARSET_TYPE
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ class Filesystem:
 
         self.checkDbmsOs()
 
+        kb.fileReadMode = True
+
         if conf.direct or isTechniqueAvailable(PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.STACKED):
             if isTechniqueAvailable(PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.STACKED):
                 debugMsg = "going to read the file with stacked query SQL "
@@ -208,6 +211,8 @@ class Filesystem:
 
             return None
 
+        kb.fileReadMode = False
+
         if fileContent in ( None, "" ) and not Backend.isDbms(DBMS.PGSQL):
             self.cleanup(onlyFileTbl=True)