diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index a855f3eb0..355459dd1 100644
--- 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 = "1.2.9.40"
+VERSION = "1.2.9.41"
 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/utils/versioncheck.py b/lib/utils/versioncheck.py
index f57ea0682..c78b69545 100644
--- a/lib/utils/versioncheck.py
+++ b/lib/utils/versioncheck.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
 import sys
+import time
 
 PYVERSION = sys.version.split()[0]
 
 if PYVERSION >= "3" or PYVERSION < "2.6":
-    exit("[CRITICAL] incompatible Python version detected ('%s'). To successfully run sqlmap you'll have to use version 2.6.x or 2.7.x (visit 'https://www.python.org/downloads/')" % PYVERSION)
+    exit("[%s] [CRITICAL] incompatible Python version detected ('%s'). To successfully run sqlmap you'll have to use version 2.6.x or 2.7.x (visit 'https://www.python.org/downloads/')" % (time.strftime("%X"), PYVERSION))
 
 errors = []
 extensions = ("bz2", "gzip", "pyexpat", "ssl", "sqlite3", "zlib")
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index f64e5e9ff..31410a11f 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -5,37 +5,37 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2018 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
-import sys
-
-sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
-
 try:
-    __import__("lib.utils.versioncheck")  # this has to be the first non-standard import
-except ImportError:
-    exit("[!] wrong installation detected (missing modules). Visit 'https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/#installation' for further details")
+    import sys
 
-import bdb
-import distutils
-import glob
-import inspect
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import re
-import shutil
-import sys
-import thread
-import threading
-import time
-import traceback
-import warnings
+    sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
 
-warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*was already imported", category=UserWarning)
-warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+    try:
+        __import__("lib.utils.versioncheck")  # this has to be the first non-standard import
+    except ImportError:
+        exit("[!] wrong installation detected (missing modules). Visit 'https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/#installation' for further details")
 
-from lib.core.data import logger
+    import bdb
+    import distutils
+    import glob
+    import inspect
+    import json
+    import logging
+    import os
+    import re
+    import shutil
+    import sys
+    import thread
+    import threading
+    import time
+    import traceback
+    import warnings
+
+    warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*was already imported", category=UserWarning)
+    warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+
+    from lib.core.data import logger
 
-try:
     from lib.core.common import banner
     from lib.core.common import checkIntegrity
     from lib.core.common import createGithubIssue
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ try:
     from lib.parse.cmdline import cmdLineParser
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
     errMsg = "user aborted"
-    logger.error(errMsg)
 
-    raise SystemExit
+    if "logger" in globals():
+        logger.error(errMsg)
+        raise SystemExit
+    else:
+        import time
+        exit("\r[%s] [ERROR] %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), errMsg))
 
 def modulePath():
     """
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 5ee23611f..6abbdd545 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ c8c386d644d57c659d74542f5f57f632  lib/core/patch.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-495854418b62c5ad47ae1eb0ac891976  lib/core/settings.py
+59274b9acea517616aed86e58808e02d  lib/core/settings.py
 dd68a9d02fccb4fa1428b20e15b0db5d  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 62bc180e3e828949ffb342a8f756c183  lib/core/target.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ d0f4d56c5d6a09a4635035e233d4a782  lib/utils/hash.py
 2c5a655c8e94cbe2664ee497752ac1f2  lib/utils/search.py
 571884f530796534f03c49cf3f380a4c  lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
 dcc25183c6bd85b172c87cfcbc305ab6  lib/utils/timeout.py
-faa7536c4788ee118b19338f3e98e556  lib/utils/versioncheck.py
+4703ceeb32131a9a7a6561575644123b  lib/utils/versioncheck.py
 e9e73cd6bd814dd7823a9da913cea61c  lib/utils/xrange.py
 b9d2761f47fec3d98b88311a263fd5db  plugins/dbms/access/connector.py
 3f1c50a1507d1c2f69c20c706230e2e2  plugins/dbms/access/enumeration.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ ec2ba8c757ac96425dcd2b97970edd3a  shell/stagers/stager.asp_
 0c48ddb1feb7e38a951ef05a0d48e032  shell/stagers/stager.jsp_
 2f9e459a4cf6a58680978cdce5ff7971  shell/stagers/stager.php_
 cd90da0474d7b1a67d7b40d208493375  sqlmapapi.py
-a35b5b83c12841fdf3925190c9d24299  sqlmap.py
+5f30815ebe320e46e5898dc819e629a7  sqlmap.py
 523dab9e1093eb59264c6beb366b255a  tamper/0x2char.py
 3a1697585ae4e7bf315e9dda97d6f321  tamper/apostrophemask.py
 d7a119a74be9b385ee3884fb5e6af041  tamper/apostrophenullencode.py