diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index a0d59ec08..dcc946473 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c03dc585f89642cfd81b087ac2723e3e1bb3bfa8c60e6f5fe58ef3b0113ebfe6  lib/core/data.
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-0f56c81d3f8923b20ab27d8d59025199d6780245f2152ff16c74cbad456a426c  lib/core/settings.py
+fc0c1fc73844c533726b7201122bc1e9188c377d488ff1752bb48faeeb356c29  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ aeeeb5f0148078e30d52208184042efc3618d3f2e840d7221897aae34315824e  lib/request/in
 ada4d305d6ce441f79e52ec3f2fc23869ee2fa87c017723e8f3ed0dfa61cdab4  lib/request/methodrequest.py
 43a7fdf64e7ba63c6b2d641c9f999a63c12ac23b43b64fedfce4e05b863de568  lib/request/pkihandler.py
 b90feeb16e89a844427df42373b0139eb6f6cf3c48ccec32b3e3a3f540c2451e  lib/request/rangehandler.py
-673fbe28e3031a9be6f1d5b9ee8af4985dd9f69458ca1264e2eb3c3eec8d8c3d  lib/request/redirecthandler.py
+fa347e74361904d052e4d5c958ebbdf080e4f7003176824a44786108b4d7afc6  lib/request/redirecthandler.py
 1bf93c2c251f9c422ecf52d9cae0cd0ff4ea2e24091ee6d019c7a4f69de8e5eb  lib/request/templates.py
 01600295b17c00d4a5ada4c77aa688cfe36c89934da04c031be7da8040a3b457  lib/takeover/abstraction.py
 d3c93562d78ebdaf9e22c0ea2e4a62adb12f0ce9e9d9631c1ea000b1a07d04ab  lib/takeover/icmpsh.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index c1911e62e..2b70fc7b7 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.6.72"
+VERSION = "1.10.6.73"
 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/request/redirecthandler.py b/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
index 0c1e9d086..515c415e5 100644
--- a/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
+++ b/lib/request/redirecthandler.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class SmartRedirectHandler(_urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
             try:
                 result = _urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler.http_error_302(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers)
             except _urllib.error.HTTPError as ex:
-                result = ex
+                result = error = ex
 
                 # Dirty hack for https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/4046
                 try:
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class SmartRedirectHandler(_urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
                 if not hasattr(result, "read"):
                     def _(self, length=None):
                         try:
-                            retVal = getSafeExString(ex)        # Note: pyflakes mistakenly marks 'ex' as undefined (NOTE: tested in both Python2 and Python3)
+                            retVal = getSafeExString(error)
                         except:
                             retVal = ""
                         return getBytes(retVal)