diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 516de7c7e..472d0ec18 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 = "1.2.6.11"
+VERSION = "1.2.6.12"
 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/api.py b/lib/utils/api.py
index 52ee0f442..cbdce9967 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api.py
+++ b/lib/utils/api.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class Task(object):
             self.process = Popen(["python", "sqlmap.py", "--api", "-c", configFile], shell=False, close_fds=not IS_WIN)
         elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "sqlmap.py")):
             self.process = Popen(["python", "sqlmap.py", "--api", "-c", configFile], shell=False, cwd=os.getcwd(), close_fds=not IS_WIN)
+        elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), "sqlmap.py")):
+            self.process = Popen(["python", "sqlmap.py", "--api", "-c", configFile], shell=False, cwd=os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))), close_fds=not IS_WIN)
         else:
             self.process = Popen(["sqlmap", "--api", "-c", configFile], shell=False, close_fds=not IS_WIN)
 
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 4d655f91b..41ded7cc8 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ c9a56e58984420a5abb7a3f7aadc196d  lib/core/optiondict.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-7912a54938f8d43bf6ad4adbd6de392c  lib/core/settings.py
+276640cf3fa694e3cf7e94c207ba14ef  lib/core/settings.py
 0dfc2ed40adf72e302291f6ecd4406f6  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 6306284edcccc185b2df085438572b0d  lib/core/target.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ f5fb02487edaf9adaa81d54324c84f8f  lib/techniques/error/use.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/techniques/union/__init__.py
 94d7a22bb6725a91e84ba2cd9973e96d  lib/techniques/union/test.py
 11ecf2effbe9f40b361843d546c3c521  lib/techniques/union/use.py
-8d99c07416df40350ff8836d9d79ebb5  lib/utils/api.py
+3e404b091e698cceadc1b9d2f1dae4d9  lib/utils/api.py
 37dfb641358669f62c2acedff241348b  lib/utils/brute.py
 31b1e7eb489eac837db6a2bc1dcb7da7  lib/utils/crawler.py
 de9620f03231d8329ee8434884b6bacd  lib/utils/deps.py