diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index b3b0cfff7..9ec2421db 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c65ce3cd38ee85c443c6619cfea84920390bad171f2999b95149485c0d1bc4a2  lib/core/patch
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-edf9f602d21e5c1bf3315e0ca5f12d5d85dec99394a45d8801558c858703db7e  lib/core/settings.py
+d216cd16e13c09cf875eec5f0cb3a0a118816adc44e9540b444f0048757c7192  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ d2e771cdacef25ee3fdc0e0355b92e7cd1b68f5edc2756ffc19f75d183ba2c73  lib/parse/payl
 132abf563aeaaf0108b7e3932cfcc9680c8f445e992de4ee71ceed1ddf60bc29  lib/request/basic.py
 bc61bc944b81a7670884f82231033a6ac703324b34b071c9834886a92e249d0e  lib/request/chunkedhandler.py
 09c2d8786fb5280f5f14a7b4345ecb2e7c2ca836ee06a6cf9b51770df923d94c  lib/request/comparison.py
-5a93943509a0de21322fab8df15ea56df9d5ee12363aadc1dd171622eafc8fcd  lib/request/connect.py
+e3f6f56a7f63b8e6fa627c3667e943875c5a1006a31893cdc3131fec23007a30  lib/request/connect.py
 8e06682280fce062eef6174351bfebcb6040e19976acff9dc7b3699779783498  lib/request/direct.py
 cf019248253a5d7edb7bc474aa020b9e8625d73008a463c56ba2b539d7f2d8ec  lib/request/dns.py
 92c81cc31ff4a396723242058fb2152c9e9745f8412d01ea74480b048a53af6c  lib/request/httpshandler.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 5b6781858..011162686 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 = "1.10.6.39"
+VERSION = "1.10.6.40"
 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/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index f293b9705..433481e6a 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ class Connect(object):
                     while True:
                         try:
                             _page.append(ws.recv())
+                            if sum(len(_) for _ in _page) > MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE:
+                                warnMsg = "too large websocket response detected. Automatically trimming it"
+                                singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
+                                break
                         except websocket.WebSocketTimeoutException:
                             kb.webSocketRecvCount = len(_page)
                             break