this completely fixes issue #256 issue was that the catch was in the wrong spot

etc/checksum/md5sum.md5

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ c4ac50a3f3550c62219e7e4f38d4b496  ./lib/plugins/1024.py
 76a1d1decfb872bfafdf510c656f113a  ./lib/plugins/rssfeed.py
 320f0db977c85b477ba1ea78b140cb8a  ./lib/plugins/4images.py
 35dc8b7da4becb60662aab3c48a9210b  ./lib/plugins/openxchange.py
-6e2a1e74537869b1da3556d11bd44f56  ./lib/attacks/gist_lookup/__init__.py
+d86e1a55caaa3afda157da6c6c382964  ./lib/attacks/gist_lookup/__init__.py
 bdb7ff546787d38bbbd0aac9d4a4cdf8  ./lib/attacks/clickjacking_scan/__init__.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/attacks/__init__.py
 6e9e0a9e2c72e00d8690c0177b695d56  ./lib/attacks/sqlmap_scan/__init__.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ daab1cac629a5f59abfeb510d0cb9b67  ./lib/header_check/__init__.py
 de4254c5e40f7aa4fb81e0608f758a2c  ./lib/core/decorators.py
 4433353fb5c55578391d8b4006191ee8  ./lib/core/errors.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/core/__init__.py
-7c9b60a263a48003a94355cca05faf03  ./lib/core/settings.py
+997ea2baf988d4d91601f67fbc7f8898  ./lib/core/settings.py
 57a98c7d8c20a381dcd18ccdf5e0dc0d  ./lib/core/parse.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./var/__init__.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./var/auto_issue/__init__.py

lib/attacks/gist_lookup/__init__.py

@@ -144,19 +144,17 @@ def github_gist_search_main(query, **kwargs):
         links = get_links(page_set, proxy=proxy, agent=agent)
         if verbose:
             lib.core.settings.logger.debug(lib.core.settings.set_color(
-                "found a total of {} links to search".format(
+                "found a total of {} links to search, attempting all of them".format(
                     len(links)
                 ), level=15
             ))
         for link in list(links):
             if link is not None:
-                gist, gist_link = get_raw_html(link, verbose=verbose)
-                check_files_for_information(gist, query)
-    except TypeError:
-        lib.core.settings.logger.warning(lib.core.settings.set_color(
-            "Gist URL appears to be malformed, skipping", level=30
-        ))
-        pass
+                try:
+                    gist, gist_link = get_raw_html(link, verbose=verbose)
+                    check_files_for_information(gist, query)
+                except TypeError:
+                    pass
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         if not lib.core.common.pause():
             lib.core.common.shutdown()

lib/core/settings.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CLONE = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner.git"
 ISSUE_LINK = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner/issues"
 
 # current version <major.minor.commit.patch ID>
-VERSION = "1.4.4.{}".format(PATCH_ID)
+VERSION = "1.4.5.{}".format(PATCH_ID)
 
 # colors to output depending on the version
 VERSION_TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 92, "other": 30}