diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 15f52a2f4..b833db36a 100755
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.1.1.5"
+VERSION = "1.1.1.6"
 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/utils/api.py b/lib/utils/api.py
index dbf56d096..5e2de8d68 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api.py
+++ b/lib/utils/api.py
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ class Task(object):
     def engine_start(self):
         if os.path.exists("sqlmap.py"):
             self.process = Popen(["python", "sqlmap.py", "--pickled-options", base64pickle(self.options)], shell=False, close_fds=not IS_WIN)
+        elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "sqlmap.py")):
+            self.process = Popen(["python", "sqlmap.py", "--pickled-options", base64pickle(self.options)], shell=False, cwd=os.getcwd(), close_fds=not IS_WIN)
         else:
             self.process = Popen(["sqlmap", "--pickled-options", base64pickle(self.options)], shell=False, close_fds=not IS_WIN)
 
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 953e826a9..1ee34ca73 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ e544108e2238d756c94a240e8a1ce061  lib/core/optiondict.py
 d8e9250f3775119df07e9070eddccd16  lib/core/replication.py
 785f86e3f963fa3798f84286a4e83ff2  lib/core/revision.py
 40c80b28b3a5819b737a5a17d4565ae9  lib/core/session.py
-c0f283aee64a229f44dc3a525a7f86fa  lib/core/settings.py
+86510a37f093d11348c30b888c1e0b75  lib/core/settings.py
 d91291997d2bd2f6028aaf371bf1d3b6  lib/core/shell.py
 2ad85c130cc5f2b3701ea85c2f6bbf20  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 afd0636d2e93c23f4f0a5c9b6023ea17  lib/core/target.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ d3da4c7ceaf57c4687a052d58722f6bb  lib/techniques/dns/use.py
 310efc965c862cfbd7b0da5150a5ad36  lib/techniques/union/__init__.py
 4bed3ed51faad9b910899cacf56e8eac  lib/techniques/union/test.py
 8cd5655c60a638caa30ca1220896aeda  lib/techniques/union/use.py
-b3afde39a56dd767f5338ba6464b9f43  lib/utils/api.py
+9cf3d94f692ce036459b9aa13968cf65  lib/utils/api.py
 6842092e1d27b71d28acd0e421f90693  lib/utils/crawler.py
 ba12c69a90061aa14d848b8396e79191  lib/utils/deps.py
 3b9fd519164e0bf275d5fd361c3f11ff  lib/utils/getch.py