diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index e8a5d9e61..e1dc01472 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ a033f92d136c707a25927c2383125ddb004d4283db62c004dcd67c3fc242bb1c  lib/core/dump.
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 3574639db4942d16a2dc0a2f04bb7c0913c40c3862b54d34c44075a760e0c194  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-2503c9b9eca74ae3c2a6b245504046b623bf0e8a8f433105f41f61fa626aec48  lib/core/settings.py
+dada375f986e0e11e9902530f30ffd8bc0c4b90ae246b12edb24e46dc84b4da9  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 d35650179816193164a5f177102f18379dfbe6bb6d40fbb67b78d907b41c8038  lib/core/target.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ d3c93562d78ebdaf9e22c0ea2e4a62adb12f0ce9e9d9631c1ea000b1a07d04ab  lib/takeover/i
 12e729e4828b7e1456ca41dae60cb4d7eca130a8b4c4885dd0f5501dcbda7fe4  lib/takeover/metasploit.py
 f522436fbd14bdab090a1d305fcac0361800cb8e36c8cbcb47933298376a71e0  lib/takeover/registry.py
 f6e5d6e2ff368fa39943b2302982f33c47eb9a12d01419bef50fcf934b2bce34  lib/takeover/udf.py
-4b5ff4fcfa25454e6a93600d32af42a69bd59151639f569c01920c8610a99656  lib/takeover/web.py
+23d73af417604dab460b74cdc230896153f018a6c00d144019491053640a172f  lib/takeover/web.py
 14179e5273378ec8d63660a87c5cb07a42b61a6fceb7f3bb494a7b5ce10ce2cb  lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
 69928272eed889033e106527f88454dc844bfbb375fcf7c22d5f76ee30c62c9b  lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
 1966ca704961fb987ab757f0a4afddbf841d1a880631b701487c75cef63d60c3  lib/techniques/blind/__init__.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 611f977d9..6b87f2dc2 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 = "1.10.1.52"
+VERSION = "1.10.1.53"
 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)
diff --git a/lib/takeover/web.py b/lib/takeover/web.py
index a701ad28a..321840a8e 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/web.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/web.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class Web(object):
                     handle, filename = tempfile.mkstemp()
                     os.close(handle)
 
-                    with openFile(filename, "w+b") as f:
+                    with openFile(filename, "w+") as f:
                         _ = getText(decloak(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_SHELL_PATH, "stagers", "stager.%s_" % self.webPlatform)))
                         _ = _.replace(SHELL_WRITABLE_DIR_TAG, directory.replace('/', '\\\\') if Backend.isOs(OS.WINDOWS) else directory)
                         f.write(_)