diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index b72066c64..793d42ad7 100755
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1112,7 +1112,6 @@ def setPaths():
     paths.SQL_SHELL_HISTORY = os.path.join(_, "sql.hst")
     paths.SQLMAP_SHELL_HISTORY = os.path.join(_, "sqlmap.hst")
     paths.GITHUB_HISTORY = os.path.join(_, "github.hst")
-    paths.SQLMAP_CONFIG = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH, "sqlmap-%s.conf" % randomStr())
     paths.COMMON_COLUMNS = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_TXT_PATH, "common-columns.txt")
     paths.COMMON_TABLES = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_TXT_PATH, "common-tables.txt")
     paths.COMMON_OUTPUTS = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_TXT_PATH, 'common-outputs.txt')
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 52ffeeb46..5b51c4792 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -1964,16 +1964,16 @@ def _useWizardInterface():
 
     dataToStdout("\nsqlmap is running, please wait..\n\n")
 
-def _saveCmdline():
+def _saveConfig():
     """
-    Saves the command line options on a sqlmap configuration INI file
+    Saves the command line options to a sqlmap configuration INI file
     Format.
     """
 
-    if not conf.saveCmdline:
+    if not conf.saveConfig:
         return
 
-    debugMsg = "saving command line options on a sqlmap configuration INI file"
+    debugMsg = "saving command line options to a sqlmap configuration INI file"
     logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
     config = UnicodeRawConfigParser()
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ def _saveCmdline():
                 datatype = datatype[0]
 
             if option in IGNORE_SAVE_OPTIONS:
-                value = None
+                continue
 
             if value is None:
                 if datatype == OPTION_TYPE.BOOLEAN:
@@ -2015,16 +2015,16 @@ def _saveCmdline():
 
             config.set(family, option, value)
 
-    confFP = openFile(paths.SQLMAP_CONFIG, "wb")
+    confFP = openFile(conf.saveConfig, "wb")
 
     try:
         config.write(confFP)
     except IOError, ex:
         errMsg = "something went wrong while trying "
-        errMsg += "to write to the configuration file '%s' ('%s')" % (paths.SQLMAP_CONFIG, ex)
+        errMsg += "to write to the configuration file '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.saveConfig, ex)
         raise SqlmapSystemException(errMsg)
 
-    infoMsg = "saved command line options to the configuration file '%s'" % paths.SQLMAP_CONFIG
+    infoMsg = "saved command line options to the configuration file '%s'" % conf.saveConfig
     logger.info(infoMsg)
 
 def setVerbosity():
@@ -2479,7 +2479,7 @@ def init():
 
     _useWizardInterface()
     setVerbosity()
-    _saveCmdline()
+    _saveConfig()
     _setRequestFromFile()
     _cleanupOptions()
     _dirtyPatches()
diff --git a/lib/core/optiondict.py b/lib/core/optiondict.py
index b9adbd67b..0445ccb09 100644
--- a/lib/core/optiondict.py
+++ b/lib/core/optiondict.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ optDict = {
                                "outputDir":         "string",
                                "parseErrors":       "boolean",
                                "pivotColumn":       "string",
-                               "saveCmdline":       "boolean",
+                               "saveConfig":        "string",
                                "scope":             "string",
                                "testFilter":        "string",
                                "updateAll":         "boolean",
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index d92e443d4..22b0cf3bc 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ CODECS_LIST_PAGE = "http://docs.python.org/library/codecs.html#standard-encoding
 SQL_SCALAR_REGEX = r"\A(SELECT(?!\s+DISTINCT\(?))?\s*\w*\("
 
 # Option/switch values to ignore during configuration save
-IGNORE_SAVE_OPTIONS = ("saveCmdline",)
+IGNORE_SAVE_OPTIONS = ("saveConfig",)
 
 # IP address of the localhost
 LOCALHOST = "127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 154c5d7e3..f6d8eb852 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -662,8 +662,7 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         general.add_option("--pivot-column", dest="pivotColumn",
                                help="Pivot column name")
 
-        general.add_option("--save", dest="saveCmdline",
-                            action="store_true",
+        general.add_option("--save", dest="saveConfig",
                             help="Save options to a configuration INI file")
 
         general.add_option("--scope", dest="scope",