diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 28f974075..069a79d51 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ e8f6f1df8814b7b03c3eba22901837555083f66c99ee93b943911de785736bfa  lib/core/dicts
 99d0e94dd5fe60137abf48bfa051129fb251f5c40f0f7a270c89fbcb07323730  lib/core/__init__.py
 fce3fd4b161ec1c6e9d5bf1dca5bc4083e07d616ed2c14b798e96b60ec67c2b2  lib/core/log.py
 4caebf27d203673b8ad32394937397319f606c4e1f1e1a2a221402d39c644b40  lib/core/optiondict.py
-dcc754fd003363373b6b74631209372486ba1d2c6073d5d80b604f04d9d5e6af  lib/core/option.py
+c727cf637840aa5c0970c45d27bb5b0d077751aee10a5cd467caf92a54a211f4  lib/core/option.py
 d2d81ee7520b55571923461a2bdfaa68dda74a89846761338408ab0acf08d3a5  lib/core/patch.py
 bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profiling.py
 4ccce0d53f467166d4084c9ef53a07f54cc352e75f785454a31c8a820511a84e  lib/core/readlineng.py
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-3517aa0abd56c656dcecffa3ce6e1d0edb751ccf2053c8547286c5472f886e32  lib/core/settings.py
+f9b5c2156613960f23c4460ce714e4fd105d4a21eaad0c02fca330286f866b48  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 0924cd59f..ed4afdbab 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def _setStdinPipeTargets():
             def next(self):
                 try:
                     line = next(conf.stdinPipe)
-                except (IOError, OSError, TypeError):
+                except (IOError, OSError, TypeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
                     line = None
 
                 if line:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 900b14798..4093127cd 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.8.11.3"
+VERSION = "1.8.11.4"
 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)