diff --git a/lib/controller/controller.py b/lib/controller/controller.py
index 0bd5cc64d..69bba347f 100644
--- a/lib/controller/controller.py
+++ b/lib/controller/controller.py
@@ -376,9 +376,8 @@ def start():
     for targetUrl, targetMethod, targetData, targetCookie, targetHeaders in kb.targets:
         targetCount += 1
 
-        # --report-json / REST API: give each target its own taskid in the shared collector, so a
-        # multi-target run (e.g. '-m' bulk file) doesn't have later targets overwrite earlier ones
-        # (see _reportData for the report collector and StdDbOut.write for the REST API IPC database)
+        # --report-json / REST API: give each target its own taskid in the shared collector, so a multi-target
+        # run (e.g. '-m' bulk file) doesn't have later targets overwrite earlier ones (see _reportData/StdDbOut.write)
         if conf.reportJson or conf.api:
             kb.reportTaskId = targetCount
 
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 95e1469ec..5e0accc99 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 = "1.10.10.3"
+VERSION = "1.10.10.4"
 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/api.py b/lib/utils/api.py
index d58ab26db..6048047e5 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api.py
+++ b/lib/utils/api.py
@@ -444,16 +444,8 @@ class StdDbOut(object):
 
     def write(self, value, status=CONTENT_STATUS.IN_PROGRESS, content_type=None):
         if self.messagetype == "stdout":
-            # A multi-target scan (e.g. crawling or a '-m' bulk file inside a single API task) runs
-            # every target through this one StdDbOut instance. Key each target's data rows by
-            # kb.reportTaskId (set per target in controller.start()) so that a later target's
-            # COMPLETE row cannot delete an earlier target's rows of the same content_type in
-            # _storeData() - the REST API counterpart of the --report-json fix for #6123, and the
-            # reason a crawl via sqlmapapi used to return only the last target's results (#2503).
-            # scan_data() folds the per-target rows back into the task's flat result.
-            taskid = self.taskid
-            if kb.get("reportTaskId"):
-                taskid = "%s-%s" % (self.taskid, kb.reportTaskId)
+            # Note: per-target key in multi-target scans, so a later target's COMPLETE row doesn't delete an earlier one's (#2503)
+            taskid = "%s-%s" % (self.taskid, kb.reportTaskId) if kb.get("reportTaskId") else self.taskid
             _storeData(conf.databaseCursor, taskid, value, status, content_type)
         else:
             conf.databaseCursor.execute("INSERT INTO errors VALUES(NULL, ?, ?)", (self.taskid, str(value) if value else ""))
@@ -828,16 +820,10 @@ def scan_data(taskid):
     # Read all data and error messages from the IPC database (shared assembler - same output as --report-json)
     result = _assembleData(DataStore.current_db, taskid)
 
-    # Multi-target scans store each target's data rows under a '<taskid>-<n>' key (see
-    # StdDbOut.write); fold them into this task's flat result, in target order. Real taskids
-    # are dash-less hex strings, so a '<taskid>-' prefix can only match this task's own rows.
+    # Note: fold in per-target rows ('<taskid>-<n>', see StdDbOut.write) of multi-target scans, in target order
     prefix = "%s-" % taskid
-    subtaskids = []
-    for row in DataStore.current_db.execute("SELECT DISTINCT taskid FROM data"):
-        stored = str(row[0])
-        if stored.startswith(prefix) and stored[len(prefix):].isdigit():
-            subtaskids.append(stored)
-    for subtaskid in sorted(subtaskids, key=lambda _: int(_.rsplit("-", 1)[1])):
+    subtaskids = [_[0] for _ in DataStore.current_db.execute("SELECT DISTINCT taskid FROM data WHERE taskid LIKE ?", (prefix + '%',)) if _[0][len(prefix):].isdigit()]
+    for subtaskid in sorted(subtaskids, key=lambda _: int(_[len(prefix):])):
         result["data"].extend(_assembleData(DataStore.current_db, subtaskid)["data"])
 
     logger.debug("(%s) Retrieved scan data and error messages" % taskid)
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 8668559e2..0a76bd768 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ class TestStdDbOutMultiTarget(unittest.TestCase):
         rows = self.db.execute("SELECT taskid FROM data ORDER BY id")
         self.assertEqual([row[0] for row in rows], ["t1-1", "t1-2"])    # neither target's row was deleted
 
-    def test_single_target_without_report_task_id_keeps_plain_taskid(self):
+    def test_without_report_task_id_keeps_plain_taskid(self):
+        # e.g. output written before controller.start() reaches its target loop
         if "reportTaskId" in kb:
             del kb.reportTaskId
         std = api.StdDbOut("t1", messagetype="stdout")