diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e58fcf907..f1f2270c3 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.2.3.18"
+VERSION = "1.2.3.19"
 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)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool"
 SITE = "http://sqlmap.org"
 DEV_EMAIL_ADDRESS = "dev@sqlmap.org"
 ISSUES_PAGE = "https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/new"
-GIT_REPOSITORY = "git://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git"
+GIT_REPOSITORY = "https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git"
 GIT_PAGE = "https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap"
 
 # colorful banner
diff --git a/lib/core/update.py b/lib/core/update.py
index a41159400..18771bb15 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def update():
 
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH, ".git")):
         errMsg = "not a git repository. Please checkout the 'sqlmapproject/sqlmap' repository "
-        errMsg += "from GitHub (e.g. 'git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git sqlmap')"
+        errMsg += "from GitHub (e.g. 'git clone --depth 1 %s sqlmap')" % GIT_REPOSITORY
         logger.error(errMsg)
     else:
         infoMsg = "updating sqlmap to the latest development revision from the "
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def update():
         else:
             if "Not a git repository" in stderr:
                 errMsg = "not a valid git repository. Please checkout the 'sqlmapproject/sqlmap' repository "
-                errMsg += "from GitHub (e.g. 'git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git sqlmap')"
+                errMsg += "from GitHub (e.g. 'git clone --depth 1 %s sqlmap')" % GIT_REPOSITORY
                 logger.error(errMsg)
             else:
                 logger.error("update could not be completed ('%s')" % re.sub(r"\W+", " ", stderr).strip())
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 9921850f1..a5b4fcf18 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ ffa5f01f39b17c8d73423acca6cfe86a  lib/core/readlineng.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-fbcb5796a6af29fc0715fe516e38f754  lib/core/settings.py
+38ff7838ee66e799a8484f4850152cdc  lib/core/settings.py
 d0adc28a38e43a787df4471f7f027413  lib/core/shell.py
 63491be462c515a1a3880c27c2acc4a2  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 3cc852f927833895361973fbcfd156d2  lib/core/target.py
 72d499ca8d792e90a1ebfb2ad2341a51  lib/core/testing.py
 de9922a29c71a235cb95a916ff925db2  lib/core/threads.py
 c40758411bb0bd68764d78e0bb72bd0f  lib/core/unescaper.py
-063c10fb8261994fe1f8c8ace715aa76  lib/core/update.py
+1b655a78fe4d937d39131938a4a5a1d6  lib/core/update.py
 fc624104ddb36d41794b7a943fde5f21  lib/core/wordlist.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/__init__.py
 7620f1f4b8791e13c7184c06b5421754  lib/parse/banner.py