diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index ad82c9835..969185b03 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ac44a343947162532dbf17bd1f9ab424f8008f677367c5ad3f9f7b715a679818  lib/core/agent
 86a9cb82c7e7beb4730264dae20bf3b7cd87c0dcaee587367362cf319f7bb079  lib/core/bigarray.py
 f6062e324fdeaacf9df0a289fc3f12f755143e3876a70cb65b38aa2e690f73c1  lib/core/common.py
 11c748cc96ea2bc507bc6c1930a17fe4bc6fdd2dd2a80430df971cb21428eb00  lib/core/compat.py
-8ce42a336f9acc1a10874ee7be4492ae30fb08b79caea20512d109670a2fa159  lib/core/convert.py
+c6e54bfb1e3bc116ced8d525978ba3f4a10a59b99bc48d895b73359df0682d9b  lib/core/convert.py
 ae500647c4074681749735a4f3b17b7eca44868dd3f39f9cab0a575888ba04a1  lib/core/data.py
 b22decc8389c94a13f1adf07eb343cf3b2aae3fb3909fd4107e24bbede7c7deb  lib/core/datatype.py
 253309dc355ae27cd275e7de5a068e7e22feba603c4fe3429e2b69f8a51c0d13  lib/core/decorators.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-133e0f45cb7f03ea2322235892d6dff38302ddf65c0a7940976e6f54d65147b4  lib/core/settings.py
+72affdfd108cd7c4c10b54389917b018731e592a5f8e087c38e14620bea551d0  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/core/convert.py b/lib/core/convert.py
index 015491004..47493af5c 100644
--- a/lib/core/convert.py
+++ b/lib/core/convert.py
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ def getUnicode(value, encoding=None, noneToNull=False):
     True
     >>> getUnicode(None) == 'None'
     True
+    >>> getUnicode(b'/etc/passwd') == '/etc/passwd'
+    True
     """
 
     # Best position for --time-limit mechanism
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ def getUnicode(value, encoding=None, noneToNull=False):
         candidates = filterNone((encoding, kb.get("pageEncoding") if kb.get("originalPage") else None, conf.get("encoding"), UNICODE_ENCODING, sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
         if all(_ in value for _ in (b'<', b'>')):
             pass
-        elif any(_ in value for _ in (b":\\", b'/', b'.')) and b'\n' not in value:
+        elif b'\n' not in value and re.search(r"(?i)\w+\.\w{2,3}\Z|\A(\w:\\|/\w+)", six.text_type(value, UNICODE_ENCODING, errors="ignore")):
             candidates = filterNone((encoding, sys.getfilesystemencoding(), kb.get("pageEncoding") if kb.get("originalPage") else None, UNICODE_ENCODING, conf.get("encoding")))
         elif conf.get("encoding") and b'\n' not in value:
             candidates = filterNone((encoding, conf.get("encoding"), kb.get("pageEncoding") if kb.get("originalPage") else None, sys.getfilesystemencoding(), UNICODE_ENCODING))
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index f5aea82a1..ca8b68abf 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.12.52"
+VERSION = "1.9.12.53"
 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)