diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index e80ca822a..f4696ec51 100755
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2482,14 +2482,14 @@ def _basicOptionValidation():
     if conf.regexp:
         try:
             re.compile(conf.regexp)
-        except re.error, ex:
+        except Exception, ex:
             errMsg = "invalid regular expression '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.regexp, getSafeExString(ex))
             raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
 
     if conf.crawlExclude:
         try:
             re.compile(conf.crawlExclude)
-        except re.error, ex:
+        except Exception, ex:
             errMsg = "invalid regular expression '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.crawlExclude, getSafeExString(ex))
             raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 5e3eb4993..207a4e72b 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 = "1.0.12.16"
+VERSION = "1.0.12.17"
 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 0c1bed02c..dd3a8700c 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ e4aec2b11c1ad6039d0c3dbbfbc5eb1a  lib/core/exception.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  lib/core/__init__.py
 91c514013daa796e2cdd940389354eac  lib/core/log.py
 ea5b08cac48cf538fb4bce31438b387b  lib/core/optiondict.py
-3f1a2c9d978df38c112d3534440dda9f  lib/core/option.py
+3ddaba5d5f295d0bae84a2037b6a6fd8  lib/core/option.py
 7af487340c138f7b5dbd443161cbb428  lib/core/profiling.py
 e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 b3a62d41a5af6cd7fa733b6227febb0c  lib/core/replication.py
 dfb664b223ac3585d51e58839b777d9b  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-e639cc2dee56c9e8d9bb6deb6da63cb8  lib/core/settings.py
+eee4af7268f0747fbf9425fccd173e7e  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 c3ace7874a536d801f308cf1fd03df99  lib/core/target.py