diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 0f25c6356b..92f345f95f 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profi
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-315c763375a6e0a35c8922b54ef7bd9fe8b0fe0b842eb204deaf2ac3f944da37  lib/core/settings.py
+e07affe0c1cd75f297b2b357d2e31a3c8ffb3af22329debe1ec291e07e5a1180  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ b48edf3f30db127b18419f607894d5de46fc949d14c65fdc85ece524207d6dfd  lib/parse/html
 2395d6d28d6a1e342fccd56bb741080468a777b9b2a5ddd5634df65fe9785cef  lib/request/basic.py
 ead55e936dfc8941e512c8e8a4f644689387f331f4eed97854c558be3e227a91  lib/request/chunkedhandler.py
 06128c4e3e0e1fe34618de9d1fd5ee21292953dce4a3416567e200d2dfda79f2  lib/request/comparison.py
-cfccda9e0e9d0121079ab47e9885071a852a428eaa09c13258923b00438d0b78  lib/request/connect.py
+9ffc0e799273240c26d32521f58b3e3fd8a3c834e9db2ce3bda460595e6be6c8  lib/request/connect.py
 470e96857a7037a2d74b2c4b1c8c5d8379b76ea8cbdb1d8dd4367a7a852fa93c  lib/request/direct.py
 e802cc9099282764da0280172623600b6b9bb9fe1c87f352ade8be7a3f622585  lib/request/dns.py
 9922275d3ca79f00f9b9301f4e4d9f1c444dc7ac38de6d50ef253122abae4833  lib/request/httpshandler.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 92c8dc211e..1a767b72aa 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.8.9.0"
+VERSION = "1.8.9.1"
 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/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 3dfd93f224..0651ded71e 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ def getPage(**kwargs):
         finalCode = kwargs.get("finalCode", False)
         chunked = kwargs.get("chunked", False) or conf.chunked
 
-        start = time.time()
-
         if isinstance(conf.delay, (int, float)) and conf.delay > 0:
             time.sleep(conf.delay)
 
+        start = time.time()
+
         threadData = getCurrentThreadData()
         with kb.locks.request:
             kb.requestCounter += 1