diff --git a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
index e0b76af6a..99fad25bd 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@ class Xp_cmdshell:
 
             query = "SELECT %s FROM %s ORDER BY id" % (self.tblField, self.cmdTblName)
 
+	    output = None
             if any(isTechniqueAvailable(_) for _ in (PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.UNION, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.ERROR, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.QUERY)) or conf.direct:
                 output = inject.getValue(query, resumeValue=False, blind=False, time=False)
-            
+
 	    if (output is None) or len(output)==0 or output[0] is None:
                 output = []
                 count = inject.getValue("SELECT COUNT(id) FROM %s" % self.cmdTblName, resumeValue=False, union=False, error=False, expected=EXPECTED.INT, charsetType=CHARSET_TYPE.DIGITS)