diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 6de20fc14..0bafbcdf4 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -5408,6 +5408,12 @@ def parseRequestFile(reqFile, checkParams=True):
     if conf.scope:
         logger.info("using regular expression '%s' for filtering targets" % conf.scope)
 
+        try:
+            re.compile(conf.scope)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            errMsg = "invalid regular expression '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.scope, getSafeExString(ex))
+            raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
+
     for target in _parseBurpLog(content):
         yield target
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e59ad9bed..b159920be 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.6.3.14"
+VERSION = "1.6.3.15"
 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)