diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 90b72d630..1e4bbe58c 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.3.7.17"
+VERSION = "1.3.7.18"
 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/request/rangehandler.py b/lib/request/rangehandler.py
index f957bd81f..fcfc7e145 100644
--- a/lib/request/rangehandler.py
+++ b/lib/request/rangehandler.py
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ class HTTPRangeHandler(_urllib.request.BaseHandler):
 
     def http_error_416(self, req, fp, code, msg, hdrs):
         # HTTP's Range Not Satisfiable error
-        errMsg = "Invalid range"
+        errMsg = "there was a problem while connecting "
+        errMsg += "target ('406 - Range Not Satisfiable')"
         raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)