diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 68441dfb6..f4cb83521 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 = "1.0.12.2"
+VERSION = "1.0.12.3"
 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/sqlalchemy.py b/lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
index 66c4eaa46..c57476a20 100644
--- a/lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ class SQLAlchemy(GenericConnector):
                 if self.dialect:
                     conf.direct = conf.direct.replace(conf.dbms, self.dialect, 1)
 
-                engine = _sqlalchemy.create_engine(conf.direct, connect_args={'check_same_thread':False} if self.dialect == "sqlite" else {})
+                engine = _sqlalchemy.create_engine(conf.direct, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False} if self.dialect == "sqlite" else {})
                 self.connector = engine.connect()
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                raise
             except SqlmapFilePathException:
                 raise
             except Exception, msg:
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 6188a122c..82c5ca061 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 b3a62d41a5af6cd7fa733b6227febb0c  lib/core/replication.py
 99a2b496b9d5b546b335653ca801153f  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-36df24ce03ae666431af14bf24f4c953  lib/core/settings.py
+5d307c68feee4678c9919e5f170bcbbc  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 c3ace7874a536d801f308cf1fd03df99  lib/core/target.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ f0bd8f810332027a5c2c60bd17455f90  lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
 da08a0b58c08ff452c7d1da4857d6680  lib/utils/progress.py
 4c8895fb543aa5ae81f2d066422613f0  lib/utils/purge.py
 cc9b0f68dd58a2576a5a454b7f5f6b9c  lib/utils/search.py
-4a0374ac0bc9d726446f04c77fbb5697  lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
+173a8a0be065699a78bb3012da362403  lib/utils/sqlalchemy.py
 93dc08ba9f732d378f02cf85eae89df2  lib/utils/timeout.py
 e6fa0e76367a77015da113811dfd9712  lib/utils/versioncheck.py
 adafdb28095ba2d03322fee2aae4548f  lib/utils/xrange.py