diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 2aa98ecb5..0a4911b6e 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 = "1.2.7.8"
+VERSION = "1.2.7.9"
 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/thirdparty/ansistrm/ansistrm.py b/thirdparty/ansistrm/ansistrm.py
index c3fc6987f..1299206c0 100644
--- a/thirdparty/ansistrm/ansistrm.py
+++ b/thirdparty/ansistrm/ansistrm.py
@@ -145,11 +145,8 @@ class ColorizingStreamHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
                 params.append('1')
 
             if params and message:
-                if message.lstrip() != message:
-                    prefix = re.search(r"\s+", message).group(0)
-                    message = message[len(prefix):]
-                else:
-                    prefix = ""
+                match = re.search(r"\A(\s+)", message)
+                prefix = match.group(1) if match else ""
 
                 match = re.search(r"\[([A-Z ]+)\]", message)  # log level
                 if match:
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index d5b7b6e9c..1aa07e715 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ c8c386d644d57c659d74542f5f57f632  lib/core/patch.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-21189972adee4e784a2ffad146550749  lib/core/settings.py
+4c026aa83372dded4cb70cbdb677fb81  lib/core/settings.py
 dd68a9d02fccb4fa1428b20e15b0db5d  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 95f04c1c1d8c3998d86e1bdf0e12771c  lib/core/target.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ fd1bff6caefe5007444f7a0fabbc8ce9  tamper/space2mysqlblank.py
 929a2586dbb7b758a454eb09e13e5a73  tamper/versionedkeywords.py
 3aff4d344ebd4f38e033e73b63f84447  tamper/versionedmorekeywords.py
 ed1acafbac707bfa71c72f76b81c1bdd  tamper/xforwardedfor.py
-0424227a228a2b5b53ad1d6df4240ddd  thirdparty/ansistrm/ansistrm.py
+641fc9d8f1f8ccb4488f717668422c21  thirdparty/ansistrm/ansistrm.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  thirdparty/ansistrm/__init__.py
 8e775c25bc9e84891ad6fcb4f0005c23  thirdparty/beautifulsoup/beautifulsoup.py
 cb2e1fe7c404dff41a2ae9132828f532  thirdparty/beautifulsoup/__init__.py