diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 434c15c5a..8802eed04 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 = "1.1.6.1"
+VERSION = "1.1.6.2"
 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/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 3f466db95..bfc82ce74 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ class Connect(object):
                 debugMsg = "got HTTP error code: %d (%s)" % (code, status)
                 logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
-        except (urllib2.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, httplib.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError):
+        except (urllib2.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, httplib.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError, ValueError):
             tbMsg = traceback.format_exc()
 
             if checking:
@@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ class Connect(object):
                     warnMsg += " ('%s')" % match.group(1).strip()
             elif "NTLM" in tbMsg:
                 warnMsg = "there has been a problem with NTLM authentication"
+            elif "Invalid header name" in tbMsg:  # (e.g. PostgreSQL ::Text payload)
+                return None, None, None
             elif "BadStatusLine" in tbMsg:
                 warnMsg = "connection dropped or unknown HTTP "
                 warnMsg += "status code received"
@@ -679,6 +681,9 @@ class Connect(object):
             if "BadStatusLine" not in tbMsg and any((conf.proxy, conf.tor)):
                 warnMsg += " or proxy"
 
+            if silent:
+                return None, None, None
+
             with kb.locks.connError:
                 kb.connErrorCounter += 1
 
@@ -692,9 +697,7 @@ class Connect(object):
                 if kb.connErrorChoice is False:
                     raise SqlmapConnectionException(warnMsg)
 
-            if silent:
-                return None, None, None
-            elif "forcibly closed" in tbMsg:
+            if "forcibly closed" in tbMsg:
                 logger.critical(warnMsg)
                 return None, None, None
             elif ignoreTimeout and any(_ in tbMsg for _ in ("timed out", "IncompleteRead")):
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 48679615c..368d04507 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ d85f2f63ffcb6135400339f9a7595a7b  lib/core/option.py
 d8e9250f3775119df07e9070eddccd16  lib/core/replication.py
 785f86e3f963fa3798f84286a4e83ff2  lib/core/revision.py
 40c80b28b3a5819b737a5a17d4565ae9  lib/core/session.py
-db73d673ee4a33ed3d80c594d5da2fb5  lib/core/settings.py
+c83fde3105ab7696692a704c34fc5504  lib/core/settings.py
 d91291997d2bd2f6028aaf371bf1d3b6  lib/core/shell.py
 2ad85c130cc5f2b3701ea85c2f6bbf20  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 8136241fdbdb99a5dc0e51ba72918f6e  lib/core/target.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ad74fc58fc7214802fd27067bce18dd2  lib/core/unescaper.py
 403d873f1d2fd0c7f73d83f104e41850  lib/request/basicauthhandler.py
 86cb5ce3fa5530c255f4599bfc0cc4e2  lib/request/basic.py
 ef48de622b0a6b4a71df64b0d2785ef8  lib/request/comparison.py
-aa43e66ab7e6afb6d276327287a5f168  lib/request/connect.py
+f5c245a0609065a91c79611ff1b66787  lib/request/connect.py
 fb6b788d0016ab4ec5e5f661f0f702ad  lib/request/direct.py
 cc1163d38e9b7ee5db2adac6784c02bb  lib/request/dns.py
 5dcdb37823a0b5eff65cd1018bcf09e4  lib/request/httpshandler.py