diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b1021d4a5..a806f3acb 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.6.1"
+VERSION = "1.0.6.2"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 8ae70a800..d589af495 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ class Connect(object):
 
             while True:
                 try:
-                    compiler.parse(conf.evalCode.replace(';', '\n'))
+                    compiler.parse(unicodeencode(conf.evalCode.replace(';', '\n')))
                 except SyntaxError, ex:
                     original = replacement = ex.text.strip()
                     for _ in re.findall(r"[A-Za-z_]+", original)[::-1]: