diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index dde275d7747..c932d54506d 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -5569,6 +5569,8 @@ def chunkSplitPostData(data):
 def checkSums():
     """
     Validate the content of the digest file (i.e. sha256sums.txt)
+    >>> checkSums()
+    True
     """
 
     retVal = True
@@ -5578,7 +5580,7 @@ def checkSums():
             match = re.search(r"([0-9a-f]+)\s+([^\s]+)", entry)
             if match:
                 expected, filename = match.groups()
-                filepath = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH, filename)
+                filepath = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH, filename).replace('/', os.path.sep)
                 checkFile(filepath)
                 if not hashlib.sha256(open(filepath, "rb").read()).hexdigest() == expected:
                     retVal &= False
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index fedb3a8c2d3..58efeeb41aa 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.8.3.4"
+VERSION = "1.8.3.5"
 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/sha256sums.txt b/sha256sums.txt
index a9e0b298331..6efc4c530e8 100644
--- a/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/sha256sums.txt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ f9c96cd3fe99578bed9d49a8bdf8d76836d320a7c48c56eb0469f48b36775c35  lib/controller
 99d0e94dd5fe60137abf48bfa051129fb251f5c40f0f7a270c89fbcb07323730  lib/controller/__init__.py
 826c33f1105be4c0985e1bbe1d75bdb009c17815ad6552fc8d9bf39090d3c40f  lib/core/agent.py
 b2d69c99632da5c2acd0c0934e70d55862f1380a3f602cbe7456d617fb9c1fc9  lib/core/bigarray.py
-9cf9eaca62cce2e9018b85b0359c825131b86c090d083c7e8bd0711cb1f007cd  lib/core/common.py
+852a5daf18fb6322b06faab58bbfa632c1451ee16f77f3c9f7b283f085690c5b  lib/core/common.py
 5c26b0f308266bc3a9679ef837439e38d1dc7a69eac6bd3422280f49aaf114d2  lib/core/compat.py
 b60c96780cad4a257f91a0611b08cfcc52f242908c5d5ab2bf9034ef07869602  lib/core/convert.py
 5e381515873e71c395c77df00bf1dd8c4592afc6210a2f75cbc20daf384e539f  lib/core/data.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ bf77f9fc4296f239687297aee1fd6113b34f855965a6f690b52e26bd348cb353  lib/core/profi
 4eff81c639a72b261c8ba1c876a01246e718e6626e8e77ae9cc6298b20a39355  lib/core/replication.py
 bbd1dcda835934728efc6d68686e9b0da72b09b3ee38f3c0ab78e8c18b0ba726  lib/core/revision.py
 eed6b0a21b3e69c5583133346b0639dc89937bd588887968ee85f8389d7c3c96  lib/core/session.py
-425d77598dda67fbe52e7ab5077791dda0038173845cc2d28dddc3e9cef66a4f  lib/core/settings.py
+467cb50c5063cd1017c27dcab5ce949c3c8226938a087478948a78c259312ae6  lib/core/settings.py
 2bec97d8a950f7b884e31dfe9410467f00d24f21b35672b95f8d68ed59685fd4  lib/core/shell.py
 e90a359b37a55c446c60e70ccd533f87276714d0b09e34f69b0740fd729ddbf8  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 54f7c70b4c7a9931f7ff3c1c12030180bde38e35a306d5e343ad6052919974cd  lib/core/target.py