diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index be222c87b..37d500a80 100644
--- 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 = "1.1.11.8"
+VERSION = "1.1.11.9"
 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/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 3b0776b6f..477a8d849 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -254,12 +254,22 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
     if not page or (conf.nullConnection and len(page) < 2):
         return getUnicode(page)
 
-    if isinstance(contentEncoding, basestring) and contentEncoding.lower() in ("gzip", "x-gzip", "deflate"):
+    if isinstance(contentEncoding, basestring) and contentEncoding:
+        contentEncoding = contentEncoding.lower()
+    else:
+        contentEncoding = ""
+
+    if isinstance(contentType, basestring) and contentType:
+        contentType = contentType.lower()
+    else:
+        contentType = ""
+
+    if contentEncoding in ("gzip", "x-gzip", "deflate"):
         if not kb.pageCompress:
             return None
 
         try:
-            if contentEncoding.lower() == "deflate":
+            if contentEncoding == "deflate":
                 data = StringIO.StringIO(zlib.decompress(page, -15))  # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1089662/python-inflate-and-deflate-implementations
             else:
                 data = gzip.GzipFile("", "rb", 9, StringIO.StringIO(page))
@@ -284,7 +294,7 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
         httpCharset, metaCharset = None, None
 
         # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1020892/python-urllib2-read-to-unicode
-        if contentType and (contentType.find("charset=") != -1):
+        if contentType.find("charset=") != -1:
             httpCharset = checkCharEncoding(contentType.split("charset=")[-1])
 
         metaCharset = checkCharEncoding(extractRegexResult(META_CHARSET_REGEX, page))
@@ -300,7 +310,7 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
         kb.pageEncoding = conf.encoding
 
     # can't do for all responses because we need to support binary files too
-    if contentType and not isinstance(page, unicode) and "text/" in contentType.lower():
+    if not isinstance(page, unicode) and "text/" in contentType:
         if kb.heuristicMode:
             kb.pageEncoding = kb.pageEncoding or checkCharEncoding(getHeuristicCharEncoding(page))
             page = getUnicode(page, kb.pageEncoding)
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index f7d5d3621..f2d40b19e 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ec6a778b0e74749b916caead78ba88b7  lib/core/option.py
 760d9df2a27ded29109b390ab202e72d  lib/core/replication.py
 a2466b62e67f8b31736bac4dac590e51  lib/core/revision.py
 02d4762140a72fd44668d3dab5eabda9  lib/core/session.py
-15a317ddbd48bdf94e1642df57664790  lib/core/settings.py
+4092cefeab1270e5f9a987582eb1c099  lib/core/settings.py
 35bffbad762eb9e03db9e93b1c991103  lib/core/shell.py
 a59ec28371ae067a6fdd8f810edbee3d  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 7c9f2af3c0a8dd89223cfe07b0a0b826  lib/core/target.py