diff --git a/lib/core/dump.py b/lib/core/dump.py
index 9578c5d08..dae52f205 100644
--- a/lib/core/dump.py
+++ b/lib/core/dump.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Dump(object):
     def setOutputFile(self):
         self._outputFile = "%s%sstdout" % (conf.outputPath, os.sep)
         try:
-            self._outputFP = codecs.open(self._outputFile, "ab", UNICODE_ENCODING)
+            self._outputFP = codecs.open(self._outputFile, "ab" if not conf.flushSession else "wb", UNICODE_ENCODING)
         except IOError, ex:
             errMsg = "error occurred while opening log file ('%s')" % ex
             raise SqlmapGenericException, errMsg