diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 0cb6b6018..903d909a1 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version and site
-VERSION = "1.0.0.8"
+VERSION = "1.0.0.9"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")
diff --git a/thirdparty/pagerank/pagerank.py b/thirdparty/pagerank/pagerank.py
index fed4dcc84..4e4c99ed2 100644
--- a/thirdparty/pagerank/pagerank.py
+++ b/thirdparty/pagerank/pagerank.py
@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@
 
 import sys
 import urllib
+import urllib2
+
+TIMEOUT = 10
 
 def get_pagerank(url):
     url = url.encode('utf8') if isinstance(url, unicode) else url
     _ = 'http://toolbarqueries.google.com/tbr?client=navclient-auto&features=Rank&ch=%s&q=info:%s' % (check_hash(hash_url(url)), urllib.quote(url))
     try:
-        f = urllib.urlopen(_)
-        rank = f.read().strip()[9:]
-    except Exception:
+        req = urllib2.Request(_)
+        rank = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=TIMEOUT).read().strip()[9:]
+    except:
         rank = 'N/A'
     else:
         rank = '0' if not rank or not rank.isdigit() else rank