diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index e23f51347..944b11372 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def _doSearch():
                 conf.googlePage += 1
 
 def _setStdinPipeTargets():
-    if isinstance(conf.stdinPipe, _collections.Iterable):
+    if isinstance(conf.stdinPipe, _collections.Iterable) and not conf.testing:
         infoMsg = "using 'STDIN' for parsing targets list"
         logger.info(infoMsg)
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index eae0324c5..955313237 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 = "1.5.9.12"
+VERSION = "1.5.9.13"
 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/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index 12706246c..be60eb099 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def vulnTest():
         for tag, value in (("<url>", url), ("<base>", base), ("<direct>", direct), ("<tmpdir>", tmpdir), ("<request>", request), ("<log>", log), ("<multiple>", multiple), ("<config>", config), ("<base64>", url.replace("id=1", "id=MZ=%3d"))):
             options = options.replace(tag, value)
 
-        cmd = "%s \"%s\" %s --batch --non-interactive --debug" % (sys.executable, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "sqlmap.py")), options)
+        cmd = "%s \"%s\" %s --batch --non-interactive --testing --debug" % (sys.executable, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "sqlmap.py")), options)
 
         if "<tmpfile>" in cmd:
             handle, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp()
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ def vulnTest():
         if "<piped>" in cmd:
             cmd = re.sub(r"<piped>\s*", "", cmd)
             cmd = "echo %s | %s" % (url, cmd)
+            cmd = cmd.replace("--testing ", "")
 
         output = shellExec(cmd)
 
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 5dacb84b5..eb55d21bc 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -815,6 +815,9 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         parser.add_argument("--non-interactive", dest="nonInteractive", action="store_true",
             help=SUPPRESS)
 
+        parser.add_argument("--testing", dest="testing", action="store_true",
+            help=SUPPRESS)
+
         parser.add_argument("--gui", dest="gui", action="store_true",
             help=SUPPRESS)