diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index faad8a3fb..50ec1ec07 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ BRUTE_TABLE_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT %d FROM %s)"
 BRUTE_COLUMN_EXISTS_TEMPLATE = "EXISTS(SELECT %s FROM %s)"
 
 # Payload used for checking of existence of IDS/IPS/WAF (dummier the better)
-IDS_WAF_CHECK_PAYLOAD = "AND 1=1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,NULL,'<script>alert(\"XSS\")</script>',table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE 2>1--/**/; EXEC xp_cmdshell('cat ../../../etc/passwd')"
+IDS_WAF_CHECK_PAYLOAD = "AND 1=1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,NULL,'<script>alert(\"XSS\")</script>',table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE 2>1--/**/; EXEC xp_cmdshell('cat ../../../etc/passwd')#"
 
 # Data inside shellcodeexec to be filled with random string
 SHELLCODEEXEC_RANDOM_STRING_MARKER = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"