diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index fc06e33bb..eccedd9bc 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.7.36"
+VERSION = "1.0.7.37"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 78a93b313..e64b6b281 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class Connect(object):
                         requestHeaders += "\n%s: %d" % (string.capwords(HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_LENGTH), len(post))
 
                 if not getRequestHeader(req, HTTP_HEADER.CONNECTION):
-                    requestHeaders += "\n%s: close" % HTTP_HEADER.CONNECTION
+                    requestHeaders += "\n%s: %s" % (HTTP_HEADER.CONNECTION, "close" if not conf.keepAlive else "keep-alive")
 
                 requestMsg += "\n%s" % requestHeaders
 
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 69ae87c7e..694a21b1b 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 5ef56abb8671c2ca6ceecb208258e360  lib/core/replication.py
 99a2b496b9d5b546b335653ca801153f  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-8f00825e5fa85985910b681359845e6e  lib/core/settings.py
+749b065d8f4407b77b7b91cbe2a07314  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 0bc2fae1dec18cdd11954b22358293f2  lib/core/target.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ b40a4c5d91770d347df36d3065b63798  lib/parse/sitemap.py
 9299f21804033f099681525bb9bf51c0  lib/request/basicauthhandler.py
 92fb749208255c64bcac82e9efd39cf4  lib/request/basic.py
 9d757c63413a15222af90d3648de9de3  lib/request/comparison.py
-d690dd9dc76c24cc4cd360baa21a1a8d  lib/request/connect.py
+72a0e7bb1010bb39c6538dbc77eae180  lib/request/connect.py
 49b4c583af68689de5f9acb162de2939  lib/request/direct.py
 1a46f7bb26b23ec0c0d9d9c95828241b  lib/request/dns.py
 567656470d23a42ab57ec55a03989dbb  lib/request/httpshandler.py