diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 168dfa982..a8939cca7 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2655,6 +2655,15 @@ def _basicOptionValidation():
             errMsg = "invalid regular expression '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.retryOn, getSafeExString(ex))
             raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
 
+        if conf.retries == defaults.retries:
+            conf.retries = 5 * conf.retries
+
+            warnMsg = "increasing default value for "
+            warnMsg += "option '--retries' to %d because " % conf.retries
+            warnMsg += "option '--retry-on' was provided"
+            logger.warn(warnMsg)
+
+
     if conf.cookieDel and len(conf.cookieDel):
         errMsg = "option '--cookie-del' should contain a single character (e.g. ';')"
         raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ce0e7affa..27a67044e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.5.11.0"
+VERSION = "1.5.11.1"
 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/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 6580ca0a6..9953db0b1 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -914,11 +914,6 @@ class Connect(object):
                 warnMsg = "forced retry of the request because of undesired page content"
                 logger.warn(warnMsg)
                 return Connect._retryProxy(**kwargs)
-            else:
-                errMsg = "unable to get the page content not matching "
-                errMsg += "the given regular expression '%s'. Please use as high " % conf.retryOn
-                errMsg += "value for option '--retries' as possible (e.g. 20 or more)"
-                raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
 
         processResponse(page, responseHeaders, code, status)
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index 1e436c56d..cc724d3a0 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ timeout = 30
 retries = 3
 
 # Retry request on regexp matching content.
-retries = 3
+retryOn =
 
 # Randomly change value for the given parameter.
 rParam =