diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index dac525d76..8f29e086a 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -4269,7 +4269,7 @@ def safeSQLIdentificatorNaming(name, isTable=False):
                             retVal = "[%s]" % retVal
 
         if _ and DEFAULT_MSSQL_SCHEMA not in retVal and '.' not in re.sub(r"\[[^]]+\]", "", retVal):
-            if conf.db.lower() != "information_schema":     # NOTE: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/5192
+            if (conf.db or "").lower() != "information_schema":     # NOTE: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/5192
                 retVal = "%s.%s" % (DEFAULT_MSSQL_SCHEMA, retVal)
 
     return retVal
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 80cf1e686..f53bafe24 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 = "1.6.10.4"
+VERSION = "1.6.10.5"
 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)