diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 63d5f36cd..67631b110 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import EXPECTED
 from lib.core.enums import HEURISTIC_TEST
 from lib.core.enums import HTTP_HEADER
 from lib.core.enums import HTTPMETHOD
+from lib.core.enums import LOGGING_LEVELS
 from lib.core.enums import MKSTEMP_PREFIX
 from lib.core.enums import OPTION_TYPE
 from lib.core.enums import OS
@@ -869,7 +870,10 @@ def boldifyMessage(message):
 
 def setColor(message, bold=False):
     retVal = message
-    level = extractRegexResult(r"\[(?P<result>%s)\]" % '|'.join(_ for _ in dir(logging) if _ == _.upper()), message) or kb.get("stickyLevel")
+    level = extractRegexResult(r"\[(?P<result>%s)\]" % '|'.join(_[0] for _ in getPublicTypeMembers(LOGGING_LEVELS)), message) or kb.get("stickyLevel")
+
+    if isinstance(level, unicode):
+        level = unicodeencode(level)
 
     if message and getattr(LOGGER_HANDLER, "is_tty", False):  # colorizing handler
         if bold:
diff --git a/lib/core/enums.py b/lib/core/enums.py
index 849a6b314..775998684 100644
--- a/lib/core/enums.py
+++ b/lib/core/enums.py
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ class SORT_ORDER:
     FIFTH = 4
     LAST = 100
 
+# Reference: https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.html#logging-levels
+class LOGGING_LEVELS:
+    NOTSET = 0
+    DEBUG = 10
+    INFO = 20
+    WARNING = 30
+    ERROR = 40
+    CRITICAL = 50
+
 class DBMS:
     ACCESS = "Microsoft Access"
     DB2 = "IBM DB2"
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 3a84441b2..f0c6367c4 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 = "1.2.2.0"
+VERSION = "1.2.2.1"
 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/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 574108ef9..f9cccc8c0 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ a7b0c8e5a18a3abe8803999dcfc4664f  lib/controller/handler.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/controller/__init__.py
 e3a3f5218b2e52dd0afafdfc9fed2002  lib/core/agent.py
 86a4703d5474badd8462146510b2c460  lib/core/bigarray.py
-27d1b0a4609eece643141408d1f18716  lib/core/common.py
+17ab0324cb992a781cc197ec8c0209d7  lib/core/common.py
 2a40d5b5997265daa890545d4a4a59b9  lib/core/convert.py
 9f87391b6a3395f7f50830b391264f27  lib/core/data.py
 72016ea5c994a711a262fd64572a0fcd  lib/core/datatype.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ e3a3f5218b2e52dd0afafdfc9fed2002  lib/core/agent.py
 9458679feb9184f3fb1611daf1ebef63  lib/core/defaults.py
 a8bea09096a42a9a7feeb9d4d118ae66  lib/core/dicts.py
 1a94690d60ed792ce441b6f2f4dbbef8  lib/core/dump.py
-2ef745b04933855e049ba7fdc98f57b8  lib/core/enums.py
+c8551f7696a76450e6d139409e4f06cd  lib/core/enums.py
 cada93357a7321655927fc9625b3bfec  lib/core/exception.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/core/__init__.py
 458a194764805cd8312c14ecd4be4d1e  lib/core/log.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ffa5f01f39b17c8d73423acca6cfe86a  lib/core/readlineng.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-b7bba78cd084d423c170eef9a6f5dd1f  lib/core/settings.py
+67ea2aee17da22379743e5dc18159f3f  lib/core/settings.py
 d0adc28a38e43a787df4471f7f027413  lib/core/shell.py
 63491be462c515a1a3880c27c2acc4a2  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 505aaa61e1bba3c3d4567c3e667699e3  lib/core/target.py