diff --git a/lib/core/dump.py b/lib/core/dump.py
index 333b09b0b..e2d90b304 100644
--- a/lib/core/dump.py
+++ b/lib/core/dump.py
@@ -430,15 +430,7 @@ class Dump(object):
                         try:
                             os.makedirs(dumpDbPath)
                         except Exception as ex:
-                            try:
-                                tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmapdb")
-                            except IOError as _:
-                                errMsg = "unable to write to the temporary directory ('%s'). " % _
-                                errMsg += "Please make sure that your disk is not full and "
-                                errMsg += "that you have sufficient write permissions to "
-                                errMsg += "create temporary files and/or directories"
-                                raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
-
+                            tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmapdb")
                             warnMsg = "unable to create dump directory "
                             warnMsg += "'%s' (%s). " % (dumpDbPath, getSafeExString(ex))
                             warnMsg += "Using temporary directory '%s' instead" % tempDir
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 2ed1b9677..8a376bf59 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -1499,15 +1499,7 @@ def _createHomeDirectories():
                 warnMsg = "using '%s' as the %s directory" % (directory, context)
                 logger.warn(warnMsg)
         except (OSError, IOError) as ex:
-            try:
-                tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmap%s" % context)
-            except Exception as _:
-                errMsg = "unable to write to the temporary directory ('%s'). " % _
-                errMsg += "Please make sure that your disk is not full and "
-                errMsg += "that you have sufficient write permissions to "
-                errMsg += "create temporary files and/or directories"
-                raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
-
+            tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmap%s" % context)
             warnMsg = "unable to %s %s directory " % ("create" if not os.path.isdir(directory) else "write to the", context)
             warnMsg += "'%s' (%s). " % (directory, getUnicode(ex))
             warnMsg += "Using temporary directory '%s' instead" % getUnicode(tempDir)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 742ac34a3..085e2afc2 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.5.63"
+VERSION = "1.3.5.64"
 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/core/target.py b/lib/core/target.py
index 9d4d9f28b..c5dc262ac 100644
--- a/lib/core/target.py
+++ b/lib/core/target.py
@@ -638,15 +638,7 @@ def _createTargetDirs():
         if not os.path.isdir(conf.outputPath):
             os.makedirs(conf.outputPath)
     except (OSError, IOError, TypeError) as ex:
-        try:
-            tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmapoutput")
-        except Exception as _:
-            errMsg = "unable to write to the temporary directory ('%s'). " % _
-            errMsg += "Please make sure that your disk is not full and "
-            errMsg += "that you have sufficient write permissions to "
-            errMsg += "create temporary files and/or directories"
-            raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
-
+        tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmapoutput")
         warnMsg = "unable to create output directory "
         warnMsg += "'%s' (%s). " % (conf.outputPath, getUnicode(ex))
         warnMsg += "Using temporary directory '%s' instead" % getUnicode(tempDir)
diff --git a/lib/utils/versioncheck.py b/lib/utils/versioncheck.py
index 253d0e19b..55fef3595 100644
--- a/lib/utils/versioncheck.py
+++ b/lib/utils/versioncheck.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2019 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission
 """
 
-import os
 import sys
 import time
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 3a60cd25c..c186c48f4 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ try:
     import re
     import shutil
     import sys
+    import tempfile
     import threading
     import time
     import traceback
@@ -284,6 +285,14 @@ def main():
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
+        elif any(_ in excMsg for _ in ("tempfile.mkdtemp", "tempfile.mkstemp")):
+            errMsg = "unable to write to the temporary directory '%s'. " % tempfile.gettempdir()
+            errMsg += "Please make sure that your disk is not full and "
+            errMsg += "that you have sufficient write permissions to "
+            errMsg += "create temporary files and/or directories"
+            logger.critical(errMsg)
+            raise SystemExit
+
         elif all(_ in excMsg for _ in ("twophase", "sqlalchemy")):
             errMsg = "please update the 'sqlalchemy' package (>= 1.1.11) "
             errMsg += "(Reference: https://qiita.com/tkprof/items/7d7b2d00df9c5f16fffe)"