diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index fd325f08e..595af68ff 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.6.40"
+VERSION = "1.3.6.41"
 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/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index eb59882fd..c58c898de 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def main():
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
-        elif all(_ in excMsg for _ in ("SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character", "on line 1, but no encoding declared")):
+        elif all(_ in excMsg for _ in ("SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character", ".py on line", "but no encoding declared")):
             errMsg = "invalid runtime environment ('%s')" % excMsg.split("Error: ")[-1].strip()
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit