diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index d71fcc304..71e01889f 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.7.125"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.126"
 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/har.py b/lib/utils/har.py
index e5dde561c..ebdef3bfd 100644
--- a/lib/utils/har.py
+++ b/lib/utils/har.py
@@ -181,16 +181,22 @@ class Response(object):
     def toDict(self):
         content = {
             "mimeType": self.headers.get("Content-Type"),
-            "text": self.content,
             "size": len(self.content or "")
         }
 
-        binary = set([b'\0', b'\1', u'\0', u'\1', 0, 1])
-        if any(c in binary for c in self.content):
-            content["encoding"] = "base64"
-            content["text"] = getText(base64.b64encode(self.content))
+        # HAR text must be UTF-8: a body that does not decode (binary content such as an image, or
+        # text in another charset) is base64-encoded losslessly rather than mangled through a lossy
+        # text decode. The previous check only treated NUL/0x01 as binary, so e.g. a JPEG lacking
+        # those bytes was corrupted into the "text" field.
+        raw = self.content or b""
+        if not isinstance(raw, bytes):
+            content["text"] = getText(raw)
         else:
-            content["text"] = getText(content["text"])
+            try:
+                content["text"] = getText(raw.decode("utf-8"))
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                content["encoding"] = "base64"
+                content["text"] = getText(base64.b64encode(raw))
 
         return {
             "httpVersion": self.httpVersion,
diff --git a/tests/test_har.py b/tests/test_har.py
index 56e9b69b5..bf98f2608 100644
--- a/tests/test_har.py
+++ b/tests/test_har.py
@@ -160,6 +160,23 @@ class TestResponse(unittest.TestCase):
         d = resp.toDict()
         self.assertEqual(d["content"]["encoding"], "base64")
 
+    def test_toDict_binary_without_null_still_base64(self):
+        # regression: binary content lacking NUL/0x01 (e.g. a JPEG header) must still be
+        # base64-encoded, not mangled into the "text" field as a lossy decode
+        import base64 as _b64
+        jpeg = b"\xff\xd8\xff\xe0\x10JFIF\x02\x03"
+        d = H.Response("HTTP/1.1", 200, "OK", {"Content-Type": "image/jpeg"}, jpeg).toDict()
+        self.assertEqual(d["content"]["encoding"], "base64")
+        self.assertEqual(_b64.b64decode(d["content"]["text"]), jpeg)  # lossless
+
+    def test_toDict_utf8_multibyte_stays_text(self):
+        # valid UTF-8 (incl. multibyte) is human-readable text, not base64
+        original = b"caf\xc3\xa9 \xe4\xbd\xa0\xe5\xa5\xbd".decode("utf-8")  # cafe+e-acute+two CJK, pure-ASCII source
+        d = H.Response("HTTP/1.1", 200, "OK", {"Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8"},
+                       original.encode("utf-8")).toDict()
+        self.assertNotIn("encoding", d["content"])
+        self.assertEqual(d["content"]["text"], original)
+
     def test_toDict_non_text_content(self):
         resp = H.Response("HTTP/1.1", 200, "OK",
                           {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}, b"plain text")