diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 1772aa2ef..3ce4211fa 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1018,16 +1018,16 @@ def readInput(message, default=None, checkBatch=True, boolean=False):
 
             retVal = default
         else:
-            logging._acquireLock()
-
-            if conf.get("beep"):
-                beep()
-
-            dataToStdout("\r%s" % message, forceOutput=True, bold=True)
-            kb.prependFlag = False
-
             try:
-                retVal = raw_input() or default
+                logging._acquireLock()
+
+                if conf.get("beep"):
+                    beep()
+
+                dataToStdout("\r%s" % message, forceOutput=True, bold=True)
+                kb.prependFlag = False
+
+                retVal = raw_input().strip() or default
                 retVal = getUnicode(retVal, encoding=sys.stdin.encoding) if retVal else retVal
             except:
                 try:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index dd0d306d9..7aba94181 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 = "1.1.11.30"
+VERSION = "1.1.11.31"
 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 144048337..f983e5dcd 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ d2cdb9e832e18a81e936ca3348144b16  lib/controller/handler.py
 5fb9aaf874daa47ea2b672a22740e56b  lib/controller/__init__.py
 fd69e56ce20a5a49ce10a7a745022378  lib/core/agent.py
 8d9d771f7e67582c56a96a8d0ccbe4fc  lib/core/bigarray.py
-9552921b3ac6f22c5ad86091e1d36512  lib/core/common.py
+cafe808491a543b7838a3d33dbd7c2a1  lib/core/common.py
 54326d3a690f8b26fe5a5da1a589b369  lib/core/convert.py
 90b1b08368ac8a859300e6fa6a8c796e  lib/core/data.py
 1c14bdbf47b8dba31f73da9ad731a54a  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ e1c000db9be27f973569b1a430629037  lib/core/option.py
 760d9df2a27ded29109b390ab202e72d  lib/core/replication.py
 a2466b62e67f8b31736bac4dac590e51  lib/core/revision.py
 02d4762140a72fd44668d3dab5eabda9  lib/core/session.py
-2b10657f34c5a7e27287a1060002f778  lib/core/settings.py
+74e9355e0e0d3672b20cf87b7f94f8ce  lib/core/settings.py
 35bffbad762eb9e03db9e93b1c991103  lib/core/shell.py
 a59ec28371ae067a6fdd8f810edbee3d  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 d5a04d672a18f78deb2839c3745ff83c  lib/core/target.py