diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index c3ba758e7..6af7c8ae1 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.6.5.0"
+VERSION = "1.6.5.1"
 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/utils/crawler.py b/lib/utils/crawler.py
index e45116779..7ca93ef16 100644
--- a/lib/utils/crawler.py
+++ b/lib/utils/crawler.py
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ def crawl(target, post=None, cookie=None):
                         pass
                     except ValueError:          # for non-valid links
                         pass
+                    except AssertionError:      # for invalid HTML
+                        pass
                     finally:
                         if conf.forms:
                             threadData.shared.formsFound |= len(findPageForms(content, current, False, True)) > 0