diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index fa5d18132..b1067561a 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.7.2.17"
+VERSION = "1.7.2.18"
 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/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 44252f38a..32e96a5fd 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def main():
             dataToStdout(excMsg)
             raise SystemExit
 
-        elif any(_ in excMsg for _ in ("ImportError", "ModuleNotFoundError", "<frozen", "Can't find file for module", "SAXReaderNotAvailable", "source code string cannot contain null bytes", "No module named", "tp_name field", "module 'sqlite3' has no attribute 'OperationalError'")):
+        elif any(_ in excMsg for _ in ("ImportError", "ModuleNotFoundError", "<frozen", "Can't find file for module", "SAXReaderNotAvailable", "<built-in function compile> returned NULL without setting an exception", "source code string cannot contain null bytes", "No module named", "tp_name field", "module 'sqlite3' has no attribute 'OperationalError'")):
             errMsg = "invalid runtime environment ('%s')" % excMsg.split("Error: ")[-1].strip()
             logger.critical(errMsg)
             raise SystemExit