diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 256035d3b..ecdc2c58c 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 = "1.5.3.3"
+VERSION = "1.5.3.4"
 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)
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 7a4f63468..9b0e49fa6 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ def main():
                             targets = getFileItems(conf.bulkFile)
 
                             for i in xrange(len(targets)):
+                                target = None
+
                                 try:
                                     kb.targets.clear()
                                     target = targets[i]
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ def main():
 
                                     crawl(target)
                                 except Exception as ex:
-                                    if not isinstance(ex, SqlmapUserQuitException):
+                                    if target and not isinstance(ex, SqlmapUserQuitException):
                                         errMsg = "problem occurred while crawling '%s' ('%s')" % (target, getSafeExString(ex))
                                         logger.error(errMsg)
                                     else: