diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 07e8c586c..8321ee244 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 = "1.3.5.88"
+VERSION = "1.3.5.89"
 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/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index c95c50f0f..01c55ab33 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
                 command = None
 
                 try:
+                    # Note: in Python2 command should not be converted to Unicode before passing to shlex (Reference: https://bugs.python.org/issue1170)
                     command = _input("sqlmap-shell> ").strip()
-                    command = getUnicode(command, encoding=sys.stdin.encoding)
                 except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
                     print()
                     raise SqlmapShellQuitException