diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 9fbd28d74..f15049cf4 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.11.39"
+VERSION = "1.3.11.40"
 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/methodrequest.py b/lib/request/methodrequest.py
index 8e1478b0d..b05902efa 100644
--- a/lib/request/methodrequest.py
+++ b/lib/request/methodrequest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2019 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
+from lib.core.convert import getText
 from thirdparty.six.moves import urllib as _urllib
 
 class MethodRequest(_urllib.request.Request):
@@ -13,8 +14,7 @@ class MethodRequest(_urllib.request.Request):
     """
 
     def set_method(self, method):
-        self.method = method.upper()
-        print("%s,%s" % (type(self.method), type(self.data)))
+        self.method = getText(method.upper())  # Dirty hack for Python3 (may it rot in hell!)
 
     def get_method(self):
         return getattr(self, 'method', _urllib.request.Request.get_method(self))