diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 286c958a3..ea0dae95c 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ df768bcb9838dc6c46dab9b4a877056cb4742bd6cfaaf438c4a3712c5cc0d264  extra/shutils/
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  extra/vulnserver/__init__.py
 eed1db5da17eca4c65a8f999166e2246eef84397687ae820bbe4984ef65a09df  extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py
 96a39b4e3a9178e4e8285d5acd00115460cc1098ef430ab7573fc8194368da5c  lib/controller/action.py
-fad6640f60eac8ad1b65895cbccc39154864843a2a0b0f2ac596d3227edcd4f6  lib/controller/checks.py
+3790bb734907f74e127d5409d93197088a7a8caa04f69f19eb2f69e959ae22f0  lib/controller/checks.py
 34e9cf166e21ce991b61ca7695c43c892e8425f7e1228daec8cadd38f786acc6  lib/controller/controller.py
 49bcd74281297c79a6ae5d4b0d1479ddace4476fddaf4383ca682a6977b553e3  lib/controller/handler.py
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/controller/__init__.py
diff --git a/lib/controller/checks.py b/lib/controller/checks.py
index 06bf5d8b6..ba11a6057 100644
--- a/lib/controller/checks.py
+++ b/lib/controller/checks.py
@@ -802,22 +802,21 @@ def checkSqlInjection(place, parameter, value):
             logger.warning(warnMsg)
 
             if conf.multipleTargets:
-                msg = "how do you want to proceed? [ne(X)t target/(s)kip current test/(e)nd detection phase/(n)ext parameter/(c)hange verbosity/(q)uit]"
-                choice = readInput(msg, default='X', checkBatch=False).upper()
+                msg = "how do you want to proceed? [ne(X)t target/(s)kip current test/(e)nd detection phase/(n)ext parameter/(c)hange verbosity (c[0-6])/(q)uit]"
+                default = 'X'
             else:
-                msg = "how do you want to proceed? [(S)kip current test/(e)nd detection phase/(n)ext parameter/(c)hange verbosity/(q)uit]"
-                choice = readInput(msg, default='S', checkBatch=False).upper()
-
+                msg = "how do you want to proceed? [(S)kip current test/(e)nd detection phase/(n)ext parameter/(c)hange verbosity (c[0-6])/(q)uit]"
+                default = 'S'
+            choice = readInput(msg, default=default, checkBatch=False).upper()
+            
             if choice == 'X':
                 if conf.multipleTargets:
                     raise SqlmapSkipTargetException
-            elif choice == 'C':
-                choice = None
-                while not ((choice or "").isdigit() and 0 <= int(choice) <= 6):
-                    if choice:
-                        logger.warning("invalid value")
-                    msg = "enter new verbosity level: [0-6] "
-                    choice = readInput(msg, default=str(conf.verbose), checkBatch=False)
+            elif choice.startswith('C'):
+                if len(choice) == 1:
+                    choice = readInput("enter new verbosity level: [0-6] ", default=str(conf.verbose), checkBatch=False)
+                elif len(choice) == 2 and choice[1].isdigit() and 0 <= int(choice[1]) <= 6:
+                    choice = choice[1]
                 conf.verbose = int(choice)
                 setVerbosity()
                 if hasattr(test.request, "columns") and hasattr(test.request, "_columns"):